On the side of a road in Southeast Louisiana, sits a tiny white chapel that’s no larger than a small shed.
A key hidden in a small mailbox unlocks the portal doors to the inside, where a kneeler is placed in front of a modest altar adorned with figures of Christ and the Blessed Virgin.
On one of the walls, a framed piece of paper details the history of the petite church, including that it was featured in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” as the smallest church in the world.
Madonna Chapel in White Castle, Louisiana is the smallest church in the world
Madonna Chapel was built by Italian farmer Anthony Gullo in 1903 after he vowed to build a church in honor of the Virgin Mary if his son recovered from a serious illness…