For many American travelers, visiting Central Europe will be a search for roots, for a 1990 census recorded that 23% of U.S. citizens are descendents of German immigrants, while another 4% are of Polish origin. But many other millions of Americans share a spiritual heritage with the European heartland. And certainly every visitor will be fascinated and inspired by its grand treasury of religious art and architecture, part of a 1,000-year-old history of Roman Catholic, Jewish and Orthodox Christian traditions that are woven into the tapestry of the Central European Experience.

Whether you are interested in Pilgrimage Sites, Famous Cathedrals or Jewish Heritage Sites, each Central European country has a wealth of history to explore.