Contemporary pilgrimage incorporates a range of culturally or nationalistically motivated journeys and despite a general decline in religious practice in the Western world, pilgrimage has seen a revival over the of recent decades. American pilgrimages are more unique because we don't have as much history, so I will focus my article more on those. I will use the source Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions to explain how different tourist attractions in America are sacred and have cultural value. Many of these attractions are natural wonders, which resembles how Hardwar's religious identity is inextricably linked to the Ganges. Many of my sources explain that America has a wide range of religions as well as many people who do not identify with any particular religion but still consider themselves spiritual. There are many types of pilgrimages in America, attended by religious and non-religious people. An example of this type of pilgrimage from the book "Choosing Our Religion" is a maze popularized in the United States in the 1990s. People will travel from maze to maze across the country to practice meditation and spirituality. Labyrinths are generally modeled on medieval designs intended to provide a localized experience of pilgrimage to the Holy