The Loretto ... The staircase floats upward in a spiral as if to heaven, with no center support, only a delicate curve of treads that seem to defy gravity, adding to the mystery of how one man ...

The Loretto Chapel is known for its so-called miraculous staircase, which creates two 360-degree turns as it climbs 22 feet to the choir loft. The stairway is said to have been built by a ...

As they dug, archaeologists unearthed a forgotten staircase leading into the old ... but their destination is a mystery, officials said. Archaeologists suspect the steps could have served a ...