In 2023, the Rev. Vicki Garlock read a news story about an Indian man who received a Guinness World Record for visiting 76 places of worship in one month.

“Not knowing at all what I was doing, I very cavalierly said to my husband, ‘Oh, I could beat that,’” Garlock said.

Two years later, Garlock is now the current holder of that Guinness record after a monthlong quest in Chicago.

“I had appointments at about 85 places,” Garlock said. “And I started to feel like 85 might be cutting it close, so I was like, once I get to Chicago, I should get about 10 more.”

Then, after starting her quest, she learned someone had set a new record: 111. Garlock’s final total: visiting 185 places of worship — churches, synagogues, mosques and temples — as well as galleries, auditoriums and rented spaces whe

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