Katie Lamp- What makes a place sacred?

I find it interesting how something like a house, a building or a field can have special meaning attached to it simply because an important event occurred there or an important person was said to have lived or been there. Historical examples and Biblical examples extend further back into human existence, and places such as celebrities' or politicians' homes are considered superficially sacred by many people in today's society. With historical events, there are national parks and monuments devoted to buildings, statues and fields that are considered historically significant. Whether an important document was signed in a building or a battle took place on a field, suddenly four walls, a ceiling and a floor become an important place or a stretch of grassy field becomes a battlefield. When an elementary school class takes a field trip to a monument or a national park to learn about the historical things that happened there, the kids only associate the place with the event because of what they are told. If a child went to a field or saw a building without a teacher or other adult telling them something important happened there, they would simply see the field or the building, plain and simple. Some places with Biblical significance are considered especially sacred, and people will travel from miles around to pray at or simply see these places. When someone attaches religious or spiritual significance to a place, they see past the material aspects of the place, such as the structure of a statue or building, and see what it means to them. While more superficial, the homes of well-known and famous people in today's society are considered sacred on some level as well. Places that are frequented by celebrities or politicians, such as stores, clubs and restaurants, become well-known and get more business because of the well-known people who go to those places. The fact that people will go to a place just because a celebrity has been there shows that in today's society, people place value in the places that famous people have been or have lived. I think that while a place that has Biblical or historical significance has a deeper meaning than a place well-known because of a famous person, all of these places have something in common: they have become sacred in someone's mind because of the stories told about that place. The stories people tell make the places in those stories memorable, and this is how I think those places become sacred.