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On 21 March 1829 it was decided to demolish the old church, which dated from 1662, and to build a new church. The tender for the construction took place on 2 May 1829 and the construction was awarded to Gebr. A. Brouwer, contractors in Meppel. The contract price was 7,500 guilders. On 9 June 1829 the demolition of the old church was started. The then mayor Van der Gronden laid the first stone. The church was completed on 1 July 1829.

NH Church. Three-aisled hall church with a three-sided closed choir, a north choir and a tower with an octagonal superstructure and a spire. The oldest parts of the church date back to the 13th century; the tower with perpendicular buttresses dates from the 14th century. The nave and the north aisle were built in the second half of the 15th century. The south aisle served as a Walloon Church from 1618 to 1808 and was separated from the rest of the church around 1685. During a major renovation in 1868, the church was completely plastered on the outside and the windows were given new traceries. After a lightning strike, the tower was restored and deplastered in 1950. The interior is covered by a flat stucco ceiling from 1868. An important part of the interior is the pulpit with surrounding baptismal garden in Louis XVI style: donated in 1794 by descendants of Jacob Cats. The single manual organ was built in 1903 by JF Kruse (Leeuwarden).

The church of Allingawier dates from the 17th century. The building is sober, both outside and inside. The church is part of the tourist route "Aldfaers Erf" and houses a special sound representation.

Dutch Reformed Church from 1856, tending towards water board style, with historical tower. Formerly dedicated to St. Pancratius.

The Grote Kerk in Almelo is a historic church which dates from 1493.The church was originally founded in 1236 by the Lord of Almelo as a castle chapel. The choir was rebuilt in 1493, and the transept and the nave in 1738. It has been in use by Protestant worship since 1619. In 1873, the church was largely renovated and immediately enlarged. It currently belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN). It is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Interesting reconstruction church in traditionalist style, built under the influence of the sober Protestant church architecture of the eighteenth century and classicism. The crowning of the tower dates from 1976.

Church building located behind the IJsselmeerdijk, built in 1632 on the foundations of a late 16th-century predecessor and consisting of a two-aisled hall church until 1892. In 1658 the church was expanded with a south aisle, which was demolished again in 1892. Since then it has been a single-aisled building again.

Three-aisled pseudo-basilica with a three-sided choir under a slate-covered saddle roof and with a tower at the entrance, built in 1903 -1904 and designed by AHLKups.

For centuries, the tower of Monster was a familiar landmark for sailors who came into sight of the coastline. The fact that the restoration of the tower in 1662 was subsidized by the Admiralty of Rotterdam, among others, indicates the importance of the tower for shipping. Skippers and helmsmen, "living in the village of Heijde" (Ter Heijde), submitted a request to the municipal authorities of Monster in 1734. They wanted the tower not to be demolished, but to be preserved as a beacon when entering the Maas from the sea. If the tower were no longer there, all sea charts would have to be remade, according to the skippers. The tower was preserved. During a storm in 2019, no one was allowed to walk past the tower of Monster. Parts of the scaffolding, which were around the tower for a restoration, had come loose due to the wind. The fire brigade had cordoned off the area. The tower is now restored and the scaffolding has been cleared away. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Replaced a church from 1745. Renovated in 1929, when a new tower was also built.