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The Sollia church is a small wooden church built in 1738. The church was built by the four families of Stor-Elvdal who had been the first settlers of Sollia 50 years earlier. The church took its present appearance in the 19th century. In 1840-43, the nave was enlarged to the west with a narrower and lower part and a sacristy to the east. Above the nave is a roofer with a new tower cladding dating from 1857.

The church of Solna is a Romanesque church founded in the 12th century as a defensive stronghold of the village. Indeed, in this region of Sweden, Karelian raids were commonplace, as evidenced by the looting of the nearby town of Sigtuna in 1187. Although the church has retained most of its medieval exterior form, the church's interior decoration dates back to the 17th century. The building was restored in 1928.

The Cathedral of St. Ursus is an early Classicist church built between 1762 and 1773 by Gaetano Matteo Pisoni and Paolo Antonio Pisoni on a site where two previous buildings had probably stood since the early Middle Ages. The interior is decorated with stuccoes by Francesco Pozzi. The old church, a Gothic building well attested by sources and iconography, was very dilapidated in the mid-18th century. It was demolished in 1761-1768.

Solsona Cathedral is part of a group of buildings dating from the end of the 12th to the 18th century, in Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque styles. The Episcopal Palace, attached to the cathedral, is part of this complex. The early Romanesque church of Santa Maria had the monastery nearby, attached to its walls. It was located on the site where the bishop's palace now stands. The present cathedral, in Gothic style, was begun in 1299 and completed in 1630 with the construction of the presbytery.

Solstad Church is a long church from 1888. The architect of the church was Ole Olsen Scheistrøen. An inspection of Solstad Church in 1715 showed that the building was very dilapidated. At that time, Solstad church was probably a small stave church moved from Vassås in 1643. In 1734, Solstad Church was demolished and rebuilt. It had a porch on the west side and a small gallery above the west wall. The pulpit probably came from the demolished church. In 1888, the building was demolished and rebuilt on Tosen as a moorland chapel. In 1887-1888 a new church was built in Solstad.

The church of Solum is a wooden church from 1766, dedicated to John the Baptist, first mentioned in 1349 and again in 1370. In 1765 the old church was demolished and a new one was built. The tower was demolished in the 1830s, after which the church changed its style several times before returning to its original form in 1959.

The Solund church was built in 1860 according to the drawings of the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch, a leading figure in Norwegian architecture in the first half of the 19th century. The altarpiece was painted by Anders Askevold and depicts Jesus in Gethsemane.

The Solvorn church is a long church from 1883. The architect of the church was Waldemar Hansteen and the design is influenced by the stave churches. The modern church replaces a wooden church dating from around 1600, which in turn replaced a stave church which was first mentioned in sources in the 14th century.

Somero's sacristy is a medieval stone sacristy, probably built in the late 1490s. The stone sanctuary is located in the current Somero cemetery, in its old part, in the old Somero cemetery, where the ruins of the bell tower built in 1774 have also been preserved. The present church of Somero was built between 1853 and 1859 on a hill to the south of the old cemetery. When the new church was completed, the wooden church of Somero, built in 1668, was demolished in 1864.

Located in the city of Aksaray, this museum and mosque was opened to the public in 2010. It describes the life of Somuncu Baba using miniatures and oral explanations. Hamiduddin Aksarayi (1331-1412), better known by the nickname of Somuncu Baba was an ascetic practitioner and teacher of Islam in Bursa, who exerted a great influence in the region to the point of being considered a Muslim saint. He taught at the Ulu Camii (Great Mosque) in Bursa, following the instructions of the Sultan Bayezid I himself. Among his pupils were Molla Fenari and Hacı Bayram-i Veli. His tomb and mosque are located next to the museum.