Catacombs and Crypts

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

Beautiful palace stands tall over the Fergana Valley.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.

Burial site of a Jewish prophet revered in Iran.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.