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How the Wiyot Tribe Won Back a Sacred California Island
The tribe finally completed a ceremony interrupted by a massacre in 1860.
Hanover, Germany
The Victims of Fritz Haarmann Memorial
The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."
Levashovo, Russia
Levashovo Memorial Cemetery
Pictures tacked onto trees remember the more than 40,000 of Stalin's victims buried here in mass graves.
brain collections
Found: Dozens of Naturally Shrunken Brains in a Mass Grave
There are very few examples of naturally preserved brains.
cemeteries
How to Make Sense of a Mass Grave
A fascinating case study from the Thirty Years' War.
Chicago, Illinois
Confederate Mound
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
LaPlace, Louisiana
Frenier Cemetery
All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.
Norfolk, Virginia
Yellow Fever Park
One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.
Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
Paracuellos Massacres Cross at the Madrid Airport
The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.
Venice, Italy
Lazzaretto Nuovo
The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."
Texas City, Texas
Texas City Memorial
This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Daksa Island
This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.
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Laurel, Maryland
Forest Haven Asylum
This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.
Isle of Eigg, Scotland
Massacre Cave
This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elmwood Cemetery
Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Peshtigo Fire Museum
A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.
Rimouski, Québec
R.M.S. Empress of Ireland Memorial and Mass Grave
This memorial to a horrific ship collision sits over a mass grave holding dozens of the victims.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Milltown Cemetery
An Irish cemetery filled with victims of political strife and violent conflict, including the grave of Bobby Sands.
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