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Memento Mori

Prague, Czechia

Jan Palach Memorial

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Smuttynose Island. (Wikimedia Commons)

Smuttynose Island

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

Atlanta, Georgia

Oakland Cemetery

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

The Baker Hotel in 2006. (Wikimedia Commons)

Mineral Wells, Texas

The Baker Hotel

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

A top-hatted bear is one of the more "normal" items in the Trundle collection.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Trundle Manor: House of Oddities

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Sunset Old Burying Ground

Beaufort, North Carolina

Old Burying Ground

Burial site more than 300 years old.

Catacombs of San Gennaro.

Catacombs of San Gennaro

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Bicycles in the Deke Slayton Space & Bicycle Museum. (Kiersten Gray/Atlas Obscura)

Sparta, Wisconsin

Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

Vigna Randanini.

Vigna Randanini

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

Permanently Closed

Al Qardahah, Syria

Tomb of Hafez al-Assad

Three members of Syria's ruling family entombed in quiet mountain town.

Old Idaho Penitentiary. (DieselDemon/Flickr)

Old Idaho State Penitentiary

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

Inside the cemetery. (pepsiline/Flickr)

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France

Cimetière de Liers

Huge Russian Orthodox cemetery in danger of being converted into open public space.

A 19th century drawing depicting the mound. (Wikimedia Commons)

Chernihiv, Ukraine

Black Grave

One of the largest remaining ancient burial mounds of the 10th century.

City's sign lists local sights but not the infamous camp. (spinkk/Atlas Obscura)

Dachau, Germany

Dachau Concentration Camp

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Hope Cemetery

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

Vorstengraf Oss. (Wikimedia Commons)

Oss, Netherlands

Vorstengraf

One of the largest burial mounds in the Netherlands and Belgium.

A statue in Okunoin Cemetery. (Wikimedia Commons)

Okunoin Cemetery

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Permanently Closed

Gothic Rose Antiques & Collectibles.

Placerville, California

Gothic Rose Antiques & Curiosities

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.