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Memento Mori

Cemetery of Lost Cemeteries.

Gdańsk, Poland

Cemetery of Lost Cemeteries

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

Assen, Netherlands

Yde Girl

Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.

Marrakesh, Morocco

Miara Cemetery

Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.

London, England

Sir Richard Burton's Tent-Tomb

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

Ko Samui, Thailand

Mummy of Luang Pho Dang

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

Cheddar gorge and caves.

Cheddar, England

The Cheddar Man and Cannibals Museum

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

St. John Cantius Church

Chicago, Illinois

First-Class Relic of Padre Pio

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

Mimizuka.

Mimizuka

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

Tombstone of Wild Peter at St. Mary's Church.

Northchurch, England

Grave of Peter, the Wild Boy of Hanover

"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."

Mummy of Sangha Tenzin

Buddhist monk remarkably preserved because he started the mummification process while still living.

Tollund Man

Silkeborg, Denmark

Tollund Man

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

The Skull Tower of Nis

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

Ohio State Reformatory.

Mansfield, Ohio

Ohio State Reformatory

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Traverse City, Michigan

Traverse City State Hospital

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

Church on the Blood.

Yekaterinburg, Russia

The Church on the Blood

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

Keiko's Memorial Cairn

Mound of stones marking the burial site of the world's most famous orca.

Intersection of North and Bosworth Ave.

Chicago, Illinois

Site of Eugene Sawyer's “Inauguration”

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

Looking Up The Steps

Spokane, Washington

Greenwood Cemetery

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.