Memento Mori

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

The loneliest island in New York.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.