Rites and Rituals

Mummies preserved naturally for seven centuries.

Celebrating the end of winter, students gather every year at Lake Superior State University to torch a 12-foot-tall snowman.

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

Abandoned Roman Catholic chapel abused by Satanists before being restored.

Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

Birthplace of the Tendai sect and home to the marathon monks.

Two bulls enter. One leaves a champion—but neither loses its life.

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.