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Chennai, India

San Thome Basilica

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.
tombs

Found: A Roman Tombstone Buried in the New York City Suburbs

Dated 54 A.D., it belonged to a tax collector.
Sarah Laskow December 7, 2016
The dentures were found in the tomb of a powerful family.
churches

Found: Centuries-Old Dentures Made From Real Teeth

They were worn by someone very rich.
Sarah Laskow November 22, 2016
Path leading up to the Pyramid
Rapa, Poland

Rapa Pyramid

A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.
On top of the empty tomb, Maximillian and his wife kneel in prayer.
Innsbruck, Austria

The Empty Tomb of Maximilian I

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...
Peggy Guggenheim and her dogs' graves.
Venice, Italy

Peggy Guggenheim's Grave

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.
Alice Paul and other feminist mourners stand at Inez Milholland's grave.
Lewis, New York

Inez Milholland's Grave

A feminist who put a pretty face on suffrage when she rode a horse through the Capitol.
Governor Hunt's pyramid tomb.
Phoenix, Arizona

Governor Hunt's Pyramid Tomb

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.
Jules Verne's Tomb in Amiens.
cemeteries

27 Headstones That Defied Expectations

Consider this your burial marker mood board.
Molly McBride Jacobson October 13, 2016
Nicolas Cage's Pyramid Tomb
cemeteries

9 Tombs That Prove You Don't Have to Be a Pharaoh to Be Buried Under a Pyramid

Just ask Nic Cage.
Meg Neal October 10, 2016
Tower Hamlets Cemetery, one of London's "Magnificent Seven."
cemeteries

The 10 Iconic Cemeteries That Made Death Beautiful

The history of the rural cemetery movement, which brought Victorians to picnic among tombstones.
Molly McBride Jacobson October 6, 2016
31 days of halloween

What Happens If Someone Dies on Mars?

The out-of-this-world future of human death.
Sarah Laskow October 5, 2016
Savannah, Georgia

The Bonaventure Jogger

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
Lipstick, flowers
Los Angeles, California

Marilyn Monroe's Crypt

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.
Hollie Tatnell's grave.
Hearne, Texas

Grave in the Road

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.
Mausoleum of Rudaki in Panjrud, Sughd, Tajikistan. June 27, 2016.
Pandzhrudak, Tajikistan

Tomb of Rudaki

Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.
Howard pyramid mausoleum at Old Kilbride Cemetery in Arklow.
Wicklow, Ireland

Howard Mausoleum Pyramid

On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.
Leonardo da Vinci's tomb inside the chapel
Amboise, France

Leonardo da Vinci's Tomb

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.