Dublin, Ireland
St. Michan's Mummies
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
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Dublin, Ireland
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
Dublin, Ireland
The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.
Dublin, Ireland
Some of the saint's blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.
Dublin, Ireland
This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.
Cham, Germany
In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.
Helsinki, Finland
These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Büren, Germany
This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.
Detmold, Germany
This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.
Porto, Portugal
Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.
Stockholm, Sweden
This giant crucifix is like U2's Joshua Tree for Swedish death metal fans.
Norresundby, Denmark
This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.
Berlin, Germany
This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Brussels, Belgium
This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Berlin, Germany
A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.