Florence, Italy
University of Florence Museum of Pathological Anatomy
This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.
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Florence, Italy
This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Linwood, New Jersey
This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."
New Orleans, Louisiana
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
New Orleans, Louisiana
According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.
Gemeinde Sankt Florian, Austria
The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.
Křtiny, Czechia
Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Lima, Peru
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Marville, France
The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.
Wamba, Spain
One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.
Naples, Italy
Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.