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This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Inside this old mill is a collection of images that will always remain frozen in time.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

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

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

These lesser-known Maltese catacombs date back over 1,700 years.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.