Places bornwithnobeard Wants to Go

To fit bodies into this Renaissance crypt, they were first left to decompose in the crypt's rotting room.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.