Places Added by Elizabeth Harper

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.