Places Elizabeth Harper Wants to Go

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.