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Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

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

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Open for a weekend once a year around October it houses a fascinating collection of unique Victorian preserved and stuffed animals.

An urban laboratory.

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

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

London's old-school healing garden.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

This majestic building, where Brazil's coffee brokers once bought and sold beans, now houses a coffee museum.

An original apothecary from 1792.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.