London, England
Viking Tombstone
This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.
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London, England
This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.
York, England
The final resting place of England's most notorious bandit.
Berlin, Germany
The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.
Manchester, England
Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.
Rome, Italy
The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.
Carlton North, Australia
A distinctive monument for this former world champion takes the form of a billiards table, complete with balls and cue.
Washington, D.C.
A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal
Arlington, Virginia
In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.
Brooklyn, New York
The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.
Paris, France
A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.
Liddel, Scotland
This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.
Innsbruck, Austria
This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.
Carrick-On-Shannon, Ireland
The smallest chapel in Europe is a moving testament to the love between a husband and wife.
Paris, France
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
Oxford, England
The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.
Alexandria, Virginia
The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.
Islandmagee, Northern Ireland
This Bronze Age tomb makes the most unusual front garden fixture.
Glastonbury, England
In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.
Ballyedmonduff, Ireland
This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.
Canterbury, England
An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.
Stirling, Scotland
A grave marker depicting a body snatching tableau on a 19th-century tombstone.
Paris, France
The tombstone of an unfortunate explorer who disappeared in the Paris Catacombs.
Mexico City, Mexico
This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.