Budapest, Hungary
Kerepesi Cemetery
Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.
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Budapest, Hungary
Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.
Rome, Italy
Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.
Dundonald, Northern Ireland
This large neolithic tomb, also known as Greengraves, is hidden off a Northern Irish road.
Lochwinnoch, Scotland
The ruins of a small church belonging to a powerful Scottish family still hold the remains of its patriarch.
Geneva, Switzerland
An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.
Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
London, England
The Egyptian-inspired last resting place of Lord Kilmorey.
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Dublin, Ireland
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
Vienna, Austria
Physicist’s epitaph provides final confirmation to a career of turmoil.
Rome, Italy
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…
New York, New York
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Ypres, Belgium
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Paris, France
The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.
Oslo, Norway
An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.
Boston, Massachusetts
Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.
Hartford, Connecticut
Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.
Rome, Italy
One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.
Atlanta, Georgia
Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.