Paris, France
Montparnasse Cemetery
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
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Paris, France
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
New York, New York
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
San Francisco, California
Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.
Montreal, Québec
City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.
Paris, France
This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.
Vienna, Austria
The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.
Beijing, China
The burial grounds of a Chinese eunuch who served his way into the highest levels of Imperial government.
Kilkenny, Ireland
A collection of housewares from recent Irish history adjoined by a tower from ancient Irish history.
Kilkenny, Ireland
A standing relief of a Norman knight whose posture marks him as a Crusader.
Kilkenny, Ireland
These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.
Kilkenny, Ireland
Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.
Kilkenny, Ireland
Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.
Kilkenny, Ireland
The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.
Meath, Ireland
An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.
Mexico City, Mexico
Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.
Paris, France
This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
London, England
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.