Manchester, England
Sifters Record Shop
This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.
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Manchester, England
This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.
London, England
This ancient spring in central London was featured in a Peter Pan story.
London, England
Cemetery dating back to 1884, known for being the final resting place of the notorious Kray twins.
London, England
Art under your feet honors the history of a working-class London neighborhood.
Rome, Italy
St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.
Lampa, Peru
This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.
Paris, France
The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.
Brno, Czechia
Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Klatovy, Czechia
These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.
Novara, Italy
This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Rouen, France
An ancient ossuary in Rouen.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
Gemeinde Sankt Florian, Austria
The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Křtiny, Czechia
Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Marville, France
The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.
Wamba, Spain
One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Cham, Germany
In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.