Melnik, Czechia
Melník Chapel of Bones
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
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Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Niš, Serbia
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Rome, Italy
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
Sunderland, England
This now museum began supplying water to Sunderland during the mid-19th century.
Seaham, England
A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.
Washington Island, Wisconsin
This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.
Charmouth, England
Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.
Seaham, England
For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.
Forks, Washington
One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.
Selb, Germany
A unique public space where the walkway is paved with thousands of porcelain tiles.
Richmond, California
A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.
Cape May, New Jersey
Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.
Tiznit Province, Morocco
Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.
Ireland
Ireland's only cable car once carried livestock across a treacherous strait.
Glasgow, Scotland
An extended zoological collection that doubles as a time capsule.
Zagreb, Croatia
A fantastical display of Croatian folklore, mythology, and myths.
Dublin, Ireland
Collection of still-functioning printing presses from the 18th to 20th centuries.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.
Kells, Ireland
“Ireland’s only inland lighthouse” is not actually a lighthouse at all.