Kutna Hora, Czechia
Sedlec Ossuary ‘Bone Church’
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
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Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Paris, France
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.
East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.
Rantepao, Indonesia
Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.
Kayadere, Turkey
Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.
Örencik, Turkey
This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.
Santa Monica, California
A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Los Angeles, California
The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.
Paris, France
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Ercolano, Italy
The oldest volcanology research center in the world.
Hiroshima, Japan
A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.