Casma District, Peru
Cerro Sechin
The depictions of slaughter are surprisingly detailed at this mysterious ancient site.
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Casma District, Peru
The depictions of slaughter are surprisingly detailed at this mysterious ancient site.
Lambayeque, Peru
The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.
Lampa, Peru
This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Cologne, Germany
An elegant chandelier hangs over this ancient sewer chamber, now open for concerts and public tours.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
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.
Amiens, France
Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.
Pilsen, Czechia
Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
Znojmo, Czechia
This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.
London, England
London's largest outsider art museum.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Otranto, Italy
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.