Vienna, Austria
Bestattungsmuseum (Vienna Undertakers' Museum)
Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.
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Vienna, Austria
Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.
Vienna, Austria
A memorial to those who donated their bodies to science.
Vienna, Austria
The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.
Vienna, Austria
This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.
Vienna, Austria
Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Vienna, Austria
Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.
Vienna, Austria
A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.
Vienna, Austria
The hearts of 54 Habsburg royals received special burials here separate from their bodies.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Vienna, Austria
An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Vienna, Austria
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
Vienna, Austria
Rediscovered underground chapel is one of the best examples of Gothic architecture in Vienna.
Vienna, Austria
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Vienna, Austria
One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.
London, England
It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.
London, England
This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.
Niš, Serbia
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Otranto, Italy
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
Brno, Czechia
Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Křtiny, Czechia
Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.
Slovenia
Thousands of medieval skeletons lie just beneath Kranj’s main square.
Leuk, Switzerland
For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.