Iran
Khalid Nabi Cemetery
Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.
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Iran
Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.
Nokhur, Turkmenistan
A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.
Genoa, Italy
A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Rome, Italy
The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Săpânța, Romania
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Madagascar
This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.
London, England
The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.
Chichicastenango, Guatemala
One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.
Prague, Czechia
Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.
Prague, Czechia
An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.
Sagada, Philippines
Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.
Malaga, Spain
Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.
Sunderland, England
A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.
Sunderland, England
This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.
Orlando, Florida
Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.
Mansfield, Ohio
This recycled wax museum may be the only one that features John Travolta in a Bible scene.
Tucson, Arizona
Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.
Orlando, Florida
Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Rare documents, old instruments, and gruesome specimens showcase the history of military medicine.
Lima, Peru
This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.