Budapest, Hungary
Hospital in the Rock
A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.
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Budapest, Hungary
A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.
Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Naples, Italy
These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.
Budapest, Hungary
The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.
Vác, Hungary
Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.
Krong Battambang, Cambodia
Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.
Malaga, Spain
Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Lima, Peru
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Naples, Italy
Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Moscow, Russia
Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.
Dargavs, Russia
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Sissach, Switzerland
Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.
Commugny, Switzerland
A tiny rural community in Switzerland was home to one of history's most shocking murders, and led to the banning of Absinthe for nearly a century.
Gland, Switzerland
This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.
Leuk, Switzerland
For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.
Tiraspol, Moldova
A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.
Nazca, Peru
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
Solferino, Italy
The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.
Riga, Latvia
Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.