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A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.