Copenhagen, Denmark
Tivoli Gardens
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
Klatovy, Czechia
These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Qesm Saint Katrin, Egypt
Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
Gemeinde Sankt Florian, Austria
The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.
Křtiny, Czechia
Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
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.
Marville, France
The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.
Wamba, Spain
One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.
Lampa, Peru
This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
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.
London, England
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
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.
Niš, Serbia
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Budapest, Hungary
A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.
Budapest, Hungary
The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.