Places kattowice Wants to Go

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

It took more than 300 years to build this church, which is home to two sacred vessels believed to hold the blood of Christ.

A wonderfully versatile natural history curio cabinet preserved since the 1840s.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.