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The Relic of St. Antoninus

Florence, Italy

The Relic of St. Antoninus

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Galileo's Middle Finger

Florence, Italy

Galileo's Middle Finger

The middle finger of modernity.

Towers of San Gimignano

San Gimignano, Italy

Towers of San Gimignano

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Head of St. Catherine of Siena

Siena, Italy

St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Città Ideale

Montegabbione (TR), Italy

La Scarzuola

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

Bomarzo Monster

Bomarzo, Italy

The Monsters of Bomarzo

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital)

Rome, Italy

Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital)

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

The Wuppertal "kaiserwagen" which once carried the German Emperor.

Wuppertal, Germany

Schwebebahn Wuppertal

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

The Golden Chamber at St. Ursula

Cologne, Germany

Church of St. Ursula

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

Eggenburg Charnel

Eggenburg, Austria

Eggenburg Charnel

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

The Skeletons of Waldsassen Basilica

Waldsassen, Germany

The Skeletons of Waldsassen Basilica

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

Kaplica Czaszek (Chapel of Skulls)

Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland

Kaplica Czaszek (Chapel of Skulls)

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

Hallstatt Charnel House

Hallstatt, Austria

Hallstatt Charnel House

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Skull Tower of Nis

Niš, Serbia

The Skull Tower of Nis

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

Ostrog Monastery

Montenegro

Ostrog Monastery

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

The wunderkammer-esque cathedral treasury of remains

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Dubrovnik Cathedral Treasury (Riznica Katedrale)

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

Jesus' footprints in the basilica

Rome, Italy

The Catacombs of San Sebastian

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Antro della Sibilla (Cave of the Sibyl)

Monte di Cuma, Italy

Antro della Sibilla (Cave of the Sibyl)

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

Fontanelle Cemetery Caves.
Permanently Closed

Naples, Italy

Fontanelle Cemetery Caves

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

An anatomical model.

Naples, Italy

The Anatomical Machines of Cappella Sansevero

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The World's Smallest Mummy

Guanajuato, Mexico

Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

The Czech's Capuchin Crypt

Brno, Czechia

The Czech's Capuchin Crypt

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

St. Sebastian’s Cemetery

Salzburg, Austria

St. Sebastian’s Cemetery

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Sedlec Ossuary

Kutna Hora, Czechia

Sedlec Ossuary ‘Bone Church’

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

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