Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

A board game enthusiast's love for the game, memorialized forever.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

Millions of pieces of Venetian glass showcase the life of Christ.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

This Greek Orthodox church houses the mummified body of St. Spyridon.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.