Prague, Czechia
Vinárna Čertovka
This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.
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Prague, Czechia
This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.
Venzone, Italy
Meet the oldest inhabitants of this Italian hamlet, a series of oddly preserved mummies.
Solferino, Italy
The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Ferentillo, Italy
Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.
Urbania, Italy
Eighteen mummies have stood guard behind the altar of this tiny church since 1833.
Valletta, Malta
The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Rabat, Malta
The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.
Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.
Milan, Italy
This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Rott am Inn, Germany
These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.
Flintsbach am Inn, Germany
A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.
Marville, France
The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.
Kassel, Germany
A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.
Kassel, Germany
This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Ulm, Germany
The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.
Waidhofen, Germany
A small concrete monument remembers a German cold case involving incest, farm tools, and psychics.