This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

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

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

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

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.