Lee Vining, California
Grave of the Unknown Prospector
A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.
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Lee Vining, California
A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.
Bournemouth, England
The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Cupar, Scotland
Beneath this headstone lie the severed body parts of three individuals who were caught up in a bloody period of Scottish history.
Carrick-On-Shannon, Ireland
The smallest chapel in Europe is a moving testament to the love between a husband and wife.
Rome, Italy
One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.
Tübingen, Germany
The Tübingen University anatomical collection hosts an example of an extremely rare medical phenomenon.
Jefferson City, Missouri
This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.
London, England
This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
Anagni, Italy
The “Sistine Chapel” of the Middle Ages merges 11th-century science and religion in wondrous hues.
Naters, Switzerland
This ossuary is more than five centuries old and is heralded as one of the finest in Switzerland.
Brooklyn, New York
This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.
Milos, Greece
An intricate network of underground tombs carved into volcanic rock.
Combs, Arkansas
There are no bodies inside these stone coffins. And there never were.
Barcelona, Spain
A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.
Averara, Italy
Five painted skeletons are hiding behind a church in this tiny village in the Italian Alps.
Berlin, Germany
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
Dundee, Scotland
People leave coins atop an unusual grave marker in one of Scotland's oldest burial grounds.
London, England
These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.
Lübeck, Germany
Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.
Youngsville, North Carolina
A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.
North Miami Beach, Florida
A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.
Tampa, Florida
Visit the final resting place of a potential pirate at this historic burial site.
Oxnard, California
Two historic and closed cemeteries, separated by a low income apartment building.
Zermatt, Switzerland
This Swiss cemetery is reserved for people who died in climbing accidents.