Copenhagen, Denmark
Elephant Gate
Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
Naters, Switzerland
This ossuary is more than five centuries old and is heralded as one of the finest in Switzerland.
Vienna, Austria
One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.
Salzburg, Austria
These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.
Innsbruck, Austria
This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...
Mondsee, Austria
This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."
Salzburg, Austria
Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.
Salzburg, Austria
The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.
Graz, Austria
The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.
Gemeinde Sankt Florian, Austria
The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.
Vienna, Austria
The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.
Vienna, Austria
A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.
Vienna, Austria
Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.
Graz, Austria
Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.
Vienna, Austria
An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Riegersburg, Austria
A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
Vienna, Austria
The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.
Vienna, Austria
Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Vienna, Austria
Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.
Vienna, Austria
Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.