Djúpivogur, Iceland
Rakkaberg
This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.
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Djúpivogur, Iceland
This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.
Iceland
One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Krems an der Donau, Austria
A three-shelf library serves as a memorial in the Jewish cemetery of Krems.
Hallstatt, Austria
The world's oldest known salt mine.
Riegersburg, Austria
A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.
Vienna, Austria
A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.
Havana, Cuba
A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.
Echternach, Luxembourg
Below the altar in Saint-Willibrord Basilica rests the mortal remains of Luxembourg's patron saint.
Wamba, Spain
One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.
Cham, Germany
In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.
Naples, Italy
The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.
Rothwell, England
Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
New Orleans, Louisiana
This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.
Alcobaça, Portugal
The corpse bride of Portugal.
London, England
A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.
Queens, New York
One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.
New York, New York
New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.
Pastrana, Spain
To fit bodies into this Renaissance crypt, they were first left to decompose in the crypt's rotting room.
New York, New York
Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.