Melbourne, Australia
The Haunted Bookshop
Occult books, tarot, oddities.
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Melbourne, Australia
Occult books, tarot, oddities.
England
A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.
Vienna, Austria
Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.
Hinterbrühl, Austria
This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.
Linz, Austria
Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.
Herrnbaumgarten, Austria
The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.
Graz, Austria
The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.
Ottensheim, Austria
A unique opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipe.
Mondsee, Austria
This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."
Klatovy, Czechia
These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Novara, Italy
This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Qesm Saint Katrin, Egypt
Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Rouen, France
An ancient ossuary in Rouen.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
Gemeinde Sankt Florian, Austria
The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Kaltenbach, Austria
Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.
Krems an der Donau, Austria
A three-shelf library serves as a memorial in the Jewish cemetery of Krems.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Florence, Italy
This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.