Silkeborg, Denmark
Tollund Man
Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.
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Silkeborg, Denmark
Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.
Gemeinde Sankt Florian, Austria
The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.
Vác, Hungary
Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
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.
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Naples, Italy
Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.
Split, Croatia
The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.
Cavalier, North Dakota
Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.
Newark, England
The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.
Berlin, Germany
A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.
Bottineau, North Dakota
The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.
Glastonbury, England
In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.
Woolfardisworthy, England
The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.
Kenilworth, England
This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.
Grünwald, Germany
This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.