Prague, Czechia
Hrdlička Museum of Anthropology
A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.
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Prague, Czechia
Grotta
This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.
Prague, Czechia
Old Jewish Cemetery
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
Olšany Cemetery
Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.
Prague, Czechia
Strahov Monastery
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Naples, Italy
Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco
The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.
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Rome, Italy
The Sacconi Rossi Crypt
A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.
Siena, Italy
St. Catherine of Siena's Severed Head
A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.
San Gimignano, Italy
The Museum of Medieval Torture
Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.
San Martino della Battaglia, Italy
Ossario di San Martino
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.
Florence, Italy
La Specola Zoological Museum
An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.
Naples, Italy
Catacombs of San Gennaro
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Naples, Italy
The Anatomical Machines of Cappella Sansevero
These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.
Rome, Italy
Museo Storico Nazionale Dell' Arte Sanitaria
One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.
Rome, Italy
Papal Hearts at Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
Rome, Italy
The Head of St. John the Baptist at San Silvestro in Capite
One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.
Rome, Italy
Saint Victoria's Incorruptible Body
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
Rome, Italy
The Protestant Cemetery
The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Milan, Italy
San Bernardino alle Ossa
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Bomarzo, Italy
The Monsters of Bomarzo
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Sorrento, Italy
Valle dei Mulini (Valley of the Mills)
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Rome, Italy
Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
London, England
Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
London, England
The Cathedral of Sewage
This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.
