Oppenheim, Germany
Michaelskapelle Ossuary
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
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Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Berlin, Germany
Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.
Lichtenstein, Germany
A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.
Saalfeld, Germany
"The most colorful grottoes of the world.
Berlin, Germany
The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.
Ettal, Germany
A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Berlin, Germany
This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Cerveteri, Italy
Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.
Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Zakopane, Poland
Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.
Grabarka, Poland
Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.
Walbrzych, Poland
A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.