Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
Arresting Ossuary
The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.
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Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Leuk, Switzerland
For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.
Marville, France
The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.
Saint-Denis, France
The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.
The Hague, Netherlands
Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies
Amiens, France
The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.
Cheddar, England
Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Royston, England
Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.
Brighton, England
The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.
Lübeck, Germany
A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.
Schleswig, Germany
Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.
Aneby C, Sweden
This pyramid in southern Sweden houses the remains of an eccentric nobleman, who spent his life doing whatever he felt like doing.
Larvik, Norway
Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.
Hörby, Sweden
A former hen house turned curiosity cabinet displays one man's lifelong fascination with cannibalism.
Lund, Sweden
This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.
Gothenburg, Sweden
A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.
Ishøj, Denmark
Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.
Kungsbacka, Sweden
Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.