Places todesgleich Wants to Go

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

The relics of dozens of martyrs are stored in a single chapel.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.