Behind a rusty gate, under tall, dark trees in the suburbs of Prague, there is an old graveyard that used...
Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries
I think as elementary school children, we all knew a kid who ate the glue. Maybe curiosity got the better...
As the story goes, the once booming mining community of Tonopah owes its existence to a wayward burro (a “burro”...
Near Ortona, in the region of Abruzzo, Italy, there is a place that links Italians and Canadians: the Moro River...
We are in Lima: the historic (and supposedly haunted) Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro is the most famous cemetery in Peru....
We are in Lima, Peru. Franciscan Monateries depend a lot on donations made by the well-to-do patrons and the San...
The little girl, who had just three years old was gone from her rural home. Missing. Her parents, started down...
The Capuchins came to Brno in 1604 at the invitation of the Bishop of Olomouc, František of Dietrichstein. For their...
As macabre as it sounds, this cemetery is actually a really nice place to visit. Just over the railroad tracks...
For us cemeteries are places of mourning and sadness: these are places in which the dead rest. On the tombstones...
One of the most popular destinations for tourists in Czech Republic who venture outside Prague is the town of Kutna...
The 40,000 to 70,000 skeletons within Sedlec Ossuary (known also as Kostnice Ossuary Beinhaus) in Czech Republic welcome you, literally,...
In the suburbs around Williamsport, Pennsylvania, there are some places of great interest. There is a road called the “End...
Cruger, Mississippi, is home to barely 400 residents. It lies within the confines of the large area of fertile agricultural...
It is said that often it’s possible tell the history of a town through its cemetery. This is a little...
In the mists of time, for over 2000 years, the Igorot population has traditionally created wooden coffins and set them...
In 1274 Purgatory was formally accepted as Catholic doctrine and defined by the Church as the place of purification through...
A few minutes’ walk from the Woodstock Village Green, a zone often filled with lively music and art, there is...
We are on the small island of Ile Sainte-Marie, off the coast of eastern Madagascar, where lie the bones of...
Can you imagine? For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this church...
We are in Peru, where, since 1997, law has protected the macabre Chauchilla Cemetery, a Nazca burial ground where mummified...
Shirokorechenskoe Cemetery, located on the southwestern outskirts of Yekaterinburg, Russia, is the last abode of many famous local people, including...
We are in the shade of the yew trees rooted in the graveyard of a medieval church, where there is...
When Arp Schnitger, a reputed organ maker who working in Germany in the late 17th century, was assigned a portion...
Do you remember the Doctor Gloom's Crypt of Curiosity? Baltimore has been created by live and dead, by dreams and...
The town of Hallstatt it’s the typical Austrian town, located on a beautiful forested mountain, next to a beautiful blue...
The Monumental Cemetery in Milan is really an open-air museum, since 1866 to today. In this article i don’t want...
