The “Merry Cemetery” in Romania: colors and irony to exorcise death.
For us cemeteries are places of mourning and sadness: these are places in which the dead rest. On the tombstones usually only the dates of birth and death appear. When […]
Rome: Here lies the head of the patron saint of lovers, St. Valentine.
We are in Rome again, and even in the Italian capital there are some singular “oddities”. After the doll hospital, I talk you about a skull that resides in a […]
The bone church – Sedlec Ossuary in Czech Republic.
The 40,000 to 70,000 skeletons within Sedlec Ossuary (known also as Kostnice Ossuary Beinhaus) in Czech Republic welcome you, literally, with open arms: the ossuary, located close to Kutná Hora […]
India: Skeleton Lake of Roopkund~
Roopkund, locally known as Mystery Lake or Human Skeletons Lake, is a high altitude glacial lake at Uttarakhand state of India. The area is uninhabited, in the Himalayas at an […]
Monterey Peninsula in California: Pebble Beach, ghost trees and the ghost of a Lady in Lace ~
Pebble Beach was the original name of the rocky cove located on the beautiful Monterey Peninsula in California. The owners of the near-by Hotel Del Monte purchased the cove and […]
The Ma’Nene Festival in Indonesia: the mummies of the dead return to visit their loved ones.
As we know, all cultures have their own way of celebrating those who have passed away, but in Indonesia, in the province of Tana Toraja, funeral rites are a little […]
Hasanlu’s Lovers: a kiss 2,800 years long
Teppe Hasanlu, in northwestern Iran, is a famous archaeological site of a city that was excavated in 10 seasons between 1956 and 1974 by a team from the University Museum, […]
Cruger, Mississippi: the Grave of the Lady in Red~
Cruger, Mississippi, is home to barely 400 residents. It lies within the confines of the large area of fertile agricultural lands known as the Mississippi Delta, and places nearby have […]
Mt. Moriah: the cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
It is said that often it’s possible tell the history of a town through its cemetery. This is a little cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota, and buried in Mt. Moriah […]
Aokigahara: the Japanese Suicide Forest called “the perfect place to die”.
Aokigahara is known throughout the world as the “Suicide Forest”, and is a 35-square-kilometer spot located at the northwest base of Mount Fuji in Japan. The forest, called “the perfect […]
La Madone de São Paulo, Brasil: the giant mural in memory of our mortality.
We are in Brazil, in São Paulo’s city center: this giant mural of Santa Muerte reminds passersby of their own mortality. Painted on the side of a building in downtown […]
