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Venice, Italy

Palazzo Dario

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
The execution ax and block.
London, England

The Executioner's Ax

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.
Disk of death on display at the museum.
Mexico City, Mexico

Disk of Death

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.
cemeteries

The True Story Behind America's Most 'Metal' Cemetery

Metallic gravestones, as it turns out, don't age well.
Lizzie Philip December 12, 2018
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An Introduction to America's Most Metal Cemetery

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Kyiv Crematorium.
Kyiv, Ukraine

Kyiv Crematorium

This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.
The King Userkaf complex held dozens of mummified cats.
mummies

Mummifying a Beetle Is a Lot Easier Than Mummifying a Cat

Not all animal mummies were created equal.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 29, 2018
Attendees gather around a table to talk death at Tagine.
food

At a Death Cafe, Tea and Couscous Make Mortality Easier to Swallow

Let's talk about death, baby.
Abbey Perreault November 26, 2018
A postcard of the Loch Maree Hotel, built in 1872 and made famous by Queen Victoria's six-night stay.
food

The Lethal Lunch That Shook Scotland

From cold cuts to cold case.
Tal McThenia November 15, 2018
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Tokyo, Japan

Yurei Izakaya

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.
<em>The Kiss of Death</em>, designed by Joan Fonternat and carved by Jaume Barba in 1930, in Barcelona’s Poblenau Cemetery. It marks the grave of textile manufacturer Josep Llaudet Soler.
cemeteries

In Search of Cemeteries Alive With Beauty, Art, and History

These resting places celebrate life.
Anika Burgess October 31, 2018
Houdini's Grave.
gravestones

4 Grave Secrets From New York's Past

In the spirit of Halloween, consider a tour of graveyards, memorials, and other places in touch with the afterlife.
Sarah Laskow October 30, 2018
A reef ball graveyard beneath the waves.
death

Bury Me in an Artificial Reef

One Florida-based company offers a second life at sea by adding cremains to something called a reef ball.
Eric Grundhauser October 29, 2018
The monument.
Imler, Pennsylvania

Lost Children of the Alleghenies Monument

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.
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Meet the Beard That Killed Its Owner

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Tatsuya Ezura's eggplant Cessna.
gravestones

The Cucumber Horses and Eggplant Cows That Welcome Back the Dead

During the Japanese summer festival Obon, ancestral spirits come home.
Ellen Freeman October 26, 2018
The markers in the whalers' graveyard, in the background, were replaced in the 1980s.
cemeteries

The Abandoned Graveyards on a Thawing Arctic Island

Climate change is causing trouble on Herschel Island.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 26, 2018
cemeteries

Union Soldiers Buried Their Dead in Robert E. Lee’s Garden

Before Arlington was a national cemetery, it was the Lee homestead, and then a tent city for occupying troops.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 26, 2018