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Hearts

11 Places to See Real Hearts

Hearts stand still for eternity at these memorials.

Jonathan Carey February 10, 2023

preserved specimens

Why a 224-Year-Old Human Heart Is Touring Brazil

This piece of Dom Pedro I, who declared Brazil's independence, is causing controversy in two countries.

Dania Rodrigues August 25, 2022

Podcast: Chopin's Heart

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team January 24, 2022

The Evolutionary Quirk That Allows Antarctica's Icefish To Survive Extreme Cold

Unique adaptations allow the ambush predator to thrive in an environment that would kill most other organisms.

Bill Schutt November 4, 2021

The Ultimate Guide to Scattered Body Parts

One way or another, these heads, shoulders, hands, and toes have lost their bodies.

Michelle Cassidy October 19, 2021

Myanmar (Burma)

Rih Dil

This heart-shaped lake near the border of India and Myanmar is deeply rooted in Mizo folklore.

Nashville, Tennessee

Hidden Heart of Music Row

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

Smoked Reindeer Heart

The delicacy makes a rich, gamey appetizer in northern Sweden.

Serenje, Zambia

Livingstone Memorial

An obelisk marks the spot where a British explorer's heart was buried before the rest of his body was transported to England.

Holy Church of the Archangels

This small chapel holds the mummified heart of one of the heroes of the Greek Revolution.

Cured Tuna Heart

In Sardinia, pasta gets a savory sprinkling of the dried and grated organ.

Argyll and Bute, Scotland

The Tinkers' Heart

A rare permanent monument to the Scottish Travellers.

Tomb of Antonio Canova

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Devens, Massachusetts

Sweetheart Memorial

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

brain collections

Found: Dozens of Naturally Shrunken Brains in a Mass Grave

There are very few examples of naturally preserved brains.

Sarah Laskow July 17, 2017

The Practicalities of Transporting a 400-Year-Old Heart

How the traveling body parts of saints get through customs.

Linda Rodriguez McRobbie March 7, 2017

What It's Like to Hold Your Own Heart

Baylor University Medical Center in Texas is encouraging transplant patients to meet their former organs.

Lauren Young February 17, 2017

I Heart New York

My quest to buy (and eat) as many different hearts as I could in a single day in the city.

Sarah Laskow February 17, 2017