Tombs

This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.

It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

The man who is mainly remembered for a chicken dish he had nothing to do with is buried under a large concrete dome.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

A Barbados crypt where it's said that the coffins refuse to stay put.

The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.

This ancient burial site is believed to be one of the first earthquake-protected structures in the world.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.