The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.