The Egyptian-inspired last resting place of Lord Kilmorey.

Venice's island of the dead.

Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

Once a year in Pomuch, the dead are taken out for a cleaning.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

"They died with their boots on."

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

An archaeological site believed to be the burial place of the "mother of us all."