Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.

In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

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

Venice's island of the dead.

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

A wunderkammer of curious objects and intriguing art nestled within a hub of ancient Roman sites.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.