The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.