A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

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

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

The Cathedral of St. Ambrose has been hiding a special parishioner within its walls.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

This 18th-century dissection theater's frescoes display a gorgeous tension between the terrestrial and esoteric.

Leave the wardrobes and sweets to British schoolchildren, Shanghai's got a Coke machine that leads to booze.

The great Danube river starts here.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

A varied collection of brains in alcohol.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

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