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

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

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

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

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

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

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

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

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

The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.

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

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

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

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.