Cemeteries and memorials, including catacombs and crypts.

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The Capuchin Catacombs Palermo, Sicily, Italy

The catacombs in Palermo, Italy, are among the creepiest we've seen and visitors must beware; what's inside really isn't suitable for children. They house the bodies of preserved monks and wealthy Sicilians from a couple of centuries past, wearing the clothes they wished to be buried in...

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Arnos Vale Cemetery © Katherine Conlon

Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, England

This beautiful and tranquil cemetery in Bristol tells, among many others, the stories of medical discoveries and defeats. The graves there include those who succumbed to the cholera epidemic of 1849, as well as others who helped to prevent the deadly disease taking hold again...

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Oscar Wilde's Tomb up close. © Sophie Collard

Père Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetière du Père Lachaise)

Père Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetière du Père) is a large city of the dead in Paris. Many famous French, English and American people are buried here, including Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde. We went and took some photographs...

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