Sedlec Ossuary , near Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic, is...  ...Thuras of Atlas Obscura tells the tale of Sedlec Ossuary .

We’ve posted a few times about the creepy Se...  ...quo;ve posted a few times about the creepy Sedlec Ossuary in the Czech Republic, the Paris Catacombs, and t...  ...eased parishioner’s bones from the basement ossuary . San Bernardino alle Ossa has walls completely co...

In Europe, churches that were established over a thousand years ago are still being used. It's all well and good to want to be buried in the church cemetery when your time comes, but there's only so much space. That's wh...

Atlas Obscura has compiled pictures and information about twelve different churches and shrines decorated with human bones. The picture above is from a wall at the Chapel of Bones at the Royal Church of St. Francis in P...