In Europe, you’ll find that many of these human skeletons — even long after death — still have something to say. Here’s one of my favorite European memories illustrating how, if you know where to look ...

Of all the places you might find the Capuchin crypt, the Via Veneto in Rome seems to be the unlikeliest location. But amid this district of four star hotels, expensive restaurants and swanky habitués, ...

The bones of long-deceased Capuchin friars are painstakingly displayed in a crypt beneath the Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Theo Zenou Skeletons adorn the walls and ceilings of the ...

Often called ‘the bone church’, the Capuchin Crypt is well known as one of Rome’s most macabre places. The Capuchins are a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, and the ...

Mysterious The crowd People who are into hidden history The guide Unflappable Standouts A room decorated in chandeliers made from a Capuchin monk's vertebrae Best for Travelers curious about a world ...

Paris may be most famous for its catacombs, explored officially by tourists in some areas, illicitly by “cataphiles” in others, but did you know that catacombs exist all around the world, including in ...

In 18th-century Paris, there were a lot of dead bodies and a limited amount of space to bury them, and eventually the city ran out of ground. The graves held so many dead that bodies burst through ...