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Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard
Few college mascots are treated as royally as Reveille, the “first lady” of Texas A&M University. Not only is she officially the highest ranking member of the university’s Corps of Cadets, she has... »
Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by allison
Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible
During World War II, Japanese naval forces in Okinawa, led by Rear Admiral Minoru Ota, built an elaborate underground headquarters, with hundreds of meters of connecting tunnels under a hill in... »
Memento Mori, Ossuaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Ghost Towns, Disaster Areas, Subterranean Sites | Edited by spinkk, Dylan and 2 others
After the Velvet Revolution, a bronze cross was set into the ground in front of the National Museum in Wenceslas Square to honour both Palach and Zajíc
August 1968, the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the liberalising reforms of Alexander Dubček's government during what was known as the Prague Spring. A group of Czech students... »
Memento Mori | Edited by canuck
Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office
Skeletons in the Closet is the name of the improbably placed gift shop squeezed into an office on the second floor of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. "Part of you thinks it's in poor... »
Memento Mori, Commercial Curiosities, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Nicholas Jackson
Haunting monument to the German Jewish philosopher who died while fleeing fascism
Stairs leading down a narrow passageway to the churning ocean waves are suddenly blocked by a pane of glass. Etched in German are the words: "It is more arduous to honor the memory of anonymous... »
Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori | Edited by allison, Nicholas Jackson and others
Celebrated example of Ottoman architecture that also served as a site for brutal massacres
The Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic Bridge that spans the Drina River in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a long and morbid history. Built at the end of the 16th century by the well-known court... »
Memento Mori, Architectural Oddities | Edited by stanestane, Annetta and 2 others
Haunted hotel, built on natural springs, once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising cancer cures
Perched high above the village of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the 78-room Crescent Hotel and Spa was built in 1886 as a retreat for those wishing to bathe in the healing springs of the area.
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Memento Mori, Intriguing Environs | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and wythe
