Legend has it that when guru Padmasambhava wanted to find a place to meditate in solitude, he shot an arrow into the sky and it landed on a site known today as the Tashiding Monastery.... »

Relics and Reliquaries, Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by EmilyYaMei and atimian

Just a few years after the “Anatomy Murderers” Burke and Hare were apprehended in Edinburgh, two boys discovered these tiny dolls, each nested into a miniature coffin hidden away in the city park.... »

Microminiature art, Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by Annetta and tripandtravel1

In January 2010, thieves made a daring escape with one of the treasures of the Hamburg Museum collection: the skull of 14th century pirate Klaus Stortebeker, best known for getting up after his... »

Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by Annetta

In the late 17th century, Saint John of Nepomuk's massive silver tomb in St. Vitus Cathedral was reopened after 300 years. Inside they found something unusual. Along with his long-dead remains,... »

Relics and Reliquaries, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by A Facebook user, atimian and others

Known as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome, the Catacombs of San Sebastian have long attracted devout Christian pilgrims and curious visitors. Along the first four mile stretch of Via... »

Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Subterranean Sites | Edited by atimian and Dylan

Pilgrims pray to saints for holy intercession in all kinds of problems, but they should be very careful what they ask for when approaching St. Foy, who seems to have a wicked sense of humor.... »

Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by Annetta

A granite monument standing tall in the swaying grass of the Kansas Flinthills marks the spot where Knute Rockne, a famous Notre Dame football coach, died in a plane crash on a cool March morning... »

Unusual Monuments, Relics and Reliquaries, Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas | Edited by NobleRot and Nicholas Jackson

A skull resides in a glass reliquary in a small basilica in Rome, surrounded by flowers. Lettering painted across the forehead identify the owner as none other than of the patron saint of lovers,... »

Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by Annetta, Nicholas Jackson and others

Inside the small Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Cathedral on a hillside overlooking the fishing town of Kodiak, Alaska, a wooden reliquary holds the remains of the Russian orthodox monk who... »

Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by Annetta

After a life fraught with poor health, controversy, supernatural visions, and stigmata, Padre Pio is today one of the most popular and venerated saints in the world. Born in 1887 as Francesco... »

Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by treeswithknees and Nicholas Jackson