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 ...

I first learned of the Paris catacombs in a guidebook several years ago. The single paragraph describing the final resting place of some 6 million people was almost dismissive. But the photo of a wall ...

Hidden beneath the vibrant European city of Paris is an eerie network of old caves and tunnels housing the remains of 6 million people: the Catacombes de Paris. The tunnels, located beneath the Palais ...

The Paris catacombs were constructed after mass gravesites started to pollute the soil and leech smells. The catacombs were originally the site of limestone mines used during the Roman Empire. It took ...

The air was cool and exuded a musty, almost earthy odor. The passageway with squat ceilings no more than six feet high was lit by small dim lights, each bright enough to see only a few feet ahead.

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 ...

From a subterranean command center of the French Resistance to the remains of Nicholas Flamel, François Rabelais, and Montesquieu, the Catacombs of Paris are jam-packed with historical and cultural ...

PARIS – As if visiting the Paris Catacombs in the daytime wasn't creepy enough — you can now visit the underground maze of skeletons after nightfall, too. That is if you dare defy the warning at the ...