General view of the St. Eustache chamber in the Paris Catacombs A skull motif in the Paris Catacombs (photo © Christophe Fouin, all images courtesy the City of Paris ...

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 ...

‘You know, a bone would be one hell of a souvenir,” I say to my mom. “Stop,” she chides, but can’t hide the grin that stretches across her face. After a chilly three-hour wait, we finally reach the ...

The catacombs of Paris are a fascinatingly morbid historic attraction, where you go deep underground to explore passageways of meticulously arranged bones and skulls. Somewhere between 6-7 million ...

Human skulls and bones are stacked in the ossuary room in the catacombs of Paris in June 2011. Human skulls and bones are stacked in the ossuary room in the catacombs of Paris in June 2011. Charles ...

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 ...

In July 2024, Queens of the Stone Age became the first band ever permitted to perform in the underground Catacombs of Paris, an experience soon to be chronicled on the aptly named film Alive in the ...

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 ...

PARIS (KGO) -- Instead of trick or treating on Halloween, how about spending a night in catacombs filled with real skeletons? Airbnb is hosting a contest to give two people the opportunity to spend ...

PARIS --Two teenage boys have been rescued after three days underground in the skeleton-lined labyrinth of the Catacombs of Paris. Paris police said they alerted firefighters early Wednesday that the ...

PARIS – Two teenage boys have been rescued after three days underground in the skeleton-lined labyrinth of the Catacombs of Paris. Paris police said they alerted firefighters early Wednesday that the ...