Not every inch of Paris is as romantic as you think – in fact, the Catacombs are downright chilling. Prior to the creation of the Catacombs in the late 18th century, Parisians buried their dead ...

Workers at the historic catacombs of Paris are rebuilding a wall containing remains of martyrs from the French Revolution. The massive underground gravesite houses up to 7 million bodies ...

"I love the patina—not all white and clean," he says. Behind the neat stack of skulls, tibias, and femurs in the Paris catacombs lies a chaos of bones. In the 18th and 19th centuries the city ...

The Catacombs of Paris are underground ossuaries (containers or rooms in which the bones of dead people are placed) in Paris, ...

Deep beneath the bustling streets of Paris, a hidden labyrinth of tunnels houses the remains of more than six million people, originally created to manage the city's overflowing cemeteries.

The Paris Catacombs stretch beneath the city and contain the bones of an estimated six to seven million people. The tunnels, originally limestone quarries, were repurposed in the late 18th century ...

Sixty-six feet under the City of Light's scenic streets, people are gathering each weekend to explore Paris's true underground arts scene. The 160 miles of centuries-old tunnels have become a ...