Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Venture down into the dark, musty stone vaults beneath St. Michan ...

Isaac Michan is fascinated by the uncanny, by that fine line between the overly familiar and the eerily unrecognizable. The 34-year-old founder of Michan Architecture—a Mexico City–based studio ...

THIS is the first image of the man who admitted stealing the head of an 800-year old mummified knight during a break-in at a crypt. Our exclusive snaps shows how Brian Bridgeman, 36, left the catacomb ...

Located about a block from the Old Jameson Distillery, St. Michan's Church was founded in 1095 and is the oldest church on the north side of the River Liffey in Dublin. Rebuilt in 1686 by William ...

Mummified remains housed at St. Michan's Church in Dublin are thought to be destroyed after a fire was lit on the premises on Tuesday evening, June 11. An Garda Síochána said that they and emergency ...

The 400-year-old remains of a nun were desecrated and the head of 800-year-old “The Crusader” stolen by vandals at St Michan’s Church. The Archbishop of Dublin has condemned the actions of vandals who ...

The vaults at St Michan’s Church on Church Street in north inner-city Dublin reopened to the public, after being closed since February 25th, due to the theft of a mummified head and skull. Both were ...

Five historic mummified remains have been destroyed after a crypt beneath St Michan's Church of Ireland in Dublin was set on fire, the vicar has said. The incident, on Church Street, happened at about ...

Vandals have broken into a historic church in Dublin and stolen the head of an 800-year-old mummy nicknamed "The Crusader." The grim discovery was made by a guide at St. Michan's Church, as he was ...

A MAN is being quizzed after two ancient skulls were stolen from a historic church. Sick thugs broke into St Michan’s Church on Church Street in Dublin and ransacked a number of crypts containing ...