1. Burial of the Sardine; Spain. This comes at the end of Spain's Carnival celebration. One of the lighter burial ceremonies. 2. Bone House; Hallstatt, Austria. Due to a lack of space, the Austrians remove the skulls of the buried, paint them, and put them on show.
3. Hanging Coffins; Sagada, Luzon Island, Philippines. Also found in China and Indonesia, this practice entails putting the deceased in coffins and "burying" them in caves high in the cliffs.
4. Lemo Burial Site; Tana Toraja, Indonesia. Again, the dead are buried in cliffs, but the mouths of the cliffs are decorated with hundreds of dolls. (Creepy...)
5. Sky Burial; Tibet. For the Tibetan people, a sky burial was common practice. The deceased was left out in the open for hovering vultures as a gesture of charity. (Gee, thanks.)
6. Sunken Cemetery; Camiguin, Philippines. The city of Camiguin and its cemetery sits under the sea, after volcanic activity pushed it offshore. Its location underwater is marked by an enormous cross. This for the scuba-diving set.
7. Nazca Mummies; Nazca, Peru. Nazca mummies can be seen in the Atacama desert. "Propped up as if welcoming their visitors, they wear their hair long, thought to have once been a significant status symbol."
8. Rock Tombs; Myra, Turkey. 2,000 years old, the sides of mountains have dozens of tombs cut into them, making the rock wall look like the side of a castle.
I found this list on msnbc.com, although the article was produced by Reuters and it credits VirtualTourist.com as the true source. Reuters said that it does not "endorse" this list. What does that mean? Do they think there's a better list of burial tourism sites? Is there going to be an election in November to pick the best list?
But, my real question is, who would make their vacation plans revolve around burial sites??
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