The grand and the grotesque: Chilling photographs inside America’s most lavish mausoleums

Photographer John Allan Faier has spent the last seven years photographing the homes of the dead, mausoleums filled with the remains of Christians long gone from this world.

At once a religious hall, the interiors of the buildings are vastly empty, populated by dated furniture, fluorescent bulbs and thousands of souls.

As you enter this world of stained glass and and hidden chambers, remember: you can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave.

Full article and more amazing photographs here.

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