Burial Places

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

In 1977, wealthy socialite Sandra West was buried wearing an elegant white nightdress while reclining comfortably in her powder-blue 1964 Ferrari.

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.

A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.

Contrary to its heavenly name, this tranquil oasis has a dark and tragic history buried with it (quite literally).

This collection of Neolithic monuments make up one of The U.K.'s richest archeological landscapes.

You have to know where to look in this rather ordinary-looking square to find hints of its past as a dissidents' cemetery.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

This collection of ancient structures makes up part of the largest group of prehistoric earthworks in Britain.

Surrounded by a serene and tranquil environment, this magnificent columbarium is the popular final resting place for many families to house their departed loved ones.

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.

Inside this 11th-century church, a medieval-style tomb of the World War I hero known as "Lawrence of Arabia."

The Jelgava Palace holds one of the few burial places of governor’s dynasties that is open to the public.

Neolithic burial chambers hidden beside a village school.

Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.