Burial Places

Originally a cemetery, this city park remains speckled with a handful of scattered gravestones.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

The bizarre story of the mysterious death and hidden treasure of one of Sanibel Island's early homesteaders.

A small graveyard is hidden in the midst of a bustling university campus.

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

The final resting place of soldiers who fell during the First and Second World Wars.

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

A humble homage to a gravedigger tucked within the dignified English cathedral.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

The racehorse's headstone highlights a forgotten part of the Hendrie Park Gardens' history.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.

A Zulu warrior is buried far from home, near the very northern border of Zambia.