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Burial Places

General view of the cemetery.

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Mission Creek Cemetery

The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.

Pinehurst and San Sebastian Cemeteries.

St. Augustine, Florida

Pinehurst and San Sebastian Cemeteries

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

A plot marker near the entrance.

St. John’s Church Cemetery

A lost cemetery stands forgotten on a hilltop, known only to the older residents of Pomeroy.

One woman was buried with her feet removed and placed by her side, and her arms behind her head.

Found: Mysterious Ritual Burials From the Iron Age

Ancient Britons had a complicated relationship with the dead.

Jonathan Carey April 16, 2019

Tham Lod Cave

Tambon Tham Lot, Thailand

Tham Lod Cave

A mile-long navigable cave adorned with stalactites and stalagmites reaching up to 65 feet tall.

Robin Hood's former piss-pot.

Robin Hood's Hill

This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.

Johnny Ringo's grave.

Dragoon, Arizona

Grave of Johnny Ringo

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

Georges Méliès's Grave

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Thomas Pursell’s Escape Burial Hatch

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

"Tjelvar's Grave" stone ship burial site.

Tjelvar's Grave

A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.

The current tombstone was placed there by Dorothy Bruce and her 1966-67 Jefferson Junior High School students.

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

The Prophet of Oak Ridge's Grave

John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.

The plague victim skeleton at the Charterhouse.

London, England

The Charterhouse Black Death Skeleton

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

The cemetery.

Leiden, Netherlands

Graveyard Groenesteeg

This early 19th-century graveyard is the final resting place of Vincent van Gogh's mother.

Stockholm, Sweden

Pompes Grav (Pompe the Dog's Grave)

A tombstone on the grounds of the royal castle marks the burial site of a Swedish king's beloved dog.

The grave.

Edinburgh, Scotland

John Knox's Grave

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

The front of Barratt's grave.

Middletown, Connecticut

Joseph Barratt's Grave

The gravestone of an eccentric Connecticut doctor features dinosaur tracks and a pair of fossil tree casts.

Elsie Cemetery.

Seaside, Oregon

Elsie Cemetery

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

Moriarty Monument.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Moriarty Monument

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.