Cemeteries

Hidden in plain sight, a gravestone seemingly inscribed from the future stands among the cemetery’s historic tombs.

World War II Soviet Russian soldiers were buried on the Danish island after the war had ended.

All that remains of a 17th-century hamlet is a sprawling non-denominational cemetery.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

Both Catholic and Protestant graves dot this 17th-century burial ground.

Hawaii’s largest cemetery rests inside an extinct volcano crater.

This Ohio cemetery is home to the remains of many Confederate officers and soldiers who were once held nearby as prisoners of war.

This tiny, one-acre cemetery serves as a reminder of when the Civil War got close to the nation’s capitol.

This cemetery contains a small fraction of the hundreds of Sierra Leoneans who died in the world wars.

A testament to Colorado’s rugged mining history sits against a backdrop of striking mountain scenery.

Malta’s largest cemetery is a Victorian-era architectural masterpiece.

Hundreds of medieval Islamic gravestones decorate the mountainous landscape in the largest cemetery in Turkey.

The first graveyard named "Boot Hill" was established in Hays, Kansas, years before better known cemeteries with the same name.

A serene memorial that honors the adventurous spirits of climbers who lost their lives in the High Tatras.

An unkempt, oddly placed piece of land keeps an elderly farming couple in a residential area.