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Cemeteries

Around the church yard.

Glasgow, Scotland

Unmarked Grave of Pierre Emile L'Angelier

The final resting place of a poisoned lover whose death was at the center of one of Glasgow's most sensational murder trials.

Gravestones

Sanctuary Wood Cemetery

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

The cemetery and mausoleum includes burials aboveground and below.

New York, New York

Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

Thomas Thetcher's Headstone

Winchester, England

The Grave of Thomas Thetcher

This gravestone and its inscription inspired a movement that has spanned generations and saved countless lives.

Cherry blossoms are among the vibrant flowers of Yong’ai Garden.

Burying the Dead in Taipei's Public Parks

The eco-friendly approach reflects Taiwan's shifting funerary practices.

Amandas Ong February 10, 2020

The Grave of John Palmer, alias Richard Turpin or Dick Turpin

Dick Turpin's Tombstone

The final resting place of England's most notorious bandit.

An etching of the expedition

Edinburgh, Scotland

Grave of Lieutenant John Irving

This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.

Loyasse Cemetery

Loyasse Cemetery

The first modern cemetery of Lyon is complete with more than 200 chapels and monuments.

Silver City Cemetery Landmark.

Silver City Cemetery

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

In 1926, the Daughters of the American Revolution joined forces with the U.S. Military Academy to exhume the supposed burial site of Margaret Corbin.

The Missing Grave of Margaret Corbin, Revolutionary War Veteran

She's the only woman veteran honored with a monument at West Point. But where was she buried?

Shane Cashman January 14, 2020

The Corbin monument is near West Point's neoclassical Old Chapel.

West Point, New York

Margaret Corbin's Grave

West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.

Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery

Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

Robert Johnson's headstone at Little Zion Church.

Greenwood, Mississippi

Robert Johnson's Grave

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

Grave of "The Queen" in Charleston, Missouri

Charleston, Missouri

The Queen Tombstone

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."

Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery

The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.

São Paulo, Brazil

Cemitério da Consolação

This necropolis is home to eclectic funerary art and is the final resting place for much of the city's nobility.

Grave of W. B. Yeats

This cemetery overlooking the Benbulben rock formation is the final resting place of one of Ireland's most beloved poets.

Aerial view of the roundabout

Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain

Cementerio del Cristo (Cemetery of Christ)

This small cemetery and its chapel are located in the middle of a traffic circle.