Graves

A house built specifically to shelter the dead.

The grave of the 19th-century sea captain who coined the phrase "Old Glory" can be found in this quiet cemetery.

This lonely gravestone beside an auto parts store is a reminder of the hardships of a pioneering past.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

The site where the Spanish first landed in Mexico was once a thriving Mesoamerican city.

Local history holds that a young woman, killed for a crime she did not commit, cursed this island.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

This 19th-century performer's gravestone identifies her as "the smallest woman ever in this Kingdom."

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

Deep in the Ocala National Forest, a lonesome 19th-century grave.

An extensive collection of some of the oldest grave markers in Lithuania.

Known by many as once the world's smartest horse.

After this beloved Cambridge character passed away, the community raised funds to provide him with a proper gravestone.