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Lusaka, Zambia
Embassy Park
All your favorite presidents of Zambia, in one convenient spot.
Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy
Italo Calvino’s Grave
The final resting place of one of Italy’s most influential and imaginative writers.
Larkspur, Colorado
Old Palmer Lake Cemetery
In a beautiful open space on the north side of the Palmer Divide sits one solitary 19th-century gravestone in a copse of trees.
Marathon, Florida
Flipper’s Grave
The grave of the first dolphin to play Flipper is located at the Dolphin Research Center.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Benjamin Harrison Gravesite
Why would a Civil War general and president choose to be buried in a local Indianapolis graveyard and not Arlington National Cemetery?
Atherton, England
Memorial to Edward Ormerod
A Victorian gravestone has a carving of a safety device invented in the 1860s that is still saving lives today.
Kamakura, Japan
Grave of Akira Kurosawa
Japan's legendary filmmaker is interred in a small graveyard in a similarly modest temple in Kamakura.
Wortham, Texas
Blind Lemon Jefferson’s Grave
Cemetery officials are finally seeing that the Father of Texas Blues’ grave is kept clean.
Colla Micheri, Italy
Thor Heyerdahl’s Former Resting Place
One of the 20th century’s most remarkable explorers was buried here, but he just couldn't stay put.
Hiraizumi, Japan
Grave of Benkei
According to folklore, this grave lies near the site of the “standing death” of one of Japan’s fiercest warriors.
Arlington, Texas
The Graves of ‘Dimebag Darrell’ and ‘Vinnie Paul the Brick Wall‘
Fans are known to leave tributes to these two brothers, both heavy-metal legends.
Houston, Texas
The Donnellan Crypt
A forgotten 1800s burial vault hides in plain sight beneath a busy downtown Houston bridge.
Court-Saint-Étienne, Belgium
Goblet d’Alviella Mausoleum
Freemasonry’s universal creed etched in limestone.
Jackson, North Carolina
Jackson Grave Houses
A quiet cemetery in northeastern North Carolina holds tiny structures believed to protect spirits.
Muscatine, Iowa
The Blue Angel of Greenwood Cemetery
A cobalt-lit cemetery statue that has inspired decades of local legends.
Leipzig, Germany
Grave of Marinus van der Lubbe
Ninety years after his execution, the man accused of starting the Reichstag fire was given a final resting place.
Houston, Texas
Grave of Howard Hughes
One of the 20th century’s most famous businessmen is buried in Houston’s most prestigious cemetery.
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Here Lies Charlotte Temple, the Woman Who Never Existed
Why have so many people made the pilgrimage to a fictional character’s grave?
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