Gravestones

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.

The ruins of a massive World War I fort overlook the border between Zambia and Tanzania.

For posterity, a singular achievement: 3,780 hours of dancing.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

The gravestones in this historic cemetery are carved with mysterious faces.

The first singer to cut a country music record is buried in a small graveyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

A simple stone remembers one of the most menacing horses in the Swedish military.

The world champion cow is buried within a historic old asylum.

A grave marker depicting a body snatching tableau on a 19th-century tombstone.

Fenced off in a garden cemetery in Honduras lies the grave of the most notorious American filibuster.

Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.