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Biddison Family Cemetery.
Baltimore, Maryland

Biddison Family Cemetery

A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.
Marble Memento Mori.
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands

Beth Haim Cemetery

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.
The grand cemetery entrance.
Azul, Argentina

Azul Cemetery Entrance

This colossal structure and its accompanying angel often play tricks on the eyes.
Sunken crosses.
La Palma, Spain

Sunken Crosses of Malpique

This underwater graveyard commemorates a group of murdered 16th-century missionaries.
cemeteries

The True Story Behind America's Most 'Metal' Cemetery

Metallic gravestones, as it turns out, don't age well.
Lizzie Philip December 12, 2018
The Saxon Cemetery in Sighișoara, Romania.
Sighișoara, Romania

Sighișoara Saxon Cemetery

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.
Kantharodai.
Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Kantharodai

This rural Sri Lankan village hides a cluster of small, enigmatic stupas.
Put a pumpkin on my grave.
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We Asked, You Answered: The Foods You Want People to Leave on Your Grave

Atlas Obscura readers share their hungriest final wishes.
Eric Grundhauser October 31, 2018
<em>The Kiss of Death</em>, designed by Joan Fonternat and carved by Jaume Barba in 1930, in Barcelona’s Poblenau Cemetery. It marks the grave of textile manufacturer Josep Llaudet Soler.
cemeteries

In Search of Cemeteries Alive With Beauty, Art, and History

These resting places celebrate life.
Anika Burgess October 31, 2018
Rex the Wonder Dog's grave.
pet cemeteries

The Final Resting Places of 7 Famous Dogs

Man's best friend in life and death.
Meg Neal October 30, 2018
A cemetery surrounded by a coal mine in West Virginia.
cemeteries

The Mountaintop Cemeteries Surrounded by Coal Mines

Hard to access and hemmed in by explosive activity, these graveyards are stuck in limbo.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 30, 2018
The pub, pictured circa 1990.
cemeteries

How a Dublin Pub Became a Haunt for Gravediggers and Ghosts Alike

The watering hole sits next to a cemetery and has stories to match.
Valentina Valentini October 29, 2018
The markers in the whalers' graveyard, in the background, were replaced in the 1980s.
cemeteries

The Abandoned Graveyards on a Thawing Arctic Island

Climate change is causing trouble on Herschel Island.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 26, 2018
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Union Soldiers Buried Their Dead in Robert E. Lee’s Garden

Before Arlington was a national cemetery, it was the Lee homestead, and then a tent city for occupying troops.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 26, 2018
Plants grow in graves at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia.
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A Year Gardening the Grave of a Stranger

At Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia, green-thumbed volunteers participate in a unique program.
Sydney Schaedel October 25, 2018
Cudham Churchyard in London. This looks about right.
cemeteries

Why England Once Forced Everyone to Be Buried in Wool

Transgressors had to pay a heavy fine.
Matthew Taub October 25, 2018
"Life preserving coffin in doubtful cases of actual dead," a safety-coffin model by Christian Eisenbrandt.
cemeteries

History's Best Strategies for Avoiding Being Buried Alive

These ingenious 19th-century techniques aimed to make sure dead really meant dead.
Ashawnta Jackson October 23, 2018
What would you most like to eat when you're dead?
cemeteries

What Food or Drink Would You Want People to Leave at Your Grave?

You know, in case being dead turns out to make you hungry.
Eric Grundhauser October 22, 2018