Cemeteries in the United States

The last living verified Revolutionary War veteran was buried here nearly 100 years after American independence.

The second oldest Jewish cemetery in Cleveland was, despite its diminutive size, originally three separate burial grounds.

Resting place of Sarah Rector.

A cemetery and stairs are all that remains of this former church

Every spring brings a colorful tribute to this wizardly actor's most famous role.

This cemetery holds the bodies of at least 133 former patients.

In a beautiful open space on the north side of the Palmer Divide sits one solitary 19th-century gravestone in a copse of trees.

Frances Slocum was taken by Delaware Indians in 1778 and lived as, Maconaquah, a Miami Indian until her death in 1847.

Named from the Spanish for “beautiful woods,” this public cemetery is spread across 29 acres of moss-draped oaks.

All that remains of a vanished Michigan lumber town, remembered for tragedy, plague, and a witch’s curse.

Fans are known to leave tributes to these two brothers, both heavy-metal legends.

A quiet cemetery in northeastern North Carolina holds tiny structures believed to protect spirits.

A burial ground restored by a determined Boy Scout, where fragments of America’s early history rest beneath weathered stones.

A cobalt-lit cemetery statue that has inspired decades of local legends.

Wildflower-filled 19th-century cemetery is a bucolic final resting place.

Benjamin Lay, a fiery abolitionist, is buried outside the Quaker meeting house that disowned him for his beliefs.