Paris, France
Georges Méliès's Grave
The final resting place of the "father of special effects."
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Paris, France
The final resting place of the "father of special effects."
Edinburgh, Scotland
This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.
Stockholm, Sweden
Inside this church, a monument honors the first burial site of the famed philosopher.
Stockholm, Sweden
The composer known as the "Swedish Mozart" arranged to be buried in an unusual spot.
Tokyo, Japan
Visitors to this park are welcomed by an ancient Japanese megalithic tomb that dates back to the sixth century.
Inverness, Scotland
This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.
Tokyo, Japan
A shrine dedicated to a 10th-century samurai emperor, whose head is not buried on site (contrary to popular belief).
Larne, Northern Ireland
Buried upright and facing the sea, James Chaine transformed the town of Larne.
Warsaw, Poland
The last king of Poland was interred in this church nearly 200 years after his death.
Dublin, Ireland
This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.
Rome, Italy
This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.
Drogheda, Ireland
This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.
Pisa, Italy
Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.
Stockholm, Sweden
A tombstone on the grounds of the royal castle marks the burial site of a Swedish king's beloved dog.
Tempe, Arizona
A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.
Duffus, Scotland
A beachside cave filled with Bronze Age metalwork, pottery, and human remains.
Larne, Northern Ireland
The resting place of the man known as “The Father of Irish Tourism.”
Arlington, Virginia
Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.
Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales
Neolithic burial chambers hidden beside a village school.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
You have to know where to look in this rather ordinary-looking square to find hints of its past as a dissidents' cemetery.
Manchester, England
Contrary to its heavenly name, this tranquil oasis has a dark and tragic history buried with it (quite literally).
London, England
Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.
Mobridge, South Dakota
The final resting place of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tatanka Iyotaka, commonly known by the English translation Sitting Bull.