Bartow, Florida
Grave of 'America's Oldest Man'
Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Ratlinghope, England
Grave of the Last Sin-Eater
A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.
Stockholm, Sweden
The Unmarked Grave of Christer Pettersson
Not far from where one of the most famous Swedes of all time is buried, an infamous man was put to rest.
Yeadon, Pennsylvania
Unmarked Grave of H.H. Holmes
America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.
Glasgow, Scotland
Unmarked Grave of Pierre Emile L'Angelier
The final resting place of a poisoned lover whose death was at the center of one of Glasgow's most sensational murder trials.
Corsicana, Texas
The Grave of Rope Walker
A peg-legged tightrope walker did not reveal his name as he was dying, and so he was buried as “Rope Walker."
Alexandria, Virginia
The Grave of the Female Stranger
This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.
Rahway, New Jersey
Grave of the Unknown Woman
The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.
Blue Ridge, Georgia
The Arm of Buel Stanley
Turns out fishing with dynamite isn't all that safe.
Thunderbolt, Georgia
Charles F. Mills Grave Bell
A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."
Oxford, New York
Little Merrit's Tomb
A small window was installed in this gravestone to honor a young boy's dying wish.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Grave of America's Unknown Child: Joseph Augustus Zarelli
A tragic mystery left this boy nameless for 65 years.
Kamakura, Japan
Grave of Yasujirō Ozu
The legendary Japanese filmmaker’s tombstone is marked by a single letter meaning “nothing," and bottles of sake.
London, England
'The Wisdom of Solomon' Stone Pyramid
This mysterious pyramid is said to be part of a complex web of occult and Freemason symbols.
Panaji, India
Dona Paula's Tombstone
Legends of adultery, love affairs, and charity swirl around this mysterious 17th-century Portuguese woman.
Park Ridge, Illinois
Scrabble Grave
A board game enthusiast's love for the game, memorialized forever.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The Time Traveler’s Grave
Hidden in plain sight, a gravestone seemingly inscribed from the future stands among the cemetery’s historic tombs.
New York, New York
Charlotte Temple’s Grave
A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.
Gering, Nebraska
Scotts Bluff National Monument Overlook
From this scenic rockface, you can still see the paths Western pioneers followed.
Melbourne, Australia
Flinders Street Station Ballroom
An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.
Barutana, Montenegro
Spomenik Palim Borcima Ljesanske Nahije
A deserted site of Yugoslav remembrance.
Falls Church, Virginia
Henderson House
The former home of Dr. E.B. Henderson, also known as the "Father of Black Basketball."
Washington, D.C.
The Highest Court In the Land
There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.
Paris, France
World's Oldest Basketball Court
Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.
