Columbus, Ohio
Gates of Hell
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.
Cushing, Maine
If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.
Savannah, Georgia
More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.
Capriate San Gervasio, Italy
A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."
Bristol, England
A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.
Los Angeles, California
A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Spencerport, New York
It is one of the few places in Rochester that has both Union and Confederate soldiers buried and honored.
Rochester, New York
A beautiful final resting place with some surprising residents.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.
Nunavut
The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.
Zelienople, Pennsylvania
The first burial place of the Harmonist Society, a utopian community for which the surrounding town of Harmony is named.
Hawthorne, Nevada
This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.
Geneva, Illinois
This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
In use from 1742 to 1910, only flat headstones were allowed in this cemetery.
Princeton, New Jersey
The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
Benjamin Lay, a fiery abolitionist, is buried outside the Quaker meeting house that disowned him for his beliefs.
Fayetteville, New York
The radical suffragist left striking words on her tombstone.
Oneida, New York
Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.
Beacon, New York
Home to the abandoned Tioronda Hat Works Factory, this park is a combination of woodlands and marshlands.
Oneida, New York
The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.