Greenwood, Mississippi
Robert Johnson's Grave
After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.
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Greenwood, Mississippi
After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.
Parramatta, Australia
The oldest European burial ground in Australia.
Hiawatha, Kansas
This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.
Săpânța, Romania
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Verona, Italy
It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.
Dargavs, Russia
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Atlanta, Georgia
Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.
Exeter, Rhode Island
The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."
Lviv, Ukraine
Monumental sculptures guard many of the graves, transforming this necropolis into an open-air fine art museum.
Athens, Greece
The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.
Moultonborough, New Hampshire
The final resting place of the man who played the Invisible Man.
Oxford, England
The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.
Paris, France
The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.
Chester, England
Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.
Hillside, Illinois
Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.
Capriate San Gervasio, Italy
A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."
Ouidah, Benin
Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.
Iż-Żejtun, Malta
A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.
Aurora, Ontario
Canada's first pet cemetery is now abandoned.
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Genoa, Italy
A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.
Newport, Rhode Island
The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Nunavut
The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.