Accra, Ghana
Ga-Adangbe Caskets - Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop
The clever workshop that has been designing some of the most unusual coffins imaginable.
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Accra, Ghana
The clever workshop that has been designing some of the most unusual coffins imaginable.
Rome, Italy
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
Atlanta, Georgia
This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.
Shush, Iran
Burial site of a Jewish prophet revered in Iran.
Charleston, South Carolina
Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.
Anchorage, Alaska
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Boston, Massachusetts
This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.
Barre, Vermont
This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Burial site more than 300 years old.
Atlanta, Georgia
Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.
London, England
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Paris, France
The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.
San Francisco, California
A monument to the love people have for their pets.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Virginia City, Nevada
These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.
Porto, Portugal
Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.
Hugo, Oklahoma
Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Neustadt, Germany
The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.
San Francisco, California
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.