Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries

Image of Reveille Mascot Cemetery located in College Station, Texas, US | Reveille Cemetery; C. Matthew Pyryt/Photographer
College Station, Texas, US

Reveille Mascot Cemetery

Resting place of the Texas A&M canine mascots, who watch the game from the grave with their own miniature scoreboard

Few college mascots are treated as royally as Reveille, the “first lady” of Texas A&M University. Not only is she officially the highest ranking member of the university’s Corps of Cadets, she has... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by allison

Image of Naval Underground Headquarters located in Tomigusuku, Japan | The entrance to underground naval headquarters.
Tomigusuku, Japan

Naval Underground Headquarters

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible

During World War II, Japanese naval forces in Okinawa, led by Rear Admiral Minoru Ota, built an elaborate underground headquarters, with hundreds of meters of connecting tunnels under a hill in... »

Memento Mori, Ossuaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Ghost Towns, Disaster Areas, Subterranean Sites | Edited by spinkk, Dylan and 2 others

Image of Cheesman Park located in Denver, Colorado, US
Denver, Colorado, US

Cheesman Park

Downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves

Designed by architects Willis A. Marean and Albert Julius Norton in 1910, the 80 beautifully landscaped acres that make up Cheesman Park in central Denver has long been considered one of the most... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Intriguing Environs | Edited by Nicholas Jackson, Dylan and others

Image of Grave of Amum-Her-Khepesh-Ef located in Middlebury, Vermont, US | The gravestone of the mummy.
Middlebury, Vermont, US

Grave of Amum-Her-Khepesh-Ef

Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince

Harry Sheldon was a collector in the late 1800s in Middlebury, Vermont. After his death, his collection remained in his house at 1 Park Street and became the Harry Sheldon Museum. One of his most... »

Memento Mori, Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by JWOcker, Nicholas Jackson and others

Image of The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow located in Tarrytown, New York, US | The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow.
Tarrytown, New York, US

The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

The oldest existing church in New York, the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow (also known as the Dutch Reformed Church) and its three-acre colonial-era burying ground served as the inspiration... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Intriguing Environs, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and wythe

Image of Hartford Circus Fire Memorial located in Hartford, Connecticut, US | The centerpiece of the Hartford Circus Fire Memorial, where the middle tent post stood.
Hartford, Connecticut, US

Hartford Circus Fire Memorial

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history

On July 6, 1944, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus were performing under a giant tent for an audience of approximately 7,000 in Hartford, CT. At some point during the performance, a small... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker and Nicholas Jackson

Image of Josie Langmaid Monument located in Pembroke, New Hampshire, US | The Josie Langmaid obelisk.
Pembroke, New Hampshire, US

Josie Langmaid Monument

Murder scene memorialized in perpetuity by grisly obelisk

On October 4, 1875, in the town of Pembroke, NH, 17-year-old Josie Langmaid went missing. After she didn’t show up for school, search parties were organized, and within 24 hours she was found - in... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JWOcker and Nicholas Jackson

Image of Emanuel Vigeland Museum located in Oslo, Norway
Oslo, Norway

Emanuel Vigeland Museum

Combination museum and mausoleum hosts life's work and dead body of a multitalented artist

Brother to the more celebrated Gustav Vigeland, Emanuel Vigeland (1875-1948) will be remembered through his own strange and enchanting artistic work. Dubbed Oslo's best-kept-secret, the Emanuel... »

Museums and Collections, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others

Image of Neptune Memorial Reef located in Miami, Florida, US | The lion at the entryway to the reef
Miami, Florida, US

Neptune Memorial Reef

An underwater lost city for the dead

Ancient looking columns guarded by carved lions guard the entryway into a "lost city" 40 feet below the surface of the sea, complete with stone roads, soaring gates, and crumbling ruins.... »

Watery Wonders, Strange Statues, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Commercial Curiosities | Edited by Annetta

Image of Cimetiere de Picpus (Picpus Cemetery) located in Paris, France | Cimetiere de Picpus and the chapel
Paris, France

Cimetiere de Picpus (Picpus Cemetery)

The headless bodies of 1300 guillotine victims of La Terreur

Heads were rolling in Paris in the summer of 1794, and when you have that many bodies baking in the sun you need a convenient and quick place to dump them. Luckily for the revolutionaries... »

Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Annetta and allison

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