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The Fitzroy Mausoleum at night, ready to scare visitors.
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How Two Friends Rebuilt a Huge Haunted House in Just Two Weeks

Shortly before opening night, vicious winds ripped the roof off of their homemade haunt.
Shannon Brown October 29, 2019
Once upon a time there was a cemetery here, in Tangier, Virginia.
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From Indonesia to Ingonish, Some Bones Won't Stay Buried 

As seas and storms erode coastlines, cemeteries are giving up their dead. 
Jennifer S. Holland October 28, 2019
An 1876 map showing Laurel Cemetery.
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The Grim History Hidden Under a Baltimore Parking Lot

After an African-American cemetery was bulldozed, families wondered what happened to the graves.
Sarah Laskow October 25, 2019
A magician's grave
Colon, Michigan

Lakeside Cemetery

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.
The Johnson memorial at Little Zion Church in Greenwood, Mississippi, where most sources indicate he is buried.
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The Not-So-Mysterious Missing Grave of Blues Legend Robert Johnson

The supernatural has surrounded the guitar virtuoso for decades. 
Matthew Taub October 23, 2019
Templo del Señor de los Rayos.
Aguascalientes, Mexico

Templo del Señor de los Rayos (Temple of the Lord of the Rays)

The history of this futuristic crypt-turned-temple is as curious as its facade.
Over 200 headstones made up the Red Ash Island.
Brooklyn, West Virginia

Red Ash Island Cemetery

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.
The stairway leading to the top of the Great Mound.
Marietta, Ohio

The Mound Cemetery

At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.
Tombs.
Tlacotalpan, Mexico

Municipal Cemetery of Tlacotalpan

The graveyard displays the colonial Mexican and Caribbean architectural fusion that defines this city.
Shrine to Hachikō.
Tokyo, Japan

Hachikō's Grave

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.
Sting's grave.
Larne, Northern Ireland

Grave of Sting the Dog

A beloved pet is buried in among the many old and famous residents of a Northern Ireland cemetery.
Grave of the Lost Arm of F. Stewart
Paradise, Texas

The Lost Arm of F. Stewart

In Paradise Cemetery resides a mysterious headstone with a strange inscription.
Tolochenaz, Switzerland

Audrey Hepburn’s Grave

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.
Ben Orr's headstone.
Thompson, Ohio

Benjamin Orr's Grave

The final resting place of one of the most iconic musicians of the '80s.
The Viking graveyard, with the modern town of Vinjeøra and Vinje Fjord in the background.
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Found: An Elaborate Viking Graveyard at the End of a Fjord

They buried people, boats, and even a house.
Isaac Schultz October 1, 2019
The backside of the grave, which features the fudge recipe.
Logan, Utah

'Kay's Fudge' Gravestone

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.
St Cuthbert's Kirkyard Branch Sculpture.
Edinburgh, Scotland

St. John's Churchyard Branch Sculpture

The artwork mysteriously appeared within an Edinburgh cemetery.
Mount Moor Cemetery.
West Nyack, New York

Mount Moor Cemetery

A historic Black graveyard hidden in the parking lot of one of America's largest malls.