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Cemeteries

A historical marker at the cemetery explains that the graves are laid out in a traditional east-west orientation.

Sturrock Cemetery

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

The bright green Astroturf that surrounds the graves of Hank Williams and his wife Audrey.

Montgomery, Alabama

Hank Williams's Gravesite

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Grave marker of Able Seacat Simon

London, England

Ilford Animal Cemetery

3,000 family pets and military animals are buried in this London graveyard.

Alan Freed memorial at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland.

Cleveland, Ohio

Grave of Alan Freed

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

Pollock and Krasner's graves.

East Hampton, New York

Green River Cemetery

This backwater graveyard in the Hamptons became a trendy burial spot and posthumous status symbol for famous artists.

Contractors help unearth a coffin at the 218 Arch Street construction site in Philadelphia.

What Do You Do With Hundreds of Unearthed Human Bones?

When a Philadelphia construction company dug up an old cemetery, local archaeologists stepped in to help—because there was no one else.

Cara Giaimo April 12, 2017

José Alfredo Jiménez's mausoleum in Dolores Hidalgo.

Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico

Mausoleum of José Alfredo Jiménez

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

Douglas's marker in Cedar Hill Cemetery

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Grave of Douglas the Confederate Camel

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Rouge and lipstick are not uncommon to find on Jizo statues.

Japan's Colorful Gravestone Decorations Protect the Souls of Lost Children

Statues of a Buddhist divinity are dressed up to ease the journey into the afterlife.

Wil Kuan April 6, 2017

Touro Cemetery gates.

Newport, Rhode Island

Touro Cemetery

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

One of the coffins uncovered at the site.

Philadelphia Construction Workers Have Unearthed Dozens of Centuries-Old Coffins

This is how haunted houses are born.

Eric Grundhauser March 10, 2017

The Allman Brothers Grave

Rose Hill Cemetery

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.

The Cedar of Lebanon.

London, England

World's Largest Potted Plant

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

Raisins Clairs Beach in Saint François, Guadeloupe.

The Politics of Sunbathing on Human Remains

Or, what happened after a slave cemetery was discovered under a beautiful beach in Saint François, Guadeloupe.

Melissa Banigan February 21, 2017

New Haven, Connecticut

Grave of Arthur Twining Hadley

A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.

Alice's grave at All Saint's Church.

Pawleys Island, South Carolina

Alice Flagg's Grave

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

Oswald's nondescript grave.

Fort Worth, Texas

Lee Harvey Oswald's Grave

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

Joe Byrd Cemetery

Huntsville, Texas

Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.