Reclaimed material from a convent destroyed by cannonfire was used to build parts of this 19th-century cemetery.

The final resting place of a free Black soldier who played a pivotal role in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

A life-sized baby elephant tombstone marks the grave of a circus owner at a country church in southern Georgia.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

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.

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.

An Irish cemetery filled with victims of political strife and violent conflict, including the grave of Bobby Sands.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

The graveyard displays the colonial Mexican and Caribbean architectural fusion that defines this city.

A succinct inscription commemorates the ebb and flow of a woman's life.

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.

There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.