Cemeteries in Chicago
Visit 15 solemn and historic cemeteries in Chicago, each with its own stories to tell.
Visit 15 solemn and historic cemeteries in Chicago, each with its own stories to tell.
Satanism, sex rituals, vampires and duels: Highgate Cemetery was the inspiration behind Christopher Lee's Dracula, but its true story is even stranger than that of the Classic Hammer film.… more
Today, Western cultures shy away from the thought of death, but this wasn't always the case. Kensal Green Cemetery is a throwback to when death rites were a matter of life itself.… more
Graceland Cemetery: A daughter of the 19th century rural cemetery movement, which sought to beautify burial grounds.… more
Arnos Vale Cemetery isn't just a place of remembrance; it's a cherished part of the community for its dramatic landscape, terraced walks, and stunning views of Bristol.… more
The Granary Burying Ground, with its weathered headstones and dead head motifs, is one of Boston’s oldest cemeteries.… more
Laurel Hill Cemetery was one of the first rural cemeteries in the United States… more
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is one of London's 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries.… more
A spooky legacy of London’s most turbulent historical events; Bunhill Fields is a nonconformist burial ground built on centuries-old mounds of human remains.… more
Waverley Cemetery is not only one of the oldest continuously operating graveyards in Sydney, it is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world.… more
Hidden away in a neighborhood of pastel mid-20th-century homes, the Columbarium feels like a world apart.… more
Crossbones Graveyard is the unconsecrated final resting place of Medieval London's sex workers, 'The Winchester Geese'. In their day, these women were denied a proper burial, but over the last 25 years people have been working to put this right.… more
Thomas Hardy, author of Far From The Madding Crowd and architect of one of London's strangest landmarks: The Hardy Tree.… more
From a reclaimed graveyard of the 'Outcast Dead' to grandiose Victorian mausoleums of Hollywood fame, London cemeteries are some of the most interesting in the world. Below are six of the best.… more
Kensington is a bustling area of London full to bursting with museums, centres of learning, galleries, shops, and restaurants. There are few places more peaceful or beautiful than the oasis of St Mary Abbots Garden.… more
Mary Shelley famously started writing her classic novel 'Frankenstein' during a stormy stay at Lord Byron's Lake Geneva mansion, but was the story's true inspiration a grave found in Old St Pancras Burial Ground?… more