Burial Places

These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.

This bright green structure is the final resting place of the 16th-century leader responsible for building the walls around Harar.

A section of this cemetery is dedicated to the lives lost from years of exposure to contaminated water.

Once an early Christian burial site, it's believed the location was home to around 200 gravestones.

Local history holds that a young woman, killed for a crime she did not commit, cursed this island.

The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.

This 19th-century performer's gravestone identifies her as "the smallest woman ever in this Kingdom."

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

Deep in the Ocala National Forest, a lonesome 19th-century grave.

An extensive collection of some of the oldest grave markers in Lithuania.

Does being buried standing up help you get into heaven faster?

The burial site of one of the most notorious bushrangers in Australia's history.

The final resting place of a circus performer who went by the pseudonym "General Tom Thumb."

A tiny rock climber scales the headstone of a beloved director.

The crypt under this cemetery's chapel was used as a meeting place by Filipino revolutionaries.