Graves

A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.

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

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

The unconventional Scottish soccer coach required players to wear a collar, tie, and bowler hat for matches.

The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.

A house built specifically to shelter the dead.

The grave of the 19th-century sea captain who coined the phrase "Old Glory" can be found in this quiet cemetery.

This lonely gravestone beside an auto parts store is a reminder of the hardships of a pioneering past.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

The site where the Spanish first landed in Mexico was once a thriving Mesoamerican city.

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

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

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."

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

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

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

Known by many as once the world's smartest horse.