Gravestones

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

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

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

Monumental sculptures guard many of the graves, transforming this necropolis into an open-air fine art museum.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

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.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

A carved grave marker from the 2nd century is mounted in the alcove wall of this Bavarian church.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

Over 200 people were buried here with only a small stone to mark their final resting place.

The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.

The cemetery was built for the Spanish colonial elite, but its most famous residents were all buried in unmarked graves.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.