The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A mysterious local has been dressing the child's grave for decades.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

A historic cemetery with unique artwork, a Civil War fort, and also happens to be the site of the Battle of Bladensburg.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.

The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.