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Green-Wood Cemetery, overlooking New York Harbor.

Where Our Team Looked for Joy During Pandemic Lockdowns

Five years after the initial COVID-19 lockdown, the AO team reflects on the places that brought them joy, comfort, and connection during a difficult time.

The Podcast Team June 14, 2025

Zacatlán, Mexico

Vitromurales de Zacatlán

This glass mural on the wall of a cemetery started a peculiar tradition in Zacatlán.

University of Miami graduate student Devon Fogarty examines the headstone of John Greer, who died while working at Fort Jefferson on Nov. 5, 1861. The gravesite is now completely underwater.

The Hidden Graveyard of Dry Tortugas National Park

A maritime archaeologist is following underwater clues to uncover the final resting place of Union soldiers stationed at a remote ocean fort.

Karuna Eberl May 27, 2025

Sidi Ben Achir Cemetery

An immense coastal necropolis with an outstanding view of the nearby kasbah

Zelienople, Pennsylvania

Harmony Cemetery

The first burial place of the Harmonist Society, a utopian community for which the surrounding town of Harmony is named.

Copenhagen, Denmark

The Time Traveler's Grave

Hidden in plain sight, a gravestone seemingly inscribed from the future stands among the cemetery’s historic tombs.

Allinge, Denmark

The Russian Cemetery in Allinge

World War II Soviet Russian soldiers were buried on the Danish island after the war had ended.

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Colestown Cemetery

All that remains of a 17th-century hamlet is a sprawling non-denominational cemetery.

Ghosts, Graves, and a Giant Bee: 7 Must-See Sites in Savannah

Myths, memorials, and monuments

Sponsored by Visit Savannah

'Victims of Revolutions'

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

For years, this slab engraved with the name "Charlotte Temple" and no other information drew crowds of mourners to the graveyard at New York's Trinity Church.

What Lies Beneath the Gravestone of a Fictional It Girl?

Here lies Charlotte Temple, who did not exist.

Allegra Rosenberg February 11, 2025

One of Avalon Waterways’ vessels cruising along a fabled European river.

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Temple Hill Cemetery in Ballintemple

Both Catholic and Protestant graves dot this 17th-century burial ground.

Honolulu, Hawaii

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Hawaii’s largest cemetery rests inside an extinct volcano crater.

Lakeside Marblehead, Ohio

Confederate Stockade Cemetery on Johnson’s Island

This Ohio cemetery is home to the remains of many Confederate officers and soldiers who were once held nearby as prisoners of war.

Washington, D.C.

Battleground National Cemetery

This tiny, one-acre cemetery serves as a reminder of when the Civil War got close to the nation’s capitol.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Lumley Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery

This cemetery contains a small fraction of the hundreds of Sierra Leoneans who died in the world wars.

Crested Butte, Colorado

Crested Butte Cemetery

A testament to Colorado’s rugged mining history sits against a backdrop of striking mountain scenery.