Granary Burial Ground – Boston Massachusetts
So much history in one tiny little patch of land!
So much history in one tiny little patch of land!
So much charm. So much drama. So much bizarre gravestone art. What’s not to love?
I turned a 10-minute nature walk into a harrowing two-hour trek in the woods. But it was totally worth seeing this tiny woodland cemetery.
An expansive and exquisite cemetery with 270 acres of fascinating people to find.
We didn’t see the headless horseman but that’s not for lack of looking! What a gorgeous historic garden cemetery!
A rainy-day romance between two cats in a cemetery.
It’s been many many years since I went to Jaffrey’s Old Town Center. I’m not sure I ever went into the cemetery but on this day I did! I had heard that there were two famous people buried here: Amos Fortune and Willa Cather. As a child I had heard about Amos Fortune, a formerly… Continue reading Common Burial Grounds – Jaffrey New Hampshire
I was having a weird day today. Ended up accidentally crashing a funeral! Hoooow? How did this happen? Well… Last week I was reading in one of my cemetery books that there was a beautiful cemetery in Jaffrey NH. Really?? I mean I live very nearby and had never heard of this cemetery. The book… Continue reading Phillips-Heil Cemetery – Jaffrey New Hampshire
Possibly the pettiest gravestone ever carved – it also serves as a damning accusation of half the town.
It’s always nice to learn a little history while hiking into the wilderness!