Cedar Hill Cemetery Hartford Connecticut
An expansive and exquisite cemetery with 270 acres of fascinating people to find.
Category: Cemetaries
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – Sleepy Hollow New York
We didn’t see the headless horseman but that’s not for lack of looking! What a gorgeous historic garden cemetery!
Elm Grove Cemetery – Mystic Connecticut
A rainy-day romance between two cats in a cemetery.
Common Burial Grounds – Jaffrey New Hampshire
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
Phillips-Heil Cemetery – 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
The Last Damning Accusations of Caroline Cutter’s Gravestone – Elm Street Cemetery – Milford MA
Possibly the pettiest gravestone ever carved – it also serves as a damning accusation of half the town.
Fort Barton & Fort Barton Woods Tiverton RI
It’s always nice to learn a little history while hiking into the wilderness!
North Burial Ground – HP Lovecraft Tour – Providence Rhode Island
A short but fun little jaunt through the cemetery reveals new names and new revelations.
Women’s Tour – Old Burial Ground – Providence RI
The North Burial Ground in Providence Rhode Island is a very large cemetery that merits a lot of exploration. Previously we had tried to check out this cemetery one fine afternoon only to realize that it closes at FOUR PM. This is by far the earliest closing hours for a cemetery we have ever come… Continue reading Women’s Tour – Old Burial Ground – Providence RI
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery/Author’s Ridge – Concord MA
A huge garden cemetery chock full of so many notable women and authors that it’ll keep any history lover occupied for a full afternoon of wandering!