Gravestones

In Union Cemetery, a petrified tree stump marks the grave of a notable mineralogist, mine owner and oilman.

In a cemetery full of holy men, mobsters, and haunted graves, among the most remarkable graves an ordinary husband and wife's spinning headstone.

A remarkable headstone said to be a gift from Daniel Boone.

The radical suffragist left striking words on her tombstone.

A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.

Here lies the woman who named the Ouija Board.

Here lies Zona, whose ghostly testimony led to her husband’s murder conviction.

The final resting place of the West’s original scribe.

The final resting place for an internet icon.

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

The final resting place of the legendary outlaw.

The final resting place of one of Chicago’s most iconic drill rappers.

Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.

The final resting place of the father of American beekeeping.

A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.

The final resting place of the founder of a beloved national sausage brand.

A grave commemorates piano tuner F. W. Schlieffen, who drowned in floodwaters in 1906.

A modest grave marks the final resting place of one of the world's most influential religious figures.