October 6, 2024
With a long overnight in Charleston, I just knew I was going to find my way to Magnolia Cemetery. But since rental cars were so high, I had to Lyft on over. It was well worth the price. The grounds were alive in pale green, sopping wet and had alligators Read more…
October 1, 2024
My job offers me the opportunity to explore so many cities. An one of the things I like to add to my list is cemeteries. Beautiful historic rural cemeteries offer me lots of steps and lots of pictures. To follow, one such cemetery close to my hotel in Hunstville, Alabama… Read more…
September 13, 2024
Another cloudy day would be the perfect time to meander in another historic rural cemetery in DC. Oak Hill Cemetery was very pretty with lots to see on a smaller scale than by say Rock Creek Cemetery. That face Checkerboard tiling was a nice touch Baby boy Allow me to Read more…
September 7, 2024
Established in 1834, Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore is one of the earliest rural cemeteries in the country. And it is breathtaking. After taking the hour drive a few days after learning of it, I was taken by its beauty. Relatively compact, it has so much to see. This was Read more…
September 2, 2024
Reminiscent of my beloved Green-Wood, Elmwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery with some gorgeous patina to hunt down. Opening in the 1850’s, Elmwood was part of the Rural Cemetery Movement to which I owe many hours of exploration to–nation-wide. Registered on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, Read more…
August 31, 2024
Across the street from Glenwood Cemetery is a small resting place that is even more impressive: Saint Mary’s Cemetery. This small burial ground is home to some truly beautiful funerary sculpture. I am glad I decided to make a 3-point turn across both lanes to see it. This was the Read more…
When I have a free moment here in DC, I crave the things that I used to do when my time was all my own. Exploring the area for rural cemeteries with impressive funerary monuments is one such thing. I spied Glenwood Cemetery as I drove to the airport from Read more…
June 7, 2024
This statue… was the first. The first time a cemetery was added to a travel itinerary. 2006. So it has been a while since I saw it, but boy is it just as mesmerizing. Eternal Silence.
For reasons that will be fairly obvious as you scroll through this post, Bohemian National Cemetery was on my list for a bit. This historic cemetery was founded in 1877 “to provide a suitable burial site for persons of Bohemian birth or extraction.” It is one of many beautiful cemeteries Read more…
May 31, 2024
Once I saw that a rural cemetery was just a mile or so from my hotel, I hit the hot streets of Norfolk for a quick meander. Inside Elmwood Cemetery were some gorgeous monuments. But the blazing sun drained my energy quickly. Here are some of the best shots I Read more…
May 22, 2024
I knew as I settled into part-time living in Washington DC that a visit to Rock Creek Cemetery wouldn’t be far off. Having spent some time searching its grounds years ago, I spent this visit not looking for something new but saying high to those monuments That had taken my Read more…
May 11, 2024
One of the prettiest cemeteries I’ve been in quite some time, The Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, established in 1847, spans 135 acres. Home to many gorgeous pieces of funerary art, it was well worth the stop. Like no other, you can’t be replaced Loved this stark white monument She’s Read more…
April 13, 2024
You know I love a rural cemetery that dates back to the 1850’s, that holds a spectacular array of flowering trees and many texturous decaying angels. So I got myself to the historic Elmwood Pinewood Cemetery in Charlotte’s downtown on a day off. One of many decapitated… “Strange” is dead. Read more…
March 26, 2024
The turn of the seasons are my very favorite times to photograph cemeteries… And on foot, in the newly docile air, one discovers the gems not visible from the road… The van from afar Cat 1 Cat 2 Still snow on the ground Aren’t we? Sealed up A little birdhouse Read more…
December 26, 2023
What more is there to say about a visit to Green-Wood Cemetery that I haven’t said before? Within some well-deserved downtime, the peace that this place used to bring was pure nostalgia. But there is always something new I discover in its trails. To follow, my stop inside this familiar Read more…
November 24, 2023
There is so much to discover at Mount Hope Cemetery, one of the two beautiful historic rural cemeteries in Rochester. On this visit on Black Friday (i.e. “Buy Nothing Day”) I caught the last of the fall’s color before a cold snap would drop the rest of the leaves to Read more…
As I moved from one cemetery to the next one on my itinerary, I happened to pass see this on en route. I quickly pulled in, spying some monuments of height. Once I took a closer look, I was blown by its beauty, blown away by the woeful women who Read more…
Missing Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, I crafted a graving itinerary to explore some of the area cemeteries. I set off realizing the effort might be in vain, given the size and beauty of where I come from. But I was happily surprised to find three gorgeous historic cemeteries that reignited Read more…
October 19, 2023
A stroll through Riverside Cemetery in Rochester brought some gorgeous shots of the area’s peak foliage. As the area continues to brighten in hue, I acclimate. There is just beauty everywhere. I will be basking until the trees are barren and winter overtakes. The trees overtaking headstones
October 15, 2023
After my birthday dinner I headed to Mount Misery… a kind of infamous place on Long Island, with most youth having ventured there for some supernatural thrills at least once in their life. I remember driving there with fellow misfits looking for something to scare us silly. This time, however, Read more…
I love an old cemetery, a plot of land that hasn’t gone the way of the parcels around it. The walk about it much like the how the walk was hundreds of years ago. I step to meet its characters. Some illegible from the passage of time, some sharp, some–a Read more…
September 18, 2023
If anybody ever sees what happens to my focus if I drive by a cemetery, they’d surely give me a lecture. Darting my neck to and fro looking for angels I might very well find an angel of my own. But when I was placed in front of Saint Joseph Read more…
September 12, 2023
Beautiful Places Close By, Box-free Baking, Cemeteries, Cookies, Cooking Stuff, Eating Out, Lunch, Nature
This year, the summer seems endless. I never know what day is and thus time is passing in giant chunks of leisure. This is my daily life right now. Until it isn’t. So I am basking. Above, an amazing tempeh rib special from Red Fern. Cornbread, sweet potato mash, pilaf Read more…
August 19, 2023
With many headstones containing the cause of death, the Old Tonopah Cemetery makes for a gripping meander. Adjacent to The Clown Motel, the souls of the interred are rumored to haunt its rooms. And it is no wonder… some of the causes of death include suicide by dynamite, suicide by Read more…
July 20, 2023
Before I leave New York City, I wanted to visit my paternal grandparents gravesites. So a day trip to the Bronx would be on the itinerary. They are both in a cemetery very easy to access from my first stop in Ridegwood, Queens. ❤️ I really hardly ever go to Read more…
