Pros: A practical history lesson of the first order. Cons: A shame you can't do your own exploring.
I’ve never been to the dead centre of London before, but during our recent visit we managed to visit Highgate Cemetery. Highgate may not be top of some people’s wish list, but this grand memorial to the Victorian cult of death was ...
Pros: Arlington National Cemetery is our premiere monument to our fallen heroes. Cons: There is a blood price for each marble marker.
The gray clouds roiled and scattered raindrops splattered the windshield as we made our Memorial Day pilgrimage to Arlington National Cemetery. As we entered through the main gate the sky started to lighten. We threaded our way to the corner of...
Pros: Lots of historical figures, beautiful art Cons: some neglect
Ever since I was a child I loved visiting cemeteries. I'd never liked the modern kind of cemetery, lacking in carved headstones, with only a bronze marker in the ground to mark each plot. Cemeteries weren't any morbid fascination to me - they were...
Pros: Amazing monuments to the dead and a peaceful park-like atmosphere. Cons: Don't go there after dark.
On the terraced hilltop above Glasgow Cathedral, bristling with graves like an enormous macabre birthday cake, looms the spectacular cemetery known as the Necropolis. This is a place designed not only to house the dead, but to impress...
Pros: greenery, some quiet Cons: tourists and schoolchildren can interrupt
You might feel obligated to visit Highgate or one of the other touristy cemeteries, but you can skip the crowds and head for one of the many small parks-cum-cemeteries dotted throughout the whole of London.
Even in the noise and grime of Kings...
St. Paul's cathedral's crypt is a great place to check out if you want to see where some of Britain's more famous military leaders are buried. The cathedral crypt contains a shrine to the most famous of the British Empires Field Marshals and Admirals....
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