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PHOTOS: 15 Historic Cemeteries Worth A Visit
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Equal parts solemn and spooky, moving and intriguing, cemeteries are worth a visit the world over.

Just in time for Halloween, we have selected fifteen cemeteries worldwide where important historic and cultural figures are memorialized.

From Los Angeles to Buenos Aires, these noteworthy cemeteries make it possible to pay your respects in person.

Did we skip a cemetery that you think should be on the list? Let us know!

15 Historic Cemeteries
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Eire(01 of12)
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Paul Houston:
Also called Prospect Cemetery opened in 1832 and final resting place for Michael Collins
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston(02 of12)
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Among the buried here are poets Anne Sexton, ee Cummings, playwright Eugene O'neill, suffragist Lucy Stone and abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
Sleepy Hollow, Concord, MA(03 of12)
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bacciboy:
Burial ground for famous New England authors such as Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Nathanial Hawthorne.
Staglieno(04 of12)
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Joys Division:
The Ribaudo family tomb at Italy's Staglieno cemetery, made famous by Joy Division's cover for "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Skogskyrkogården(05 of12)
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Skogskyrkogården, Stockholm, Sweden
Skogskyrkogården(06 of12)
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Skogskyrkogården, Stockholm, Sweden
Peoples of all Religions(07 of12)
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Peoples of all Religions are buried at Normandy.
Under Age Germans(08 of12)
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German Cemetery at Normandy. No birthdate is noted for underage German soldiers that died at Normandy!
Fontanelle Cemetery, Naples, Italy(09 of12)
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Stephen Clendenin:
Fontanelle Cemetery, Naples, Italy
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.(10 of12)
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Gifts left at the crypt of Marie Laveau
William Sherman grave site St. Louis MO(11 of12)
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Robert Althoff:
Cave Hill Cemetary - Louisville, KY(12 of12)
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Vindictive502:
Col. Harland Sanders (of KFC fame) and George Rogers Clark

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