Cemeteries of the World: The Eerie, The Beautiful, and The Quirky

Maybe you never really get to know a place until you see where they lay their loved ones to rest.
by Andy Flores | October 25, 2017

You better have an interesting life story to tell if you choose to be buried in Merry Cemetery, where each grave exposes the deceased’s cause of death, if not the most gossip-worthy events their life (juicy stories about womanizers, anyone?). A tradition initiated by Stan Ioan Pătraş in 1935, local carpenters create the markers and compose the epigraphs that are either darkly humorous or downright savage.

Cimetière du Père Lachaise – Paris, France