Talking Gravestones of Amrum and Föhr
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 11, 2023
About 60 km north of Heligoland in the North Sea, off the western coast of Germany, lies the islands of Amrun and Föhr. Part of the North F...
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George Spencer Millet: Death by Kisses
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 15, 2023
George Spencer Millet must be rolling in his grave for his family chose to include this nugget of information in his gravestone: “Lost life ...
The Grave of Harry Potter in Ramle, Israel
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 15, 2023
In the British Commonwealth war cemetery in Ramle, Israel, is a grave that has been receiving quite a lot of footfall from tourists in the p...
Communal Coffins And Burial Clubs
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 12, 2019
The St John and All Saints Church in the town of Easingwold, in North Yorkshire, England, dates to the 13th century, or perhaps even earlier...
The Hanging Coffins of China And Philippines
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2019
The ancient Bo and Guyue people of southern China did not bury their dead. Instead, they hung their coffins from tall cliffs. This peculiar ...
The Grave of Florence Irene Ford
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 6, 2018
The Natchez City Cemetery in Adams County, Mississippi, is home to several unusual tombstones. There is one called the “Turning Angel”, whic...
Beechey Island And Franklin’s Lost Expedition
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2018
On the southwest corner of Devon Island in the Canadian Archipelago of Nunavut, lies a small desolate island—the island of Beechey. For more...
The Legacy of Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2018
A two-hour bumpy ride from Uyuni across Bolivia’s high plains will take you to the small town of San Vicente. At the entrance to this remote...
The Sad Grave of Kate McCormick
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 20, 2015
In a quite corner of the Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis oldest active, is the grave of 21 year old woman who died after childbirth on February 1,...
A Grave in the Middle of the Road
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 9, 2015
In the middle of East County Road 400 South, near Amity, in the state of Indiana, in the U.S., is a small mound of earth that splits the asp...
The Peculiar Burial Rites of Tana Toraja
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 3, 2015
The picturesque mountainous region of South Sulawesi, in Indonesia, is home to an ethnic group called the Toraja. A large number of its memb...
