Historic cemeteries are among New England’s most surprising cultural landscapes. Far from the macabre, these sites were “designed as a tranquil, natural setting … to inspire and comfort the living,” ...

In New England's historic cemeteries, the grave markers themselves are perhaps just as interesting as the people who lie beneath them. Around each corner lurk skulls with wings, weeping willows and ...

HERMIT: THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF JIM WHYTE, by Jeffrey H. Ryan; Maine Authors Publishing, 2019; 153 pages, $17.95 Most folks recall the splashy headlines about the North Pond Hermit a few years ago, but ...

More than 70 cemeteries across New England have started offering natural burials in recent years, including Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier. That’s where bodies can decompose underground, without ...

YORK — For some, a cemetery is a place of peace and remembrance. For others, it is a painful tug on the heartstrings, a reminder of memories from long ago. Whatever your feelings when you walk on the ...

NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that a 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery has been found at the site of a housing development in England’s North Lincolnshire. More than 60 skeletons, pottery, ...

A new report from Bournemouth University (BU) has shattered an old theory about an iconic war cemetery in Dorset, that the Roman army slaughtered dozens of people. The truth turns out to be much more ...