{mobiePub} 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die [EBOOK]

monuments, tips about what to look for on a tombstone - altogether a
fascinating reminder of a time when more people understood that
cemeteries are at least as much for the living as the dead.'―John
Wilkens, San Diego Union Tribune'Often overlooked as tourist
destinations, cemeteries deserve a new life in the eyes of the traveler.
This book pays respect to the incredible architecture, stunning
landscapes, and intriguing histories of those oft-ignored spaces around
the globe which exist to celebrate and honor life-no globetrotter's
journey is complete without it.'―Blake Olmstead, AtlasObscura.com Read
more Loren Rhoads is the author of Wish You Were Here: Adventures in
Cemetery Travel, Morbid Curiosity Cures and the Blues, and the editor of
Death's Garden: Relationships with Cemeteries. She is the monthly
cemetery columnist at Gothic Beauty and wrote about cemetery travel for
almost five years at Gothic Net. She has served as a cemetery consultant
for Travel & Leisure, The Weather Channel, Mental Floss, Atlas Obscura,
the Horror Writers Association, the Death Salon, the Chicago Tribune,
and more. Her well-trafficked blog, Cemetery Travel, details her firsthand
visits. She lives in San Francisco. Read more