One Unexpected Impact of Government Shutdowns
I’ll never forget the October day in 2013 when my husband and I pulled into the entrance of Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee and were blocked by...
Cemeteries
Get Ready, Cemeteries: ‘Tis the Season for Necrotourists
One might assume that most cemeterians eventually develop a love/hate relationship with visitors. For example, family and friends are always welcome to stop by a loved one’s resting...
Repositories of Bones, Part Two: The Winding Underworld of Catacombs
Narrow subterranean corridors interlace for miles, linking vestibules, chambers, and hidden entrances. Ceilings and temperatures down here are chilly, and damp dimness pervades the disorienting, psychologically confrontational environment....
One Cemetery’s Wild Ride from $1 Million “Zillow Gone Wild” Listing to $1 Sale to Green Burial Organization
Talk about a real estate bargain! It’s not everyday that a seller accepts a buyer’s offer of one-millionth of the asking price, but that’s exactly what happened recently...
Woodland Cemetery Partners with Doric Products to Add Custom Columbaria
New Units Blend Seamlessly with Historic Landscape DAYTON, OH – Doric Products, Inc., a trusted leader in funeral, cemetery and memorial products, has completed its first custom columbarium...
Necropolis 4.0 and Tree Pods: A Design Professor Imagines the Future of Urban Deathscapes
The global population is growing, more people are dying, and despite rising cremation rates, conventional burials are still consuming land and other natural resources. What’s a densely populated...
Dealing with Cemetery Disinterment and Displacement after a Natural Disaster
In the weeks since Hurricane Helene dumped a deluge of rain on the already-saturated Southeast, thousands of heartbreaking videos of the aftermath have hit YouTube. One of these...