Adams County Almshouse Cemetery Gettysburg
The Adams County Almshouse was built in 1820 to care for the poor of Adams County one mile from Gettysburg on the Harrisburg Turnpike.
Most people believe cemeteries are void of paranormal activity because they are consecrated or because spirits don't return to their graves. However, cemeteries are often considered "haunted" because of their association with death and the unknown, as well as stories of disturbed graves, unmarked burials, tragic deaths, natural disasters that disrupt resting places, and the general sense of sadness and grief that surrounds a graveyard. All of these factors lead people to believe that spirits might linger in cemeteries.
The Adams County Almshouse was built in 1820 to care for the poor of Adams County one mile from Gettysburg on the Harrisburg Turnpike.
Some time in the 1800's a cruel farmer owned the land that is now the Alma Cemetery. As Alma expanded and land was needed the officials went to the farmer with a generous offer to buy the land. The farmer refused to sell.
George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington, acquired the land that now is Arlington National Cemetery in 1802, and began construction of Arlington House (the name is ultimately derived from the village in England.
A cemetery that claims to have the burial site of an extraterrestrial that crashed a flying object into a windmill.
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery is a small, abandoned cemetery in Bremen Township, Cook County, Illinois in Chicago's southwest suburbs. It is well known for its haunted reputation and supposed ghost sightings.
Bowman Cemetery is small, and it is no longer active. It is said to be guarded by a witch who haunts the woods around the cemetery, but cannot enter the hallowed grounds.
Calvary Cemetery is located at 248 Belle Vista Avenue on the west side of Youngstown, Ohio. The cemetery is maintained by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown.
Early settlers of San Diego needed to construct a place to bury the dead, thus the El Campo Santo Cemetery opened in 1849.
Ashtabula's Chestnut Grove Cemetery, located along the Ashtabula River near downtown, was originally an Indian burial site for members of the Erie tribe.
Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia is an important early-American cemetery. It is the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and his wife, Deborah. Four other signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried here as well.
The cemetery was established in 1838 and is 7.6 acres in size.
East Cleveland Township Cemetery traces its origins back to the early nineteenth century, during a time when the region was still developing as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve.
Almost lost to time, a cemetery from 1817 still exists. This cemetery houses at least 51 internments, with at least one being of extreme historical importance to Trumbull County.
Erie Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is the city's oldest existing cemetery.
Evergreen Cemetery occupies a hill just south of Gettysburg Borough, between Baltimore Pike and Tanneytown Road.
This cemetery is closed to new interments. The only interments that are being accepted are subsequent interments for veterans or eligible family members in an existing gravesite.
In July 1865, three months after the restoration of peace between the states, Congress authorized the establishment of a national cemetery in Fredericksburg to honor the federal soldiers who died on the battlefields or from disease in camp.
This locations marks the first and second burial location of the British General Edward Braddock.
Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 3,500 Union soldiers killed in the Battle of Gettysburg, a Union victory often cited as a turning point in the Civil War.
Glendale Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Akron, Ohio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex is the largest of the Adena Burial mounds, having been constructed between 250 and 150 B.C.
Grove Hill Cemetery in Hanoverton traces its origins to the early nineteenth century, when the village was developing as a small but important settlement in Columbiana County.
When Robert Harper died in 1782, there were only three houses in the town. Optimistic about the community's potential for growth, however, Harper had set aside this 4-acre cemetery.
Founded in 1876, Woodlawn Cemetery is a classic example of the type of rural cemetery that urban planners began to favor in the mid-1800s.
Hollywood Cemetery was founded in 1847 as part of the rural garden cemetery movement inspired by Mount Auburn in Massachusetts.
The Huguenot Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida located across from the historic City Gate was a Protestant burial ground between the years 1821 and 1884.
The Key West Cemetery is a 19-acre cemetery located at the foot of Solares Hill on the island of Key West, Florida with well over 100,000 interred.
Lake View Cemetery, founded in 1869 by wealthy Clevelanders including Jeptha Wade, was modeled after Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery as well as the historic cemeteries of France and England.
Lanterman Moherman Cemetery is a hidden historical cemetery that hundreds drive by everyday and very few realize that it exists.
While postwar America struggled to make a place for its African American citizens, a group called the Sons of Good Will created the Lincoln Cemetery in 1867 to ensure "the proper burial of Gettysburg's African American citizens and Civil War veterans."
The gravesite of Lucille Ball in Lakeview Cemetery.
One of the most notable burials at Machpelah Cemetery is the famous illusionist Harry Houdini, whose grave has drawn visitors for decades.
Historical cemetery in Warren, Ohio established in 1804.
Mound Cemetery in Marietta, Ohio, is a historic cemetery developed around the base of a prehistoric Adena burial mound known as the Great Mound or Conus.
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in Frederick, Maryland. The cemetery is located at 515 South Market Street and is operated by the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company, Inc
Mount Peace Cemetery in Akron, Ohio, is a place defined more by quiet remembrance than by legend or mystery.
The only deliberate destruction of property during the battle was the burning of this farm. This location is a private residence.
Oak Grove Cemetery was established in 1855 and designed by Josiah Brown. This cemetery houses the burial sites of Lizzie Borden and the Borden family.
The origins of Oak Hill Cemetery go back to 1850 when a group of Youngstown residents joined together to form the Mahoning Cemetery Association.
City fathers purchased six acres in 1850 to be a public burial ground for a young but fast-growing town that already had a population of more than 2,500.
Oakwood Cemetery was chartered 11 April 1866, many of the stones have earlier dates as graves were moved to this location from other cemeteries. This is the largest cemetery in Mercer County with over 20,000 burials.
Oakwood Cemetery has been serving all faiths in Warren and Trumbull, Ohio, since the 1800s.
The Ridges Cemetery, located in the picturesque town of Athens, Ohio, is a site steeped in profound history and significance. Nestled within the expansive grounds of the former Athens Lunatic Asylum.
The old cemetery of Olmsted Ohio.
The Old St. Paul’s Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, holds a deeply rooted place in the city’s early history, serving as a burial ground for some of its most notable early residents.
Pioneer Cemetery is located on the corner of 9th Street and Viand St (US 62 North) in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the James A. Garfield Monument is the final resting place of the 20th President of the United States.
Resurrection Cemetery is most famously associated with the legend of Resurrection Mary, one of the most enduring ghost stories in American folklore.
Riverside Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, was established in 1876 during a time when the city was rapidly expanding and new burial grounds were needed to serve growing communities on the west side.
Also known in former days as the Cook Graveyard.
Around 1865, in what is now Osceola County, in the area now known as Shingle Creek, a group of settlers including Henry Overstreet, were forming the Shingle Creek Methodist Church.
This building was the care takers house for the Soldier's National Cemetery in Gettysburg.
Soule Chapel Methodist Cemetery is a small rural burial ground located near the community of Smoot in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Zona Heaster Shue, known as the Greenbrier Ghost, was buried there.
Grand Episcopal church with 19th-century history, a wood-beam ceiling & stained-glass windows.
St. Augustine National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of St. Augustine in St. Johns County, Florida
Standing Rock Cemetery in Kent, Ohio, has a long and meaningful history that reflects the growth of the community from its early pioneer days
A small Confederate cemetery at Appomattox National Historical Park contains the graves of eighteen Confederate soldiers who died in these battles.
In 1866 the Spotsylvania Memorial Association established a Confederate cemetery on five acres of land a half mile northeast of the courthouse. Nearly 600 soldiers were reburied at this cemetery.
Tolomato Cemetery in St. Augustine is the oldest extant planned cemetery in the State of Florida, with burials starting during the First Spanish Period (1565-1763).
The final resting place of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln.
Located to housing for the Ohio University, the first burial in this cemetery dates back to 1806 and this cemetery is known for the statue of the weeping Angel.
Westminster Hall and Burying Ground is a graveyard and former church located at 519 West Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is currently part of the grounds of the University of Maryland's School of Law.
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum (200 acres), located at 118 Woodland Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, is one of the oldest garden cemeteries in the United States. The final resting place of the Wright Brothers.
Woodlawn Cemetery is the name of a cemetery in Elmira, New York, United States. Its most famous burials are Mark Twain and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens.