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THE VICTORIAN HILLSIDE CEMETERIES WHERE VIRGINIA CITY’S DEAD REST IN PEACE

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: July 4, 2018
Category: Mines/Ghost Towns

The Silver Terrace Cemeteries memorialize the diverse laborers who worked the Comstock and made Virginia City a boom town.

MISSION SANTA YSABEL CEMETERY

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: February 13, 2018
Category: Sacred/Spiritual

Located on a hillside in the small town of Santa Ysabel, this 19th century church, museum and cemetery along Highway 79 reveals a more native side to California Mission history.

MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY: OAKLAND, CA

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: July 25, 2015
Category: Sacred/Spiritual

Established in 1863, this historic 226-acre cemetery holds crypts of many of California’s famous founders and San Francisco’s elite.

PORTAL OF THE FOLDED WINGS

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: April 24, 2015
Category: Architecture, Sacred/Spiritual

Why is there a 21-foot-long model of the Space Shuttle sitting in a semi-rundown NOHO cemetery?

BUBBLEGUM AND PYRAMIDS IN SLO

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: December 20, 2014
Category: Obscure

The Dorn Pyramid and an alley filled with A.B.C gum in San Luis Obispo.

NOLA RIP

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: December 6, 2014
Category: Sacred/Spiritual

There are many amazing cemeteries in New Orleans, these are some of my favorites.

FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK: HOLLYWOOD HILLS

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: August 15, 2014
Category: Sacred/Spiritual

This “theme-park necropolis” located close to Griffith Park, is not only the final resting place of numerous Hollywood notables but is also dedicated to the preservation of American history.

CALVARY CEMETERY LA

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: August 15, 2014
Category: Sacred/Spiritual

Established in 1896, Calvary Cemetery is one of the oldest cemetery’s in Los Angeles.

HOME OF PEACE MEMORIAL PARK

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: August 15, 2014
Category: Sacred/Spiritual

Surrounded by 100 year-old palm trees, Home of Peace Memorial Park holds the proud distinction of being the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Los Angeles area.

WESTWOOD MEMORIAL PARK

Post By: stRAyNGER
Date: July 21, 2014
Category: Sacred/Spiritual

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars can be found here in this tiny hidden cemetery tucked behind the towering high-rises that line busy Wilshire Boulevard.

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