Month: October 2025
Why Do People Visit Graveyards? The Psychology of Dark Tourism
Graveyards. For some, they’re places of sorrow; for others, a tranquil garden of remembrance. Yet for a growing number of travellers, cemeteries are destinations—sites of fascination, beauty, and even inspiration. From the iconic Père Lachaise in Paris to the hauntingly ornate Recoleta in Buenos Aires, graveyards have become magnets for the curious. But why? What
Death & Digital Legacy: What Happens to Online Memorials
Once upon a time, memory was carved in marble. Now, it’s encrypted in megabytes. We used to walk through stone gardens of remembrance; today, we scroll through digital ones. The modern cemetery is no longer a patch of earth—it’s a patch of code. But what happens to those ethereal monuments when the person who built
Cemetery Biodiversity: How Wildlife Finds Refuge Among the Dead
When we think of cemeteries, we often imagine solemn marble angels, wilting flowers, and quiet paths shaded by old trees. But beneath the melancholy surface, a surprising truth thrives — cemeteries are not just sanctuaries for the dead but also for the living. Birds nest in mausoleums, foxes burrow among tombstones, and bees hum peacefully
The Art of Mourning: How Cemeteries Became Open-Air Museums
Walk through the gates of any old cemetery, and you might notice something curious: it feels less like a graveyard and more like a gallery. The marble angels, neoclassical tombs, intricate ironwork, and moss-draped statues are not mere symbols of grief—they’re masterpieces. Cemeteries, once places solely for mourning, have evolved into open-air museums of art,
Plague Pits & Mass Graves: How Epidemics Shaped Burial Practices
When we think of cemeteries, the images that usually come to mind are carefully laid out rows of headstones, sculpted angels, or perhaps a romanticized mausoleum or two. What we don’t immediately imagine are pits—vast, hurriedly dug trenches where the dead were laid side by side, often nameless and forgotten. Yet, plague pits and mass