Weird love of cemeteries
By Sissy15
@sissy15 (13564)
United States
September 14, 2026 9:08pm CST
One of my favorite things to do that is somewhat odd and makes people question my sanity and what I do for fun, is to go to cemeteries and look at headstones. I like to sometimes randomly look up names especially older ones and see what their lives were like if I can find anything on them. Some of them lived incredibly interesting lives. I also like seeing all of the different names. One of my favorite day trips we took was to Cleveland, where we got to check out the Lakeview Cemetery. It is a huge cemetery with some notable people buried there, including former president who died in office James Garfield. He isn't buried there, but he is in a huge mausoleum there. You can actually see his casket. If you climb the stairs, you get a great view of the Cleveland skyline.
My husband and son thought I was crazy for wanting to check out a cemetery, but they also had fun. We put a dime on Rockefeller's headstone. We checked out the Wade Chapel. We learned a lot. I researched so much for that trip. I think my love of cemeteries has more to do with history than anything else. I'm not into ghost hunting. I'm a firm believer in leaving some things alone. I just love learning about people and their lives. I love how old and interesting some of the headstones are. I love how peaceful cemeteries usually are. I say usually because there are times people make a menaces of themselves. We recently had an incident in a town near where I grew up that I used to go to a lot as a kid, where adults took their kids to fight in a cemetery and then encouraged it and helped them. One of the parents hit one of the kids with their car on the way out. I don't remember all of the information, but it was completely insane. The parents are in trouble now, as they should be. I can't believe how terrible a parent you have to be to do something that stupid. Anyway, I digress (that was the ADHD getting a hold of me). Usually, cemeteries are peaceful and a great place to read names and learn about people, and I really enjoy that aspect of it.
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@2ndchances24 (12469)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
15 Sep
Funny you wrote about something I use to do years ago
when I was young & a street walker, I come up on cemetery's
& check out some of the names, but at 1 time I remembered
when I got spooked in 1 & that put a end to that real fast.
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@sissy15 (13564)
• United States
17 Sep
It's really interesting. During the day they often have someone there talking about Garfield and you can go downstairs to see the caskets of Garfield and his wife or you can go upstairs and see the city skyline. I was absolutely fascinated by it. I agree there are definitely some people who don't deserve kids.
@AmbiePam (132131)
• United States
16 Sep
The most peaceful place I have ever been to is the cemetery in the town where my dad grew up. It is surrounded by coal pits where my dad used to go swimming. The quiet beauty of the country settles into your soul and renews your mind. There is nothing depressing about it whatsoever.
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@sissy15 (13564)
• United States
17 Sep
I agree, a lot of people see them and think scary or depressing, and I've never really felt that way. I will say I don't like going to them at night alone. Some of the lights people decorate the graves with give me creepy vibes but other than that I find them extremely interesting and peaceful.
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@celticeagle (195357)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Sep
I have many tales I could tell of my visits to cemeteries. Some people trace the headstones of celebrities and collect them. When I was a teen my girlfriend and her boyfriend and I would visit graveyards. We had some interesting experiences. Maybe I will post about some for next month's enteratinment.
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@sissy15 (13564)
• United States
17 Sep
I'm sure that would be an interesting read. I have been to Johnny Appleseed's grave, but it's not in a cemetery. It's a lone grave at the top of a hill in/near a campground. I haven't gone to any major celebrities graves so I don't know that I'd ever trace any.
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@sissy15 (13564)
• United States
18 Sep
@celticeagle That would be a good reason. It's sad how many celebrities are forgotten eventually and then don't have anyone who cares about their graves, especially if they didn't have a lot of family to take care of them.
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@celticeagle (195357)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Sep
@sissy15 ........Some people are really into doing that. I think a part of it is to keep those old grave markers known after they are nearing crumbling and wasting away from age.
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@Deepizzaguy (126316)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Sep
In my former neighborhoods there were some cemeteries that were near the houses.
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@Deepizzaguy (126316)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Sep
@sissy15 It was odd for me since my former neighborhoods were close to canals.
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@nawala123 (25036)
• Indonesia
15 Sep
In my country we often go to cemetery at certain occasion. we do that to recall people we love or our ancestor
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@sissy15 (13564)
• United States
17 Sep
@nawala123 That's really interesting. I love how different every culture seems to be.
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@sissy15 (13564)
• United States
18 Sep
@nawala123 I imagine, I think it's really neat to learn about other cultures' celebrations.
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@nawala123 (25036)
• Indonesia
17 Sep
@sissy15 many tourist come to see that in Bali and Toraja because that is a big festive
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@FourWalls (89877)
• United States
15 Sep
I don’t think it’s all that weird. In fact, we had a project in art appreciation class when I was in college that said “Go somewhere there’s art and write a paper about it.” I chose a cemetery.
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