Caskets Made by Monks
Saint Meinrad Saint Meinrad is a monastery located in the rolling hills of Southern Indiana near the town of Saint Meinrad. The monastery was founded in 1854 by two Benedictine…
Day of the Dead – Día de los Muertos
Today is the final day to celebrate the Day of the Dead – a time to honor and celebrate loved ones who have died. The holiday is held November 1st…
The Haunted Landmark Theatre – New York
Theatres are the homes of stories acted out with all the emotion, rivalry, and angst of real life events. Actors are known to be temperamental, and accidents, suicides, and murders…
Cedars in the Cemetery
Cedars in the Cemetery As a Tombstone Tourists (someone who frequent cemeteries), I love the abundance of evergreen trees found in the older sections of the graveyard. These trees lend…
Memorial Day Memories
As a child, I remember going with my grandmother to the cemetery to "decorate the graves" as she called it. It was just something you did for the dead…
The Deadliest Tornado in US History
It was a balmy March afternoon in Reynolds County, Missouri; one of those days when a farmer keeps his eye on the sky because, well, you never know just what…