At least 100 mostly unmarked graves, some dating to the 19th century, have existed outside the Cheltenham Youth Detention ...

The long-deserted Medfield State Hospital makes for a haunting site, inspiring filmmakers for years with its dark, shadowy ...

At another abandoned Black cemetery in Clearwater, disturbed graves now rest underneath an office building's parking lot. The site had previously been where the St. Matthews Baptist Church and ...

The county argued that the legislation, which would affect Mount Tamalpais Cemetery in San Rafael, would create long-term ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. – An effort in Florida’s Legislature to repair and preserve abandoned and historic cemeteries throughout the state – including lost Black burial grounds – is making ...

He believes that there are millions of dollars sitting in maintenance funds from other abandoned cemeteries that state law blocks from being used, but until there is an uproar nothing will change.

The Minnehaha County Abandoned Cemetery Board looks after 13 pioneer cemeteries that are no longer in operation.

In terms of modern-day established cemeteries, however, Decatur’s Greenwood Cemetery seems to have the oldest gravestone in the state, dating back to 1813.

She’s reaching out to state lawmakers to provide protections for abandoned cemeteries while also looking out for the property owners with a similar law that’s on the books in Alabama.

Forest Home Cemetery is one of 16 abandoned cemeteries in Minnehaha County. According to state law, a cemetery is deemed abandoned if no burial of a human body has taken place for five years a… ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. – An effort in Florida’s Legislature to repair and preserve abandoned and historic cemeteries throughout the state – including lost Black burial grounds – is making ...