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Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia

can't remember where this was taken other than it was a mausoleum somewhere in deepest, darkest Essex

Beautiful graves and mausoleum

Detail of a caryatid holding up a spectacular mausoleum in Oakland, California.

Some extremely wealthy person near St. Louis has built this absolutely massive mausoleum with room for an extended family. Yet no one is interred and no family name appears anywhere on the structure.

Three New Testament quotes have been engraved on the structure including "In my Father's house there are many mansions."

As funerary architecture, it's impressive and fascinating. But as a non-religious, non-wealthy commoner I find this oddly anonymous display of inordinate wealth and conspicuous virtue signaling to be equal parts desperate and creepy.

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A sculpture by artist Daniel Popper. One has to rent the house on the property to get close, but it's impressive even from the fence line. There's a nice write up about it on Strange Los Angeles though it's a few hours east of LA.

Look closely and you'll see small cement blocks placed upright all over this hill. Each marks the burial site of someone who was unclaimed in death or too poor to afford burial, let alone a monument. These folks were interred here by the local government. There are nearly 700 numbered burials here, but hundreds more may be present and unmarked.

This startling monument lies in the ground above a child's grave. It seems to show a half-buried child.

Barcelone Espagne

A Mausoleum at Daalseweg Cemetery in Nijmegen

Praying Angel at the cemetery of Doesburg.

Selfie at cemetery Loolaan in Doetinchem

Very. Old.

On a grave at the cemetery of Doesburg

It's lovely that the Jewish burials behind this gate are preserved and maintained, particularly because other nearby Jewish burial sites have not been sufficiently protected.

At least I think it's a receiving vault. No names appear anywhere on the structure.

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Someone has balanced a pebble on this figure's fingertips.

This face is a little too realistic. Like they had some guy from corporate model in a sphinx suit for the statue.

Among the most unique and lovely monuments I've encountered.

This trekker is positioned walking toward a family plot. Though shadowed, the pained expression on the face is hard to miss. Also the feet seem pretty large.

This figure forlornly guards the gate to a small family mausoleum.

The vines will eventually win.

Growing up, forced to participate in gym class sports, the "ball hog" pejorative was never hurled my way. My strategy was to stay as far from the action as possible.

Little wonder I grew up to be someone who takes pictures alone in graveyards.

Some door knocker type flourishes on mausoleums look truly menacing, but this guy strikes me as kind of playful. Like he's gnawing on a chew toy.

Whenever I come to this cemetery, I make a point of visiting Domingo Ghirardelli (of chocolate fame) and the angel guarding the Bradbury mausoleum.

She's seen a lot over the years and could use some repair, but has maintained her vigil over the mounting decades.