The Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, Calif., is where a number of Hollywood celebrities, Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor among them, chose to spend eternity. (Barbara Davidson/Los Angeles Times)
Cemeteries can be especially lively spots to visit in the fall.
The Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., was founded around 1685, making it one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the United States. It was popularized by Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” (Jay Jones/Chicago Tribune )
Actor Jimmy Stewart is buried beneath a plane marker at Glendale, Calif.’s Forest Lawn Cemetery, the final resting place for many Hollywood celebrities. (Catharine Hamm/Los Angeles Times)
Author Washington Irving’s headstone is among those of family members in a plot at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. (Jay Jones/Chicago Tribune )
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Schoolmaster Ichabod Crane of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is imagined in a stained glass window in the Washington Irving Chapel at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. (Jay Jones/Chicago Tribune )
From Washington Irving’s grave in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, visitors can see the Old Dutch churchyard, which inspired his tale “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” (Jay Jones/Chicago Tribune )
People regularly gather inside the Wee Kirk o’ the Heather in Forest Lawn Cemetery, not only for funerals but also for weddings. (Jay Jones/Chicago Tribune )
