A turned-over gravestone served as the perfect surface to make fudge for a woman living in Michigan. How the gravestone got inside the home in Okemos, Michigan, outside Lansing? Now that’s a mystery, ...

During the Victorian era, it wasn’t uncommon to take a leisurely Sunday stroll through your local garden cemetery—perhaps stopping for a picnic lunch. But for the most part (with a few exceptions, ...

Cemeteries serve as a final resting place and a memorial for the living to visit. But time and the elements can erode gravestones, especially if they’re not maintained. And while little can be done to ...

A headstone in Warren-Powers Cemetery in Polk County, Iowa, was meant to memorialize Steven Owens, but its hidden message sparked anger. "Forever in our hearts / Until we meet again / Cherished ...

The first time Rosie Grant baked a recipe she found etched on a stranger’s gravestone, she made a batch of spritz cookies. From her kitchen in Takoma Park, Md., Grant mixed the batter in a big bowl.