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Graveyards of Chicago:
The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries
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Men of Mortuaries Calendar
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Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers
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Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints, Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture
with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman is now
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West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.
CEMETERY PHOTOGRAPHY
Taphophilia (dot) Com's collection of links to websites featuring photography from cemeteries around the world. 
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  Link   Studio Paolo Folchitto
Photographic works about a historical and mysterious cemetery in Rome by Paolo Folchitto.
  Link   GraveYard & Dark Photography UK
Beautiful photography by Amanda Norman
  Link   Cemetery Pictures
Photos from cemeteries around the world including the Czech Republic France Austria England Italy and the United States
  Link   Traditional Wicked
Parisian Cemeteries
  Link   London Cemeteries
There are rather more than 140 cemeteries in London. My mission is to visit and photograph them all. The site owes an enormous debt to Hugh Mellers book London Cemeteries without which the whole project would have been much harder work.
  Link   The Marsden Archive
Simon Marsdens collection of haunted houses, mystical landscapes, romantic ruins, gothic graveyards, secret gardens, fantastic follies, crumbling castles, grotesque gargoyles, and moonlit abbeys in the British Isles Ireland France Belgium Italy and G
  Link   Gothscapes
B&W graveyard art galleries
  Link   Adhonerum.com
Cemetery images from Daniela Lexl
  Link   Don's Cemetery Page
Most of this site is dedicated to stories from the historic cemeteries in and around Calgary Alberta and others visited across Canada.
  Link   Vampire Hunter-A Cemetery Photo Site
Cemetery Photo Galleries in New York
  Link   Smoking Mirror
Cemetery art from England France and Croatia
  Link   Immortelle.net
formerly Crescent City Cemeteries - A pictorial tour of New Orleans Cities of the Dead.
  Link   Angels in Filth
"In these pages you can find pictures of angel shape statues from our local graveyard (Bonaria Cemetary, Cagliari, Italy). "
  Link   The Adams Residence
Cemetery Photo Galleries
  Link   Empire of The Dead
Tour the Famous Cemeteries of Paris
  Link   Ghost Town Seekers
Remote Nevada Ghost Town Cemetery Photos
  Link   La Certosa di Bologna
About the cemetery "Certosa" in Bologna (Italy). Full of beautiful photos of funerary statues
  Link   Chicago Cemetery Photos
Photos of graves in Chicago IL and surrounding suburbs.
  Link   Pandora's Graveyard Gallery
Nice collection of cemetery art a must see!
  Link   Dagon's Graveyard Gallery
Thumbnail gallery of cemetery art
  Link   Cemetery Art - Southern Michigan
Southern Michigan Cemetery Photos
  Link   Dano's Photography
Cemeteries in Greece
  Link   Grave Art
GA NY SC VT and several overseas cemetery galleries
  Link   Trenchant Tranquility
Cemetery Photography--WA and OR
  Link   Stone Cherubs
New England Colonial gravestones and burying grounds
  Link   Cimitero Monumentale
Italian cemetery monuments
  Link   Pere Lachaise Cemetery Portfolio
Various art from the famous cemetery
  Link   The Farber Gravestone Collection
The Farber Gravestone Collection-- You have to download the browser or java client but there are over 8000 B&W gravestones from Mass and other colonial sites...VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
  Link   Pharmcats Cemetery Photos
England and Scotland Cemetery photogalleries
  Link   Suzielda's Cemetery Site
European Cemetery Art Collection
  Link   The Sleeping Garden
NC cemetery photos
  Link   The Necropolis -- City of the Dead
Photogalleries of TX and MO cemeteries
  Link   The Last Doorway
Cemetery Monument Photography
  Link   Dark New Orleans
Photo Galleries of New Orleans Cemeteries (St. Louis #1 #2 #3 St. Rochs 1 & 2 Holt Metairie and others!
  Link   Lost Art
Black and White collection from TX and LA cemeteries
  Link   Cemetery Art
photo galleries
  Link   Cemetery Studies
Cemetery art and symbolism
  Link   CNY Cemetery Photographers
Cemetery photography from across Central New York.
  Link   Suicide Studios
Cemetery photography gallery
  Link   Frozen Bay - Graveyard Photographs from the USA and Europe
This site includes cemeteries from New Jersey and Spain at the moment. I am interested mainly in stone carvings but also love cemeteries in general. I am a photographer based in Spain and the USA and all of my current work can be found on this site.
  Link   Dust To Dust
Cemetery photography. Changing scenes and passing seasons in English graveyards cemeteries and churchyards.
  Link   Eternal Touch Studios
Beautiful & Original cemetery artwork and photography from the midwest! A refreshing and unique style of mixed media art will leave even the most seasoned cemetery wanderer breathless.
  Link   Cemetery Angels
These pages are dedicated to beautiful Italian cemeteries and their flying creatures.
  Link   Death Angels - A Photographic Essay
B&W galleries of angel memorial art
  Link   Il Trionfo Della Morte
Italian cemeteries photo galleries not in english
  Link   Vampire Hunter: A Cemetery Photo Site
A Cemetery Photo Site containing photos of cemeteries mainly in the Syracuse NY area.
  Link   Cemetery Photography
This ring contains sites that have cemetery or graveyard photos. We are seeking sites that feature artistic cemetery images rather than paranormal activity.
  Link   Graveyards of Milwaukee
Wisconsin cemetery art
  Link   Rogue Pen
GA LA MA SC cemetery galleries
  Link   Kleinertod
European photography no english version
  Link   DarkEvilness
Very good collection of photos
  Link   Ukranian Gothic Portal
Ukrainian and European cemeteries no english version but the photos are worth the visit
  Link   Ank-Zine Gallery
cemeteries in Belarus Lithuania and Europe.
  Link   Mausoleums and Stained Glass By Gayl Alexander
Mausoleum and stained glass art
  Link   suiZide
B&W photogalleries
  Link   Cemetery Walk:Art of the Chicagoland Cemetery
Fine memorial art photography of several local Chicagoland cemeteries including St. Boniface St. Adalberts and All Saints cemetery and more. Photographer: Lori M. Barrett
  Link   Dark Fear
A public forum for the discussion of dark themes from the occult to vampirism to the horror genre and the magickal arts.
  Link   Cemtery Photos From Around the World
"An ever-growing collection of images for those interested in cemeteries funerary and gravestone art and seeing how these subjects are dealt with in different parts of the world. "
  Link   Cemetery Monuments
"No Thing In This World Can Be Any Closer To The Next World Than Can A Beautiful Cemetery
  Link   Dark Necropolis
Dark Necropolis: where you can find cemetery photos the "Diary of the Insane" poetry and more! Come--step out of the light.....
  Link   Cemetery Collection
"Cemetery Collection is dedicated to cemeteries from aestetic point of view site for those who find strange fascinating beauty at cemeteries"
  Link   Forest Lawn Cemetery
Buffalo NY cemetery photogallery
  Link   Grave Sides
Cemetery Photography
  Link   cemeTeries
Photography by Tom Kinkaid
  Link   Papaver's Gallery of Cemetery Pictures
Photos from CA NH and London
  Link   Scary Mary's House of Horrors
Memorial Art Photo Gallery
  Link   North Star Gallery
Fine Art Photography of Cemetery and Memorial Art.
  Link   Writ in Water
An International Gallery of Memorials for the Dead
  Link   Conneticut Gravestone Network
dedicated to protecting Connecticuts old burying grounds and preserving their historic significance
  Link   Cold Marble
new examples of digital infrared photography
  Link   Among the Stones
Photo galleries of monuments in Ohio.
  Link   Cemeteries of Martha's Vineyard
Photogalleries of many cemeteries dating back to the early 1700s
  Link   Gothic Midnight's Graveyard Gallery
Cemetery Photography
  Link   GraveYard Photography
Scenic New Hampshire Graveyard Photography
  Link   The Undertaker's Grave
An extensive photo collection of graves and monuments from many well known cemeteries.
  Link   Memento Mori
"Death in sculptures in Rome during the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries"
  Link   Families of Historic Columbian Cemetery Portland OR
Photo gallery
  Link   Mostly Cemeteries
Mostly cemetery photography with a few transcriptions.