Sophia Catherine Nance (1824-1853) was buried under a church in Columbia (South Carolina) in a metal coffin with a glass window showing her face, due to her great beauty. Her grave has become a local legend, especially because she was left behind w

All images © Tea & Morphine / Location; Brookwood Cemetery, Woking UK

All images © Tea & Morphine / Location; Brookwood Cemetery, Woking UK

All images © Tea & Morphine / Location; Brookwood Cemetery, Woking UK

Immortal Repose

Funerary monument t

Be hole, be dust, be dream, be wind
Be night, be dark, be wish, be mind,
Now slip, now slide, now move unseen,
Above, beneath, betwixt, between.

Words by Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

All Images © Tea & Morphine / Location; Putney Vale Cemetery,

Cristóbal Colón Cemetery, Cuba

This is the grave of Jeannette Ryder, an American philanthropist who lived in Cuba and founded the Bando de Piedad (Pity Band). After her death, her dog Rinti refused to leave her grave and would not accept food or w