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On the evening before Thanksgiving 1928, a storm had been brewing for some time in what is now known as Stewartstown, PA and was about to come to its horrifi...

The idea for the Moving Wall, pictured above, began in the mind of John Devitt. In 1982, Devitt, an Army Veteran and former Vietnam helicopter door gunner, ...

Naperville Cemetery, Naperville, Il News Article about the dedication of the plaque: Revolutionary War Soldier Honored in Naperville Cemetery

Some of my favorite wild life moments in Illinois Cemeteries

Otto Kline, at one time deemed the greatest trick rider in the country, was born Otto Kreinbrink in 1887 in Germany to parents Fred and Louise Kreinbrink. I...

While researching I read a lot of old newspaper articles. Often I am distracted by the other headline stories screaming their headlines across the page. Occa...

May 25, 1979. Flight 191 leaves Chicago Ohare airport headed for Los Angeles. The flight never makes it out of Chicago as it crashed in a fiery ball of jet f...

Cemetery Gates are one of my favorite things to photograph, especially if they are grand stone structures like Bohemian National Cemetery above or old iron g...

David McBride Tipton was born on a farm on the banks of Muskingum River in Ohio in 1828. For fifty years he served as a Mississippi River Boat Captain. He n...

There are a few tales of ghostly women in white associated with Chicago area cemeteries. One of those stories that still resonates with those interested in ...

Today's guest blog is brought to you by Author Stuart Schneider. Below is a story from the second book in his Cemetery series , Ghosts in the Cemetery. You c...

Today's Blog is the first in a line of guest blogs that we will be featuring on Tombstone Travels. We have met many wonderful people on our cemetery journey....

Slate Ridge Cemetery, founded in the mid 1700’s, is the final resting place of veterans that served in almost every American war, including several revolutio...

A mother always knows. William Mahaffay's mother knew. She knew in her heart that the body they had sent home to her and her husband was not her son. He was ...

Who knew cemeteries could be so dangerous!! #7) At one time , Oakwood Cemtery in Chicago, IL must have been a happenin' place! #6) St. Boniface in Chicago, ...

Accounts of a woman in white being sited in Bachelors Grove Cemetery in Midlothian, IL go as far back as about 50 years. During a visit to Bachelors Grove i...

There are a few tales of ghostly women in white associated with Chicago area cemeteries. One of them resides in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, IL. On a moo...

When the Clark and Waters Circus pulled into Oquawka, Il. on July of 1972 they had no idea that they would be leaving shortly after without their biggest sta...