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Cast iron gate leading to Irving Family gravesite at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Photo credit: Jerome Levine)

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10 Tips for Cemetery Tourists

July 26, 2015

Simple grave of Washington Irving, author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, known as the first American to earn a living from his pen at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

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Six great cemeteries for tourism

July 26, 2015

City College students learn about the history of the Belmont Mausoleum from historian Susan Olsen at The Woodlawn Cemetery

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Nothing like a cemetery to enliven a trip

July 26, 2015

Straus Mausoleum at The Woodlawn Cemetery, the gravesite of Isidor Straus (co-owner of Macy’s Department Store). He and his wife Ida both died aboard the Titanic and are memorialized on the nearby monument depicting a lifeboat from the ship.

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(Collaborative Post) Cemetery Tourism: Boomer Travel Bloggers Reflect on Cemetery Visits

July 3, 2015

Stained glass windows on the Helmsley Mausoleum

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Cemetery Tourism: Exploring Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York

June 28, 2015

Monument to Joyce Alexander Wein, wife of producer/promoter George Wein

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Cemetery Tourism: Jazz greats jam at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx

June 23, 2015

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