Multiple Cities Offer Guided Historical Cemetery Tours

Several communities are offering guided cemetery tours to connect people with local history and heritage. In Piedmont, Alabama, a historian will lead a one-hour historical tour at Highland Cemetery, sharing stories of notable individuals buried there. Hamilton, New Zealand, will host a free guided tour at Hamilton West Cemetery to celebrate Cemeteries Week 2025 and share the personal stories behind the headstones. A more somber two-hour walking tour at Mount Olivet Cemetery focuses on mature audiences, with stories that evoke empathy and sorrow. Additionally, Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery in Illinois is renowned for its ghostly legends, including sightings of apparitions and mysterious phenomena, making it one of the most haunted cemeteries in the U.S. Lisbon, Portugal, continues to offer torchlight night tours of its historic cemeteries, highlighting their architectural and cultural significance.