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Burying Man's Best Friend

April 11, 2007 at 9:20 AM | 0 Comments

When you're a town of just 1200 people, kind of in the middle of nowhere and not on the route to anywhere, really, you have to dig deep to find a way to attract tourists. Or, you have to dig holes for dogs.

And, we're a bit sorry to say, not the same holes that dogs love to dig for themselves. At Corrigin's Dog Cemetery in south-west Australia, over 80 dogs who've given up the mortal life are buried. Each has its own headstone, many with touching messages about their loyalty and friendliness. A few Snoopys and more than enough Busters lie in the cemetery, and the care that still goes on around the gravesites makes it worth a visit for pure amazement value.

The good news? You can bury your own dog here if you want, and it doesn't even cost a cent.

[Photo: Photo-matt]

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· Highgate Cemetery [Jaunted]

Cemeteries

Highgate Cemetery

December 7, 2005 at 12:31 PM | 0 Comments

The Times pays a call to Highgate Cemetery, whose ultra-Victorian setting and graves have made it irresistable to writers Tracy Chevalier (Girl With a Pearl Earring) and Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler's Wife) -- they both volunteer and have set novels there. George Eliot and Karl Marx are two of its most famous inhabitants, but it's the all-pervading gothic gloom that seems to be the biggest attraction.

Related Stories:  
·   Writers attracted by a cemetery to die for [Times of London]
·   Highgate Cemetery [Official site]
·   Highgate [BBC]
·   Highgate Cemetery [Fodor's]