Though unusual yet, you can find absolutely unique and interesting headstones at certain cemeteries. So, shown below are some bizarre and extravagant gravestones.
The Davis Memorial
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The Davis Memorial in the Mount Hope Cemetery is one of the most famous attractions in Hiawatha, Kansas. It was erected by John Milburn Davis in memory of his wife Sarah who died in 1930.
The memorial features 11 life-size Italian marble statues of the couple. The cost of this massive memorial is estimated to be about $200,000, during The Great Depression, the deepest economic crisis in the history of the US.
Fernand Arbelot gravestone
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This is the tombstone of a musician and actor Fernand Arbelot, buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery. The tombstone shows him holding his wife’s face as he wished to gaze at her face for eternity.
Pool table gravestone at Floral Hill Cemetery in Illinois
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Unusual child in a crib headstone from Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
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BMW headstone
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This life-size BMW M3 headstone belongs to Steve Marsh, a huge fan of BMW automobiles. It is located at Manor Park Cemetery, East London.
Tomb of Yuri Nikulin
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This gravestone monument belongs to Russian comic actor and clown, Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin. He was also the theatrical manager of the old Moscow Circus which is now referred to as Nikulin Circus in his honor.
Marble computer tombstone
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Strange empty chair tombstone located at Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermon
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The grave of the sleeping girl
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Located at the Alter Friedhof cemetery, this grave belongs to Caroline Walter who died in 1867 due to tuberculosis.
After her death, her sister hired a sculpture to create a life like sculpture of Caroline, as if she had fallen asleep in her bed while reading a book.
Unusual gravestone from graveyard of Basilica di San Miniato al Monte in Florence
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Gladys and her piano memorial in the City of London cemetery
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Funny headstone in Mexico
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