12 Strangest Cemeteries Around the World

Unusual Resting Places You Won’t Believe Exist

Cemeteries are often places of quiet reflection, history, and remembrance, but some burial sites around the world break tradition in the most fascinating ways. From floating cemeteries to tombs with Wi-Fi, these unique resting places reveal cultural customs, historical shifts, and sometimes, pure eccentricity.

1. San Michele Cemetery – Venice, Italy

This historic island cemetery, created in 1807, has been Venice’s main burial site for over 200 years. Due to space constraints, graves are leased for 12 years before remains are moved to an ossuary, ensuring the cemetery continues to serve the city's population.

2. Jardines del Humaya – Mexico

This extravagant cemetery in Culiacán is home to some of the most luxurious tombs in the world, primarily belonging to members of Mexico’s infamous drug cartels. These mausoleums are fitted with air conditioning, Wi-Fi, and even home theaters for visiting family members.

3. The Flavour Graveyard – Vermont, USA

Not all cemeteries hold bodies! At the Ben & Jerry’s Factory in Vermont, this lighthearted “graveyard” is home to retired ice cream flavors, each with a humorous headstone and epitaph.

4. Hanging Coffins – Sagada, Philippines

In the Philippines, some indigenous communities believe elevating the dead brings them closer to the afterlife. These wooden coffins, often carved by the deceased themselves, are hung from cliffs or placed in caves.

5. New Lucky Restaurant – India

This restaurant in Ahmedabad was built directly over a 16th-century burial ground. Instead of relocating the graves, the owner incorporated them into the dining space, creating a one-of-a-kind dining-with-the-dead experience.

6. Burial Houses – Alaska, USA

In Eklutna, brightly colored spirit houses are built over graves to house the spirits of the deceased. This blend of Russian Orthodox and indigenous Athabaskan traditions creates a strikingly beautiful cemetery.

7. Tree Graves – Toraja, Indonesia

In this Indonesian village, deceased infants are placed inside living trees, which eventually grow around them, symbolizing their return to nature.

8. Serbian Mausoleum Homes

In Eastern Serbia, families construct fully furnished houses instead of simple tombstones. These homes—complete with electricity, tables, and even family portraits—serve as gathering spaces for the living to honor the dead.

9. Cimetière des Chiens – France

Founded in 1899, this Parisian pet cemetery is the final resting place for a wide range of animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits, and even a lion.

10. Bridge to Paradise – Mexico

Located inside Xcaret amusement park, this vibrant, decorative cemetery blends death with celebration, featuring colorful graves and traditional Mexican motifs.

11. Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica – Brazil

The world’s tallest cemetery, this 14-story vertical mausoleum in Santos houses over 16,000 graves, a tropical garden, and even a classic car museum.

12. Le Jardin d’Afrique – Tunisia

This cemetery was created to honor and identify migrants who drowned crossing the Mediterranean. Each grave is marked with DNA records, offering families a chance to locate missing loved ones.