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Lafayette Cemetery New Orleans
City of the Dead

In the United States, there are literally hundreds of thousands of cemeteries. In every town, in every village, these monuments house our dearly departed, and let both their bodies and souls stay at rest-- at least, we hope so. Few of these cemeteries house as much history and mystery as the Lafayette Cemetery #1 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lafayette is considered one of the most unique cemeteries, and to some, one of the most haunted locations in the entire United States.
Beyond the rusted fences of the gate that encloses the Lafayette cemetery are rows upon rows of marble tombs, baked and bleached by the suns rays, overgrown with ivy from years and years of history. The tombstones, each unique in their carvings and decorations, line rows in Gothic decoration behind rusty iron fences. Located in the Garden District of the French Quarter of New Orleans, this cemetery doubles as a very historic and interesting decoration.......

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