Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Top 2% of attractions in Boston
8 / 10

6 expert reviews

“This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America. ”

– Atlas Obscura

Time Out Time Out
"This is the final resting place for Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Bulfinch and some 86,000 others." Full review
Not For Tourists Not For Tourists
"America's first landscape-designed cemetery, good for birdwatching."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"On a sunny day, this delightful spot at the end of Brattle St is worth the 30-minute walk west from Harvard Sq." Full review
Where Where
"Founded 1831. Culture hounds have a field day at Mount Auburn, where the souls of 19th-century forward thinkers linger in America’s first landscaped cemetery." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"Visitors to this National Historic Landmark find history and horticulture coexisting with celebrity." Full review


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