Mount Auburn Cemetery
6 expert reviews
“This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America. ”
– Atlas Obscura
"This is the final resting place for Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Bulfinch and some 86,000 others." Full review
"America's first landscape-designed cemetery, good for birdwatching."
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"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
"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
"Visitors to this National Historic Landmark find history and horticulture coexisting with celebrity." Full review