February 11, 2017
Every cemetery in Detroit: Woodlawn Cemetery
The cemetery on Woodward Avenue is the final resting place of many of the most important Detroiters of the 20th century.
February 11, 2017
The cemetery on Woodward Avenue is the final resting place of many of the most important Detroiters of the 20th century.
August 22, 2016
This post is part of my ongoing, slow-going effort to visit every cemetery in Detroit. To give you a sense of how slow-going this effort is, I took these photos of Grand Lawn two summers ago. Time marches on. So does this project.
September 1, 2014
A quirk of annexation means this old pioneer cemetery is only partially in Detroit.
November 17, 2013
Detroit’s other oldest Catholic cemetery is full of giant religious statuary and beautiful, haunting porcelain gravestone portraits.
August 5, 2013
A graveyard grotto built in 1881 was once reputed to have healing powers.
July 11, 2013
Romanian arch priests, Christmas tree smugglers, the first female cemetery commissioner and the only Detroit mayor to be recalled from office converge on this Woodward Avenue cemetery.
July 11, 2013
Half-year resolution: We’re visiting every cemetery in the city of Detroit.