Ua ʻoi aku ʻo ia ma mua o hoʻokahi kapuaʻi o ka hau a me ka hau e hiki ai i Ernest Hemingway. Ua hele pololei ʻo ia i Al Capone a me Karl Marx. Ua kauo ʻo ia i kona makuahine e kipa aku i ke kanaka ʻai kanaka kaulana ʻo Alferd Packer a hoʻi mai nei mai ka ʻike ʻana iā Farrah Fawcett.
ʻO ia ʻo Jim Tipton, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Find a Grave, kahi waihona pūnaewele manuahi o nā kahua kanu no nā mea kaulana a i ʻole a puni ka honua.
“He kani ʻino a ʻeleʻele. Akā, i kou hele ʻana i ka lua kupapaʻu o kekahi, ua like ia me ke kipa ʻana i ka hoahānau; aia kahi kokoke i laila," wahi a Tipton, 37, no Salt Lake City, Utah. “A makemake mau au i ka nani o nā hale kupapaʻu. Ua kapa mau au iā lākou he mau paka no ka mea ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo no ke noi ʻana o kekahi iā ʻoe e pāʻani i kahi pāʻani koho.
I ka nānā mua ʻana, he mea ʻino paha ka manaʻo o ka mākaʻikaʻi kupapaʻu. Akā no nā malihini e ʻimi nei i nā pōhaku poʻo, ʻoi aku kēia ʻano huakaʻi huakaʻi ma mua o ka make a me ke kaumaha. Hiki ke lilo i ʻano hoʻonanea a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana, kahi haʻawina moʻolelo a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana, kahi papa mahalo moʻomeheu, kahi huakaʻi moʻokūʻauhau, a me kahi kumu hoʻomaha.
ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka nani no ka poʻe ola, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he mea nui e like me ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka poʻe i make ma Mount Auburn Cemetery ma Cambridge a me Watertown, Massachusetts. ʻO kēia keʻena he 175 mau ʻeka, i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1831, ua hana ʻo ia i ka mōʻaukala ʻo ia ka māla mua loa o ʻAmelika, ka lua kupapaʻu ʻāina, hoʻoulu i nā wahi like ma ka ʻāina a me nā paka lehulehu e like me Central Park ma New York.
Ma hope o nā lā lōʻihi e nānā ana i ka lolouila ma Portland, Oregon, ua hopu ʻo Scott Stanton i kēia pōpoki mākaʻikaʻi i kona wā e hoʻomaha ai ma ka hele wāwae ʻana i nā kaiāulu, e ʻoki pinepine ana i nā hale kupapaʻu.
Ua hoʻomaka koke ka "hōkū rock 'n' roll" i wehewehe iā ia iho e ʻimi i nā wahi kanu o nā mea hoʻokani pila, a ua lawe iā ia i ʻoi aku ma mua o 550 mau ʻāpana a puni ka honua. Mai ka mea hoʻokani punk Joey Ramone ma New Jersey a me ka haku mele ʻo Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ma Rūsia a i ka moʻolelo Doors Jim Morrison ma Farani a me ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Stevie Ray Vaughan ma Texas, ua hala ʻo ia ma mua o 15 mau makahiki i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka ʻike a lawe i nā kiʻi no kāna puke "The Tombstone Tourist. : Nā mea hoʻokani pila.”
"ʻAʻole wau he kanaka Carnival Cruise," wahi a Stanton, 50, nona kahi hui polokalamu. ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka puke "Ua lōʻihi ka manawa lōʻihi, no ka mea, make mau lākou. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i ka wā e hoʻomaha ai. "
Nui nā kūlanakauhale he mau ilina i hoʻokipa lōʻihi i ka lehulehu o nā malihini. ʻO Père Lachaise ma Paris, Farani, kahi i kanu ʻia ai ʻo Morrison - me Maria Callas, Frédéric Chopin a me Oscar Wilde, e inoa i kekahi - ʻo ia kekahi o lākou.
Hiki i nā mea nānā hōkū ma hope o ka make ke noho paʻa ma Los Angeles, Kaleponi, kahi i hoʻolaʻa ʻia ai nā lole me nā inoa e like me Dearly Departed Tours e hōʻike i nā malihini i ke ala. Ma Hollywood Forever Cemetery, ma kahi o 2,000 ka poʻe e hele mai ana i nā pō Pōʻaono a pau e hoʻomaha i ke ahiahi me Rudolph Valentino lāua ʻo Fay Wray, pikiniki, a nānā i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni kahiko.
A ʻaʻole e pau ke kipa ʻana i New Orleans, Louisiana, me ke kipa ʻole ʻana i ka hale kupapaʻu ʻo St. Louis No. 1 a me ka hale kupapaʻu o Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau. Nui nā ʻuhane, vampire, a me nā huakaʻi haunted, nā mea e pāʻani nei i ka kitsch.
Akā, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ʻo Robert Florence o Historic New Orleans Walking Tours Inc. ʻo nā mea ʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana i nā hale kupapaʻu o ke kūlanakauhale - ʻo ia hoʻi nā hale kupapaʻu ʻohana e paʻa ana i nā hanauna o nā koena a noho ma luna o ka ʻāina, e pale ana i nā pahu mai ka lana ʻana i ka wā o ke kahe ʻana - maikaʻi loa ia e like me ka moʻolelo.
"Ke noʻonoʻo nui nei nā hale kupapaʻu e pili ana i kou wahi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Florence, e wehewehe ana i nā mea ma New Orleans he "nā waihona o nā kaukani makahiki o nā kuʻuna a me nā hoʻoilina."
Ma Oakland Cemetery ma Atlanta, Georgia, hiki i nā malihini ke hoʻokokoke aku i nā koa Civil War a me nā paionia pono kīwila ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana ma kahi hale ʻaina i kapa ʻia ʻo Six Feet Under. Ke kākoʻo nei kēia hale kupapaʻu mōʻaukala i nā hanana kūikawā, e like me ka Lāpule ma ka Paka, kahi i kono ʻia ai nā lole Victorian, a me nā huakaʻi he nui no Halloween, nā haʻawina ma ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika, a me nā mea hou aku.
Aia ma Oakland ke kolepa nui ʻo Bobby Jones. Kū pinepine ka poʻe loea i kēia lā ma kāna pōhaku poʻo ma ke ala i ka Masters ma Augusta no ka laʻa maikaʻi, wahi a Rick Sebak, kahi mea hana palapala no WQED, ke kahua PBS ma Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a me ka ikaika ma hope o "A Cemetery Special." Haʻalele ka poʻe kipa i nā pōpō kolepa a i kekahi manawa nā hui, wahi a Sebak.
Hoʻopuehu ʻia nā kini sopa a Campbell ma ka lua kupapaʻu o Andy Warhol ma Pittsburgh. Kohi ʻo Guitar i kahi hoʻomaha hope loa o Jimi Hendrix ma waho o Seattle, Wakinekona. Piʻi ʻia nā baseball ma Lake View Cemetery ma Cleveland, Ohio, kahi i ʻike ai nā malihini iā Ray Chapman, he wahi pōkole no nā Cleveland Indians i pepehi ʻia e ka baseball i ka makahiki 1920.
Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sebak ʻaʻole pono e poina nā mākaʻikaʻi i ka mea kaulana ʻole. Ua paʻi ʻia ʻo ia e nā hale lāʻau liʻiliʻi e kū ana i kahi hale kupapaʻu ʻo Russian Orthodox ma Fairbanks, Alaska, nā kiʻi ma nā hale kupapaʻu ma Key West, Florida, a me nā palapala i ʻike ʻia i kāna huakaʻi. Ke ʻakaʻaka mau nei ʻo ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻike ʻana i kēia ma ka hōʻailona mausoleum no kekahi wahine: "Ua haʻi wau iā ʻoe ua maʻi au."
ʻO ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i nā malihini he ʻāpana ia o ka mea e alakaʻi ai iā Cristina Lugo o New York, ʻo ia me kahi lāʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Cemetery Girls" e hele alakaʻi ponoʻī i nā lā i nā hale kupapaʻu ma ia wahi.
Hōʻike nā pōhaku poʻo i nā moʻolelo, e like me ka mea ma ka Bronx e hoʻohanohano i kahi ʻohana i pepehi ʻia e ka uila, wahi a Lugo, 37. ʻIke pū ʻo ia i ke kipa ʻana i nā lua kupapaʻu ma ke ʻano he lawelawe i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe - ka poʻe i haʻalele a me nā mamo i hiki ʻole ke hele i laila ma ko lakou iho.
No ka punaewele Find a Grave, hāʻawi manawaleʻa pinepine ʻo ia e ʻimi a kiʻi i nā wahi i kanu ʻia o nā kūpuna. Ua komo ʻo ia i loko o kahi hale kupapaʻu ma New York no kahi ʻohana ma ʻEnelani, e hāʻawi ana iā lākou i kahi ʻāpana o kā lākou moʻolelo moʻokūʻauhau.
A ʻoi aku paha ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka leʻaleʻa mākaʻikaʻi kupapaʻu e lawe mai iā Lugo i ke ʻano o ka maluhia ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke loaʻa ma ke kaona, ka ululāʻau ola.
"Ua aneane like ia me ka hale pule iaʻu," wahi āna. "He mea hoʻomanaʻo ia he waiwai ke ola."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- It can be a form of entertainment and inspiration, a history and architecture lesson, a cultural appreciation course, a genealogical journey, and a source of relaxation.
- From punk rocker Joey Ramone in New Jersey and composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Russia to the Doors legend Jim Morrison in France and blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in Texas, he spent more than 15 years compiling information and taking photographs for his book “The Tombstone Tourist.
- Modern-day pros often stop by his headstone en route to the Masters in Augusta for good luck, said Rick Sebak, a documentary producer for WQED, the PBS station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the force behind “A Cemetery Special.
