cemeteries
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Oswego Pioneer Cemetery
Lake Oswego, Oregon
1850
The Oswego Pioneer Cemetery was expanded from a family plot dating from 1856. The 5-acre site south of Lake Oswego includes the graves of its pioneer founders, nine Oswego mayors, and Nobel laureate Linus Pauling.
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Colonial Cemetery
Savannah, Georgia
1750-89
Established in 1750, enlarged to its current size by 1789, and closed to new burials in 1853, the Colonial Cemetery is now a city park and occupies about 6 acres in the heart of Savannah.
- Lee Mission Cemetery Salem, Oregon 1842
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Saadian Tombs
Marrakesh, Morocco
This site next to the old kasbah in Marrakesh was used for burials throughout the Saadian period (beginning 1557), then sealed up for centuries. It contains two mausoleums and nearly 200 tiled tombs of royals.
- Mount Calvary Cemetery Portland
- Starkville Colored Cemetery Starkville, Mississippi
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Kinloss Abbey
Kinloss, Scotland
Walled burial ground containing ruins of Kinloss Abbey.
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove Washington, District of Columbia
- Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia 1864
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Great Pyramids of Giza
Giza, Egypt
Constructed at least 4,500 years ago and shrouded in fascinating mysteries, the pyramids of Giza are the only Ancient Wonder of the World to survive today.