I read about this one in an old newspaper article, along with the Ellis & Tse graves. Sal Giardino must’ve really loved his job, hence his headstone being a big black lightbulb. His daughter had the stone made, who oddly died only 3 months after he did. While...
Mary Ellis’ grave itself isn’t all to interesting…it’s its location that makes it interesting. Yup, that’s one grave, sitting by itself in the New Brunswick Loews Theater parking lot, 5-6 feet higher than the rest of the ground. Back in the day, the surrounding area was her fiance’s...
When Raymond Tse died in 1981, he was only 15 and never had the chance to drive his dream car; he really loved Mercedes-Benz’s apparently. His family had a lifesize Benz carved out of granite (about 66 tons) for him. The car was carved out by 3 Vermont...
I found 3 grave stones right on the side of the road. The first was of someone who was killed by a drunk driver. I’ve seen roadside memorials for others killed by drunk drivers, especially on the Parkway, but never an actual stone. Across the street were 2...
The oldest cemetery in Salem, Burying Point has at least 1 Mayflower passenger and many people involved in the Salem Witch trials. Many of the stones are from the 1600’s, which I found fascinating. We don’t have cemeteries that old down this way. Many of the stones were...
Originally visited 2/03 Updated/Reshot 4/04 “The Unknown From The Sea” I read about this grave on a neat lil’ site I found. It has full info on the place, but I’ll do a quick summary anyway: In 1854, The Powhatan left from France or Germany with 300+ immigrants...
