Mister and I spend a lot of time in cemeteries volunteering for historical preservation things. One tour we do every year has an incredible turnout, so there are plenty of people out there who enjoy visiting cemeteries for the historical aspect.

One of my ancestors was a man named Jacob Van Meter, who was one of the founding fathers of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He also helped to start the Severns Valley Baptist Church, which still meets, albeit in a different building. Anyhow, the DAR gave him a really nice monument in the City Cemetery there, and being able to visit it was very special. I don't really know how to explain it. Maybe it's something only history nuts will understand.

When I was in high school, I used to skip out on church and drive to Franklin, TN to the Confederate cemetery, and just sit there and be quiet. I think I got more out of that than listening to some windbag preacher speechify to a bunch of people who weren't paying attention anyway...

Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Ebbie. I visited there when I went to Paris, fifteen years ago. Somewhere there is a photograph of me standing next to Jim Morrison's grave.