[Gráinne]

@Softness-good question. Probably, many have been lost to urban development or simply overgrown. Most cemeteries were one or two families, very small. The huge garden creations came about only around the turn of the last century (Forest Lawn,Spring Grove, etc.). Preservation and maintenance began when cemeteries became almost another city park, except with people buried in it.

1. This one's pretty obvious-I love cemeteries, and they don't squick me out at all. I'd be a celebrity grave hunter, if I lived in a celebrity town, but I don't want to disrespect their resting places, either.

I would have a field day (no pun intended) in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn alone, but it is closed up tight.

2. I can sight-read music; sometimes play a tune just by ear.

3. I can somewhat read Russian; speaking and actually forming sentences is another story. I like to teach myself languages for fun.

4. Crime and Punishment might be my favorite book. (No, I don't read that in Russian :P)

5. I love true-crime books. I always need a collection of Ann Rule for airplane rides.