Cemetery sights in Chicago
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Rosehill Cemetery
The entrance gate to Chicago’s largest cemetery is worth the trip alone. Designed by WW Boyington (the architect who created the old Water Tower on Michigan Ave), the entry looks like a cross between high Gothic and low Disney. Through the gates you’ll see the graves of plenty of Chicago bigwigs, from Chicago mayors and a US vice president to meat man Oscar Mayer. You’ll also find some of the weirdest grave monuments in the city, including a postal train and a huge carved boulder from a Civil War battlefield in Georgia. More than one ghost story started here; keep an eye out for vapors as night falls.
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Mt Carmel Cemetery
Al Capone is now buried in this cemetery in Hillside, west of Chicago. He and his relatives were moved here in 1950. Al’s simple gray gravestone, which has been stolen and replaced twice, is concealed by a hedge. It reads ‘Alphonse Capone, 1899–1947, My Jesus Mercy.’ Capone’s neighbors include old rivals Dion O’Banion and Hymie Weiss. Both tried to rub out Capone, who returned the favor in a far more effective manner.
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Graceland Cemetery
Graceland Cemetery is the final resting place for some of the biggest names in Chicago history. Most of the notable tombs lie around the lake, in the northern half of the 121 acres. Pick up a free map at the entrance to navigate the swirl of paths and streets.
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