Buried New Jersey: Underground Adventures in the Garden State

Have you ever seen a cemetery that made you want to pull your car over and explore? Do you get a thrill exploring an old cemetery? Let licensed funeral director, Janice L. Phillips, take you on a trip through New Jersey's most historic, picturesque, unique, and reputedly haunted burial grounds. From historic Lenni Lenape burial grounds to Revolutionary War cemeteries, to Victorian mausoleums with electric lights, to a cemetery in Jersey City with a herd of goats for landscaping, New Jersey is full of historic, beautiful, and offbeat cemeteries as unique as the citizens of this diverse state. With the highest population density in the nation, and a history spanning centuries, New Jersey is a cemetery lover's dream. Buried New Jersey presents a history of burial in New Jersey, while pointing readers to the strange and notable. Visit a monument shaped like a Mercedez-Benz and learn who it belongs to. Find the Edgar Allan Poe-inspired headstone in Trenton. There's a world of legend and history to be uncovered in New Jersey's cemeteries.