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Graveyards of Chicago

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Graveyards of Chicago is the work of Matt Hucke, a UNIX consultant living in Rogers Park, on the north side of Chicago.

I originally come from Millstadt, Illinois, a small town near St. Louis, which had three small graveyards. On the north side of town was Mount Evergreen, a 20th-century cemetery with nothing but rectangular slabs of granite. I found the old "village cemetery" on the south side to be much more interesting - old stones going back to the 1830s, an ivy-covered fence, one angel, and plenty of inscriptions in German. And several miles north there was St. James Catholic Cemetery, situated on a hillside overlooking the highway to St. Louis. I came here occasionally for funerals, but never did find the time to explore it and enjoy the somber atmosphere.

I didn't think much about cemeteries at all over the next few years. When I moved to Chicago in '93, I bought several books about the city. One, Sweet Home Chicago, listed "The other top ten sights", among which was Graceland Cemetery. I went there based on that recommendation, and loved it immediately. It reminded me of Calvary in St. Louis, where my grandparents are buried - a place I had always wanted to explore, but never had the opportunity.