I am fascinated by presidential history.   Why, you ask?  Well, if you were reading these sections in order as they were logically laid out on the site, you would know the answer to that question now, wouldn't you? (Hint: Read the "Who Are You?" section).  Anyway, in my travels, I began to try to visit the gravesites of each of the deceased presidents.   As I did this, I thought it would also be interesting to visit the gravesites of each of the deceased vice-presidents.

Doing the research to find out where these men are buried, I began to notice that many of them were buried in cemeteries where other famous people are also buried (peer pressure).  For instance, President Grover Cleveland is buried in Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, New Jersey.  Also in that cemetery are Jonathan Edwards (famous theologian and former president of Princeton Seminary), John Witherspoon (signer of the Declaration of Independence and ancestor of Reese Witherspoon), George Gallup (of Gallup poll fame), Charles Hodge (another famous theologian), and Paul Tulane (founder of Tulane University in New Orleans).  

Another example, Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are both buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.  Also in that cemetery are buried Jefferson Davis (Confederate President), George Pickett (Confederate General), and a number of other notable people.

So, as I have traveled, I have tried to locate the graves of as many famous people as possible.  Currently, I have visited approximately 1,240 famous dead people in 394 cemeteries located in 33 U.S. States (plus Washington D.C.) and 11 other countries.