Well, let me tell you several benefits I have seen personally:

(1)  It's a very inexpensive hobby.  Since I have a digital camera, I can take many pictures of the places I visit, and my only cost is driving to the place and purchasing CDs to store the pictures.  With very few exceptions, cemeteries don't charge you an entrance fee (though they may be very unhelpful at times in assisting your attempt to locate a famous person).

(2)  It's a fascinating way to learn about history.  Some very famous people have very unnoticed grave markers.  On the other hand, some people get bigger markers than they deserve, in my ever-so-humble opinion.  Really, though, visiting these gravesites has motivated me to learn much about my own country's history, particularly the Civil War and World War II.

(3)  Cemeteries are some of the most beautiful places you can visit.  The cemetery staff is trying to make the place a quiet, serene location for people to say goodbye to their loved ones, so the cemetery will often have beautiful landscaping, ponds, and the like.  Even in downtown New York City, you can find a quiet place by visiting a cemetery (and you can also visit Walter Hunt's gravesite while you're at it! - he's the guy who invented the safety pin).

OK, enough of the introduction.  I have posted on this site pictures of many of the graves I have visited, along with my own commentary about the person or his or her grave.  I would be very unappreciative if I did not mention at this point my gratitude to www.findagrave.com for much help in locating the interment locations of many of the notables I have visited.  That is by far the most helpful location I have found for hunting down famous dead people.

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