Finding a specific grave in most cemeteries can be like finding a needle in a haystack.

They're rows and rows of stones that look essentially the same.

But even in the most mundane cemetery, there are always a couple of ornate grave markers,

beautiful statues, or unique sculptures.

I've been to a cemetery that's full of those kind of grave stones.

Here's a stone-raised car.

There's a giant soccer ball, which beautiful details everywhere.

It's a sculpture garden, but it's also a cemetery.

The cemetery created by and for masterstone cutters and sculptors.

I'm David Plottes, and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible

and wondrous places.

Today we're heading up to Hope's Cemetery in Barry Vermont, where sculptors are buried

under the ornate tombstones that carved for themselves.

After this.

It's the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.

People from all over the world are flocking to the city to see the most exciting developments

in technology and culture.

You've got the original Ferris wheel, the first movie theater, and tucked amid all these

wonders and inventions.

There's a small booth paid for by the Barry Granite Association.

That's B-A-R-R-E, pronounced Barry.

Now, for a lot of people, Granite might not be the most memorable thing at the World's

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