Key West Cemetery
This cemetery is the epitome of quirky Key West: irreverent and humorous. Many tombs are stacked several high, condominium-style, because the rocky soil made digging 6 feet under nearly impossible for early settlers. Epitaphs reflect residents’ lighthearted attitudes toward life and death. I TOLD YOU I WAS SICK is one of the more famous, as is the tongue-in-cheek widow’s inscription AT LEAST I KNOW WHERE HE’S SLEEPING TONIGHT. Plan to spend 30 minutes to an hour or more, depending on how morbid your curiosity is.
This cemetery is the epitome of quirky Key West: irreverent and humorous. Many tombs are stacked several high, condominium-style, because the rocky soil made digging 6 feet under nearly impossible for early settlers. Epitaphs reflect residents’ lighthearted attitudes toward life and death. I TOLD YOU I WAS SICK is one of the more famous, as is the tongue-in-cheek widow’s inscription AT LEAST I KNOW WHERE HE’S SLEEPING TONIGHT. Plan to spend 30 minutes to an hour or more, depending on how morbid your curiosity is.
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