Oakland Cemetery:

Back in Atlanta, we wandered through Oakland Cemetery.  You might not think touring a cemetery can be fun, but this one is beautifully landscaped and has lots of history.  They even have walking tours and phone tours.  Oakland is an excellent example of a Victorian-style cemetery, and reflects the "garden cemetery" movement started and exemplified by Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts. 

Oakland contains numerous monuments and mausoleums that are outstanding examples of art and symbolism, or are of great historical significance.

There were even fountains in the cemetery.

Being as old as it is, the cemetery has a slave section.  Most of the grave sites  in this section are unknown due to the markers being made of wood and other degradable materials.  But there is this placard.

Across from the slave section is the Confederate section  It's the home to about 6,900 burials of which 3,000 are unknown.  During the Civil War, Atlanta was a major transportation and medical center for the Southern states. Since several of the largest military hospitals in the area were within a half mile from Oakland, many soldiers who died from their wounds were buried here.

Because of its age and location, the cemetery reflects the history and changing culture of the City of Atlanta and the significant events it has seen.