“I’ve been to many cemeteries and seen many cemeteries in my life. I’ve seen some that were out in the middle of a cornfield.  I’ve seen one that’s right across from a hamburger stand, I’ve seen one that’s right in the backyard of an apartment complex and I’ve even been inside one that’s haunted. But never in my life have I seen a cemetery that was right in the middle of a shopping center.  However, if you ever have a chance to visit Palatine (a suburb of Chicago), you must see this to believe it. The Salem Cemetery is now part of the Palatine Township and it’s one of the most bizarre places I’ve seen. I’m sure that because it is a cemetery, the contractors couldn’t tear it down so they built the streets, restaurants and shopping marts around it… the result was this:

Click on the images to visit Paradise of Horror where I have more pictures and a brief history of the cemetery.”

Thank you to Rick from Paradise of Horror for his guest post above.

When Rick told me about this cemetery, I was so intrigued that I had to find out more about it, hence asking him to write a guest post for my blog.  I think Rick is very lucky to have seen some of these remarkable cemeteries and I wish I had lots of money so that I could fly over to Chicago and visit them.