I've always loved visiting cemeteries. If you ask our sons, they'll undoubtedly be able to recall vacations spent looking through countless headstones of strangers. I remember the first time I read Eugenia Price's St Simon's trilogy and visiting Christ Episcopal Church on the island. There in that ancient cemetery was the grave of James Gould, the main character in her first book. I cried like a big ol' baby - I mean sobbed. So, you'll understand why I found this site interesting.

Being from Georgia I found a couple of parking lot cemeteries listed that were interesting. But, none were as romantically poignant as that of Mary Ellis:

The Grave of Mary Ellis – New Brunswick, New Jersey

"Not only is the grave of Mary Ellis embedded in a parking lot, it's also the focus of a terrific legend. Mary, who came to New Brunswick in the 1790s to live with her sister, fell in love with a sea captain who promised to marry her once he returned from his next voyage. The captain then left Mary his horse and sailed off down the Raritan River.

Every day, Mary rode her lover's steed down to the river, hoping to meet him at the water's edge. For years, she gazed at the river, waiting for his return. In 1813, she purchased a plot of land overlooking the river, where she maintained her vigil until her death in 1826. And there she was buried, forever waiting for her captain.

Meanwhile, commercialism swept through, establishing a series of retail businesses, including a popular flea market, all sharing space with Mary. Today, Mary's grave is entrenched in the parking lot of a Lowes movie theater.

In 2004, the property was purchased by a retail developer who plans to renovate the location with new retail space, parking garages and hundreds of luxury condos. He hopes to move Mary's grave out of his way and closer to the river.

Read more about Mary Ellis's grave from my friends at Weird N.J."

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