My wife and I took a trip down to Dubuque in early April mostly just to get out of town for a few days. We had a wonderful time checking out the local bars, breweries, and restaurants, as well as the murals on the sides of buildings, the river walk, and the art museum. We also made time to visit a couple of cemeteries, and found one by accident. I’ve decided to put the whole trip in this one post.
There are three cemeteries adjacent to one another on the northern part of Dubuque. Linwood Cemetery (23,500+ graves, the oldest of which dates from 1824), Mount Calvary Cemetery (29,200+ graves, 1817), and St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery (2,700+, 1862). That’s over 55,400 graves in one location.
Linwood is by far the prettiest in terms of topography, and statuary.
Mount Calvary also has some cool things to offer in terms of aesthetics. St. Johns is pretty dull and flat with very ordinary headstones.
We also had the opportunity to visit the grave of the founder of the town, Julien Dubuque at the Julien Dubuque National Historic Site.
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