These breathtaking grave sites are to die for

In Casabermeja, a town in Málaga, Spain, the local cemetery appears more like a village than a graveyard. Photo: Education Images/Getty Images

Strolling through a graveyard might seem like a macabre pastime, but choose the right one and you’ll get a whole different perspective on burial grounds. Beautiful cemeteries can captivate with their artistic and architectural elegance, entice with lessons in local history, and tantalize the senses with botanical delights. Take Málaga’s Monumental Cemetery of San Sebastian, in Spain, which overlooks the typical picturesque Andalusian countryside populated with olive groves. Or, join the bird-watchers who enjoy the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts, which sits on the Atlantic Flyway, a major thoroughfare for fall (and spring) bird migration. This is just the beginning of these hauntingly stunning sites.…