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"The small stone building in the grass — columns across the front, iron door that does not open — is a tomb. It is still occupied. And it is the last one left out of about thirty-five thousand. This end of the park was the Chicago City Cemetery. From the eighteen forties onward, this is where the city buried its dead, and it was a genuinely terrible place to do it."
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The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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Hear the full story at The Couch Tomb
This is just one of 10 stops on the The Best Free Day in Chicago tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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