10 Amazing Graves You Can Visit in the Buffalo, NY Area

It is becoming more and more common for many people to want to visit the graves of famous Americans. They do this from coast to coast, there are many online sites and pages dedicated to celebrity graves, history buffs search for historical data found in cemeteries, and many books have been written by authors about these final resting places. Even this author has written a book called 100 Graves of Upstate New York (Syracuse University).

On these pages, we’ll look at some famous graves in upstate New York that are open to the public. In this gallery, we’ll look at the gravesites of 10 famous and not-so-famous Americans who found their final resting place in the Buffalo area.

And what a list it is.

Here you will find the grave of an American teacher who gave us a national holiday that we celebrate with parades every year. You will find the grave of a daredevil who challenged the mighty Niagara Falls…and won! You’ll meet a Grammy-winning funk and R&B superstar who is buried in Buffalo. You’ll meet a President of the United States. You’ll meet a man who invented something we all love and that TIME Magazine named one of the 100 most important inventions of the 20th century. And you’ll meet an important Native American chief whose Seneca name means “the one who keeps them awake.” And many others.

In future posts we will visit other regions of upstate New York. This post will focus on western New York State, specifically the Buffalo area. All of these stories are incredible.