PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- There's a new deal on the horizon for a historic, border-straddling cemetery that took years to fall into disrepair and will likely need years to mount a comeback. It is just ...

For more than five years, a group of volunteers and preservationists has been slowly bringing the historic Mount Moriah Cemetery in Southwest Philadelphia back from oblivion. Established in 1855, the ...

Mount Moriah is a ghost of a graveyard. The final resting place of Betsy Ross and more than 80,000 others, this cemetery is tucked between Philadelphia and Yeadon like a forgotten Victorian bookmark.

YEADON >> On the border of Yeadon and Philadelphia, unbeknownst to many, in Mount Moriah Cemetery are the remains of veterans dating back to the Revolutionary War. Some are Medal of Honor recipients.

A 1930s tombstone among the plants. Photo: Allison Meier Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Philadelphia's Mount ...

For years, Mt. Moriah Cemetery was abandoned. Trees, vines and bushes grew over the graves. The brush hid obelisks from view and roots cracked monuments' stone. Approximately 200 acres - reclaimed by ...

Mount Moriah Cemetery is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing places in Philly. The historic cemetery that sits along the meandering Cobbs Creek occupies a sprawling 200-some acres and dates back to ...

Hidden in the jungle-like underbrush and Japanese knotweed smothering tombstones in an abandoned Philadelphia cemetery, Sam Ricks found his calling: to uncover and restore the graves of America's ...

Michael Simpson described an hour spent at Mount Moriah Cemetery as an "Easter egg hunt" and a "wild goose chase." The Southwest Philadelphia cemetery has been in disarray for decades, with mounds of ...

The cemetery dates back to the 19th century. Unlike more exclusive graveyards, such as The Woodlands two miles to its northeast, Mount Moriah welcomed African-Americans, Jews, and people of modest ...