A garden cemetery of moss-draped oaks and Victorian statuary on the Wilmington River, long associated with Savannah ghostlore.
History
Bonaventure began as a plantation before becoming a public cemetery in the mid-1800s. Its avenues of live oaks, marble angels and family plots made it one of the most photographed burial grounds in the South, and it gained wider fame through Savannah literature and film. Visitors report the feeling of being watched among the older sections, footsteps on the shell paths, and the famous statues that seem to shift expression at dusk.
Reported phenomena
Reported cold spots near older family plots, unexplained crying near children's graves, and anomalies in dusk photography.