While Virginia has plenty of haunted attractions, there’s one that takes the cake for being incredibly unusual. The Tombstone House is just that: a house made entirely of historic tombstones. This peculiar landmark has existed in Petersburg since the 1930s, and it’s every bit as fascinating as it is eerie. Take a peek and what may just be the most haunted home in all of Virginia:

With flowers out front and a picturesque layout, Petersburg's famous tombstone house looks ordinary, even inviting, from an outsider's perspective.
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Yet this 1930's structure is quite out of the ordinary. While the house appears to be made from stone, it's actually made from tombstones.
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In an effort to recycle the material from government-issued marble tombstones, the house and walkway were put together from that very material.
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The marble stones originally marked the grave sites of Union soldiers that had died in the siege of Petersburg.
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The fallen Union soldiers were buried at Poplar Lawn Cemetery. When their wooden grave markers rotted away, the government commissioned marble tomb stones in their place.
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At the time of the Great Depression, the government could no longer pay for the upkeep of the marble tombstones and they were cut in half. The tops were placed flat on the ground and the bottom pieces were auctioned off for $45 a piece.
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The winner of these 2,200 tombstone halves, Oswald Young, used them to build the house, chimney, and walkway of this incredibly unusual house.
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Suffice it to say that if these walls could talk, they would have a very haunting story to tell.

The Tombstone House is privately owned, although can be viewed respectfully from the road. The address is 1736 Youngs Rd., Petersburg, Virginia United States. What are your thoughts on this unusual house? Be sure to share them with us! For related content, you may enjoy reading about This Museum In Virginia That’s Located In A Former Jailhouse.

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