Gravesites often hold stories of history and remembrance, but occasionally, they spark curiosity and speculation. One such example involves a gravestone with a peculiar feature-a small metal grate.

How we’re remembered is a strange and controversial business. Ralph Jones meets the people rewriting the rules, one grave ...

“Gravestones were an exception to that ... but by the late 1700s to early 1800s, that design fell out of favor and was substituted with designs of trees, urns and other classical features ...