Hólavallagarður

This guide to Hólavallagarður in Reykjavik opens with a brand new cemetery on a hill that sat empty for three months in 1838, because old Icelandic belief held that whoever was buried first would become its watchman, doomed never to properly rest. It follows the families and church officials wrestling with who should take that role, and the judge's wife eventually judged worthy of it. Look for the tallest iron cross in the oldest, most tangled corner of the grounds, to your right as you walk in.