Oakland Cemetery

This guide to Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta opens with a puzzle: why would a wealthy man refuse for two years to pay for a statue of himself? Stand near the main gate to see it, a life-sized figure in a top hat, seated on a rooftop, watching over the entrance. You'll hear about Jasper Newton Smith, an Atlanta brick baron known as Uncle Jack, who commissioned the piece years before his death, and the one detail the sculptor added that Smith could not stand. The guide follows the standoff between an old man's phobia and an artist's pride.