Lakewood Cemetery

beautiful, beautiful place. the chapel area is amazingly beautiful. it’s so peaceful and calm. kelly (i believe that’s her name), helped us arrange everything. she is super, super nice. she made the process so easy and she explained everything so well. thank you for everything!

I searched for «Things to do in Minneapolis» on the Google machine and I was brought to a user generated page that had the Lakewood Memorial Chapel as a must-​see things while visiting the Twin Cities. They had also posted photos and it caught my eye and it looked like something I would definitely want to see in person.
Located at the southeast side of Lake Calhoun, Lakewood Cemetery is one of the largest and most serene cemetery I have ever been to.
Walking through the entrance at the end of Hennepin Avenue (only entrance), the information is the first thing you see. I didn’t stop by there and headed straight to the chapel. The chapel is about 100m from the information center. The memorial chapel was as magnificent as the photos I saw on the site. I did a bit of reading up on it prior to arriving and it is on the National Register of Historic Places and is made to emulate the Hagia Sophia in Turkey. Right when you walk in, there’s a table set up with information brochures about the chapel and a different about the cemetery.
The cemetery is also the resting place of many notable Minnesota residents, notable names in history, mill explosion memorial and WWI memorial just to name a few. The information booklet highlights 49 places to see at the cemetery and a suggested route to see the highlighted points on their map. Unlike most people I saw at my visit, I didn’t drive there, I walked there and I walked their suggested route and it took about two and a half hours. It was a great walk and I learned a bit about the history of the cemetery and the history of Minnesota. There were some points I couldn’t find, I really should have just downloaded their app to help me find specific burial sites, which is also available on their website.
I highly suggest the Lakewood Cemetery as a place to visit for everyone, especially those who are from Minnesota, seeing how a lot of your great people are laid to rest here.

Wassup with me and cemeteries well I like them! and my boyfriend likes them so F off
I never ever knew how big this thing was I guess big famous important rich people from MN are buried here and the stones and tombstone and they got houses for the graves WHAT houses I wish I had that kind of money to blow on my loved ones and muah when its my time geez talk about money!
I love this place in the summer all people are welcomed they have a nice church small cute old looking feel and the grass look painted on there is so much art here its so good to take pictures here for whatever the occasion!
because its so big me and my boyfriend and cant forget Tina the Chihuahua love to take walks here sometimes we get lost and im like where is the car lol so I have to remember what «section number I parked» yes sections they got that its weird its like every block its a neighborhood lol
Its worth checking out to take a stroll summer time instead of lake Calhoun where its busy packed and cant even walk to this place its always lonely quiet and peaceful