Emmett Till's glass-topped coffin at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture stands as a reminder of his mother's courage and the fight to preserve his story.

The iron casket of Steamboat Captain Joseph Joffrion was unearthed from the St. Paul Cemetery in Cocoville around 1870 by men ...

A mystery girl found perfectly preserved in a coffin in a backyard in San Francisco finally has a name and a final resting place. The Southern California Garden of Innocence Project worked with ...

CRUGER, Miss. (AP) - She was buried along a bank of the Yazoo River near Cruger, preserved by alcohol in a metal and glass coffin. Her red velvet dress, cape and buckled shoes indicated she died in ...

JANESVILLE--For local stained-glass expert Richard Snyder, discovering hundreds of pieces of century-old glass—thrown into a box, stacked behind casket covers and coated with plaster dust and ceiling ...