Seven women stand reverently in front of the grave marker of Albertina Allen Forrest. The women do not know her -- she died in 1904 -- but they are learning a bit about her as part of an art and architecture tour at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
Forrest is one of more than 190,000 people buried in the cemetery. Among them are Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger and President Benjamin Harrison, whose grave is one of the top tourist destinations in the cemetery.
The mix of historic figures and lush grounds draws 2,000 to 3,000 people a year to Crown Hill's public tours, generally offered twice monthly from March through November. Thousands of others come on their own.