Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards

Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little chilling in autumn as the trees shed their leaves, flowers wither away and light fades in the late afternoon.

A couple of Midwest cemeteries can make interesting destinations, especially this time of year.

INDIANAPOLIS: Crown Hill Cemetery's notables range from former President Benjamin Harrison to bank robber John Dillinger. Others buried here include Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley, who created the Little Orphan Annie character, and Eli Lilly, founder of the pharmaceutical company. At 555 acres, Crown Hill is the third-largest non-governmental cemetery in the country, with 25 miles of roads and an 842-foot hill with panoramic views of Indy's skyline. Founded on the site of an old tree farm and nursery, the cemetery also boasts beautiful fall foliage. Special events include a "Music of the Night" concert with a "Skeletons in the Closet" tour at 3 p.m. Sunday; (317) 920-4165, crownhillhf.org.CLEVELAND: Perhaps the most impressive site at Lake View Cemetery on Cleveland's east side is the James A. Garfield Monument, honoring the president who was assassinated in 1881. The monument includes a 180-foot tower, a marble statue and mosaics depicting his life and death. Other memorials to famous men include a white obelisk marking John D. Rockefeller's grave and a monument to Chicago-born crime buster Eliot Ness, whose ashes were scattered in Wade Pond. Lake View opened in 1869, modeled after the so-called garden cemeteries of England and France. Lake View offers an All Saints Day tour at 3 p.m. Sunday; (216) 421-2415, lakeview cemetery.com.