San Francisco Columbarium

Visitors to the San Francisco Columbarium describe being touched by unseen hands, and one reported turning to find no one behind her and a white handprint left on her blouse. The Columbarium was built in 1898 at the centre of the Odd Fellows Cemetery, and in 1932, after San Francisco banned burials, roughly 26,000 graves were moved south to Colma. The removal was done in haste: burials were left behind, and homeowners and children in the surrounding streets have turned up human remains since, in news reports as recently as 2016. The Columbarium, designed by Bernard J. S. Cahill, is the only part of the cemetery still standing, a copper dome over inlaid marble floors, stained glass, ceiling mosaics and tiered circular balconies of niches. It is a registered city landmark and open to the public.