There is a cemetery in the Philippines where people not only visit the dead buried there, but also live alongside them.
According to Daily Mail, the Chinese Cemetery of Manila features a community of spectacular mansion-like tombs that are equipped with everything from kitchens to air-conditioning and bedrooms to running water - so relatives can be near to their deceased at all times.
Many of these tombs are as large as regular house - some even bigger - and while some family members spend a few days visiting, there are those who have made the cemetery their permanent address.
The cemetery was created when the Chinese trading community were prohibited from using the Catholic cemeteries by Spanish colonials.
Wealthy families were keen to create lavish resting places for their loved ones, and so huge walk-in tombs started to spring up along the suburban-looking streets in the cemetery.
And forget resting places resembling eerie crypts, many of the mausoleums have spectacular architectural designs with coloured glass windows and decorative roofs - each more creative than the last.
The area, which has both modern designs and more traditional structures inspired by Chinese pagodas, operates more like a neighbourhood than burial ground.
The tombs are fully-functioning with working phone lines, flushing toilets and TVs - and there is even a local restaurant.
In fact the cemetery, which is nicknamed 'the Beverly Hills of the Dead' according to MessyNessyChic, even has some residents who say they not only live full-time within its wall, but were born there too.
According to Philippines Travel Guide, tourists are able to explore the vast cemetery and see the final resting place of the Chinese leaders executed during WWII by the Japanese.
TripAdvisor users rate their experiences of the cemetery as mainly excellent or very good.
One visitor commented: 'The dead here have better homes than some of the living.'
The unusual resting place is owned by the Manila city government, which is said to have plans to expand the area to include more tombs.
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