Hi, I’m Tui Snider — thanks for stopping by! I’m a Texas-based author, speaker, and cemetery tour guide who specializes in historic graveyards, overlooked history, and cemetery symbolism.
👋 Do You Enjoy Historic Cemeteries?
I travel and explore historic burial grounds all over the world. If you’re curious about the meaning of headstone symbols, cemetery artwork, or the hidden stories behind gravestones, you’re in the right place!
🎁 🖤 Free Cemetery Symbols Booklet
Hands carved on headstones aren’t just decoration. They can symbolize many things, including: marriage, lineage, and even sudden death!
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With my free PDF, you’ll start spotting hidden meanings in cemeteries everywhere you go.
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📅 Talks, Tours & Events
Throughout the year, I give talks, tours, workshops, and presentations (online and off) about cemetery symbolism and historic burial grounds in Texas and beyond.
👉Full list: 🪦 2026 Talks, Tours & Events
From library programs and genealogy groups to cemetery tours and international travel experiences, I love helping people see cemeteries, symbolism, and history in a whole new light.
📚 Books by Tui Snider
Released in May 2026, Buried America: Dallas–Fort Worth is a full-color photographic journey through historic North Texas cemeteries filled with sculpture, symbolism, hidden history, and fascinating stories.
I write about historic cemeteries, offbeat Texas travel, and even haunted history. I also write quirky travel guides.
Cemetery-Themed Books include:
- Buried America: Dallas – Fort Worth
- Around the World in 80 Graves
- Understanding Cemetery Symbols
- 6 Feet Under Texas
- Graveyard Journal
👉 Browse all my books here
🪦 About Tui Snider
I’m a Texas-based author, speaker, and cemetery tour guide who has written nearly 20 books including Understanding Cemetery Symbols, 6 Feet Under Texas, Buried America: Dallas-Fort Worth, Around the World in 80 Graves, Paranormal Texas, and many more!
I also write a monthly cemetery symbolism column for American Cemetery & Cremation magazine.
When not writing and researching, I give talks, lead tours, and share offbeat and overlooked history with readers around the globe.
My work has been featured by Coast to Coast AM, ABC, NBC, LifeHack, American Cemetery & Cremation, The Telegraph, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Jim Harold Podcast, among many others.
