This is a working cemetery, not a museum. Burials happen here regularly, and grieving families are often visiting graves of people they've recently lost — please be mindful of both the graves and your fellow visitors.
Built on Belief Atlas OWC Always On View — Interactive Quiz
Find It, Answer It, Earn Your Piece
Several questions per trail, drawn from real Oak Woods research — and every answer still has to be found on site, there's no solving this from the page alone. A completed trail earns you that trail's own illustrated stamp.
The two pieces, joined
Done exploring? A one-minute survey helps the organizing team plan what's next — and earns you a third stamp.
About the combined artwork: each trail has its own illustrated stamp — completing Trail of Civil Rights earns the Ida B. Wells piece, completing Trail of Chicago earns the Thomas A. Dorsey piece, and finishing both sets them side by side as your combined reward. Both jigsaw-piece illustrations are original artwork by Zhang Yixing.
Developed by Zhang Yixing, special thanks to UChicago Oak Woods Cemetery Project and BigHouse Cemetery for review and advice.