The rarity and exquisite craftsmanship of hearses makes them some of the most unique vehicles available in the classic car hobby. Even better, most funeral directors took great care of their hearses, ...

This was not the very first motorized hearse ever produced, though at the time, most hearses were still horse-driven carriages. Undertakers were eager to make the switch to motorized hearses, though, ...

Some people collect stamps or coins. Others prefer hearses. There are full-size vintage hearses like a 1936 Henney-Packard model. Or there’s a box-like Amish carriage. Then there’s a coffin go-kart.

There’s a street in Palos Heights, a quiet suburban block of long, anonymous ranch homes on the far southwest side, where the last rides of the dead are parked, to idle awhile. The bones, the ashes, ...