Located in Marion Cemetery in Marion, Ohio is the Merchant family marker. It's just a polished ball on top of a pedestal. the ball weighs around 5200 pounds and is 48 inches in diameter.
But the ball moves. the 8 inch light grey spot is supposed to be where the ball meets the pedestal. There are no scratches on the ball and no one knows for sure why the ball moves. Ripley's Believe It Or Not even featured the ball.
Various family members markers are little balls in a circle around the main monument.