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The Stanley Hotel – Most Haunted Place in America – Estes Park Colorado

Stanley Hotel - Estes Park, CO

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, dubbed the most haunted place in America, is worth a visit.  The setting which inspired Stephen King to write The Shining, was haunted long before he arrived on the scene.  And it appears to be a lighting rod for ghosts, scores of which...

 
 

Where Are the Ghosts in Easton?

Where Are the Ghosts in Easton?

There are ghosts in Easton, the Eastern Shore’s second largest historic town.  Easton’s name comes from once being the eastern capital of Maryland, and though there’s no need these days to have a capital city on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay, Easton is still an anchor on the...

 
 

Easton Ghost Walk – Hotel, Theater and Home of the Friendless

Easton Ghost Walk – Hotel, Theater and Home of the Friendless

Mindie Burgoyne will lead a Ghost Walk through the Town of Easton on February 23, 2013 at 5:00 pm and on March 15th at 7:00 pm.  Cost is $15 per person, $9 for kids between 8 and 12.  The walk will cover several downtown block in Easton’s historic district.  Sites...

 
 

The Angel Oak in Charleston – Oldest Living Thing in the East

The Angel Oak in Charleston – Oldest Living Thing in the East

The Angel Oak is said to be the oldest living thing east of the Rocky Mountains.  This ancient Live Oak located in Johns Island, South Carolina just twelve miles from Charleston historic district is a hidden gem few visitors know about.  Majestic Live Oaks draped in Spanish Moss lining the...

 
 

7 Elements of a Good Ghost Tour

Charleston Jail - 2nd Most Haunted Building in America

  Halloween is a time for ghost tours – but these days ghost tours are popular year round.  The ghost niche is hot and guided tours that take guests through areas known for paranormal activity and unexplained “events” have never been more popular. As a ghost tour guide and as...

 
 

Chesapeake Book of the Dead – Book for Graveyard Lovers

Chesapeake Book of the Dead – Book for Graveyard Lovers

Graveyards fascinate me. There’s something about wandering around old tombstones in tall grass that fires up my imagination. I’m always thinking that so many hopes, so much love, so many stories lay buried beneath them. Helen Chappell’s book, Chesapeake Book of the Dead: Tombstones, Epitaphs, Histories, Reflections, and Oddments of the...

 
 

16 Hags Paddled the Transquaking River – One got Towed

16 Hags Paddled the Transquaking River – One got Towed

Our last Travel Hag Adventure was July 23rd when 15 hags and their hag-men met the outfitters where the Transquaking River is crossed by Drawbridge Road.  Travel hags came from the Eastern Shore, Washington DC and Pennsylvania.  About half those who met had little or no kayaking experience and most...

 
 

Travel Hags – Campout at Elk Neck at the Head of the Chesapeake

Turkey Point Lighthouse - courtesy of MD Dept. of Natural Resources

The Travel Hags have scheduled a camp out for September 9-11 at Elk Neck State Park in Cecil County. Elk Neck is famous for being at the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay, and for its scenic lighthouse at Turkey Point. So far Hags will be coming from Dorchester, Worcester, Somerset,...

 
 

Old Salty’s – Crab Cakes and Ghosts on Hoopers Island

Old Salty's Restaurant - said to be haunted - Hoopers Island, MD

  Old Salty’s is a popular destination restaurant in lower Dorchester County housed in a renovated old school building. I didn’t know it was rumored to be haunted until I ran into an employee at an event in Cambridge. The employee said it was haunted and that he’d had a...

 
 

Lilyan Stratton Corbin Library .. and Mausoleum .. in Crisfield, MD

Painting believed to be of Lilyan Stratton Corbin

This being National Library Week, I offer a post about our hometown library, here in rural Somerset County, Maryland. When you check out a book at the Lilyan Stratton Corbin Library on Main Street in Crisfield, look up to the right and you’ll see a large urn set in a...

 
 

Samuel Tull House – Ghosts of Somerset

The Samuel Tull House c. 1861

  The Samuel Tull House is a Civil War era house in Somerset County, Maryland – known to be haunted. It was featured on my Ghost Tour of Crisfield back in February of 2010. Located on the east side of East Creek in Marion Station, the house was an anchor...

 
 

Happy Maryland Day – Top 10 Fun Things to Do in the Free State

Dan Burgoyne fly fishing at Swallow Falls State Park - Garrett County, Maryland

I’ve lived in Maryland all my life. She’s just a little over 10,000 square miles, but this state has all a visitor or native could want for recreation and fun. Two major cities – Baltimore and Washington, DC, offer unparalleled venues for culture, entertainment, food and art.  To the west...

 
 
 
 
 

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