Ghostly Encounters: True Stories of America's Haunted Inns and Hotels

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
The Myrtles Plantation / St. Francisville, Louisiana......Page 14
Historic Argo Hotel / Crofton, Nebraska......Page 39
Artist House / Key West, Florida......Page 44
Balsam Mountain Inn / Balsam, North Carolina......Page 54
1843 Battery Carriage House Inn / Charleston, South Carolina......Page 60
Ben Lomond Historic Suite Hotel / Ogden, Utah......Page 67
Biltmore Suites Hotel (formerly the Shirley Hotel) / Baltimore, Maryland......Page 76
Historic Broadway Hotel and Tavern / Madison, Indiana......Page 81
The Brookdale Lodge / Brookdale, California......Page 87
The Buxton Inn—1812 / Granville, Ohio......Page 94
Casa Monica Hotel / St. Augustine, Florida......Page 101
Chateau Sonesta Hotel / New Orleans, Louisiana......Page 107
The Colony Hotel and Spa / Delray Beach, Florida......Page 113
The Crescent Hotel and Spa / Eureka Springs, Arkansas......Page 121
Hotel del Coronado / Coronado Island, California......Page 128
Don Cesar Beach Resort and Spa / St. Petes Beach, Florida......Page 139
Eliza Thompson House / Savannah, Georgia......Page 149
The Fargo Mansion / Lake Mills, Wisconsin......Page 162
Historic Farnsworth House Restaurant and Inn / Gettysburg, Pennsylvania......Page 168
General Lewis Inn and Restaurant / Lewisburg, West Virginia......Page 178
The Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa / Asheville, North Carolina......Page 184
Historic Jameson Inn and Saloon / Wallace, Idaho......Page 193
Jekyll Island Club Hotel / St. Simons, Georgia......Page 201
Lafitte Guest House / New Orleans, Louisiana......Page 211
Linden House Plantation / Champlain, Virginia......Page 218
Little A’le’Inn / Rachel, Nevada......Page 225
The Lodge at Cloudcroft / Cloudcroft, New Mexico......Page 231
The Martha Washington Inn / Abingdon, Virginia......Page 240
The Mason House Inn / Bentonsport, Iowa......Page 252
Hotel Monte Vista / Flagstaff, Arizona......Page 259
The Oatman Hotel / Oatman, Arizona......Page 267
Palace Hotel and Casino / Cripple Creek, Colorado......Page 275
The Queen Mary / Long Beach, California......Page 287
Red Brook Inn / Old Mystic, Connecticut......Page 298
St. James Hotel / Cimarron, New Mexico......Page 306
Sea Crest by the Sea / Spring Lake, New Jersey......Page 312
Simmons Homestead Inn / Hyannis Port, Massachusetts......Page 320
Thayer’s Historic Bed n’ Breakfast / Annandale, Minnesota......Page 326
The Tides Inn-by-the-Sea / Kennebunkport, Maine......Page 339
Old Van Buren Inn / Van Buren, Arkansas......Page 348
Epilogue / Wherever You Go, There They Are......Page 356
Postscript......Page 362