About.com's Guide to Adventure Travel, Carla Land, has found some very adventurous places to stay in your travels. Examples include:
- John Stone's Inn, Ashland, Massachusetts - "The apparition of a 10-year-old girl is often reported staring out a window in a storage room near the kitchen, and an invisible intruder likes to put his hands around the necks of customers in the dining room."
- Bullock Hotel, Deadwood, South Dakota - "The ghost of Deadwood's first sheriff, Seth Bullock, walks the halls of the hotel he founded. Over 30 people have seen his ghost."
- Historic Sheridan Inn, Sheridan, Wyoming - "This inn is said to be haunted by the spirit of Miss Kate Arnold, a housekeeper who lived here for 65 years. The ghost of Miss Kate is felt most strongly in her former room on the third floor, near the front downstairs windows, or in the ballroom. Sometimes, she is detected as a moving cold spot, at other times only her soft footsteps are heard."
Gary L. Chisholm Jr., About.com's Guide to Hotels/Resorts/Inns has compiled an extensive list of accommodations "where some of the guests are permanent residents." Some examples include:
- Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas - "A number of rooms are haunted in this historic hotel. Room 218 is the spot where Michael, an Irish stonemason, landed when he fell from the hotel's roof during construction. His ghost is said to bang on the walls and turn the lights and television on and off. Rooms 202 and 424 are also said to be haunted."
- Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, California - "The hotel was a focal point for the movie business in the 1920s and 1930s. Ask for Room 928, where Montgomery Clift stayed during the making of From Here to Eternity. Rumor has it you can still hear Montgomery Clift play his bugle."
- Hotel San Carlos, Phoenix, Arizona - "In 1928, Leone Jensen went to the roof of the hotel dressed in an evening gown. Said to be brokenhearted over the lost love of a local bellboy, she jumped from the roof to her death. Since that night, guests have reported odd breezes, ghostly noises and the pale shadow of a woman floating in the air."
- Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado - "If you are a Stephen King fan, request room 217. It was in this room that King, inspired by the hotel, wrote half of "The Shining." The ABC miniseries was filmed here as well. The ghosts in this hotel aren't evil as in the book. Room 418 seems to have the most ghostly activity reported. In fact, the entire fourth floor (formerly the servants quarters) is quite active."
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