Visitors to Sleepy Hollow, New York, might encounter the town's resident headless horseman.
Sleepy Hollow, New York —
Visitors to Sleepy Hollow, New York, might encounter the town's resident headless horseman.
Jim Logan/Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow served as the inspiration for Washington Irving's famous 1820 tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Sleepy Hollow, New York —
Sleepy Hollow served as the inspiration for Washington Irving's famous 1820 tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Courtesy Matt Hill/Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
The story's setting was inspired by the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow and its burial ground.
Sleepy Hollow, New York —
The story's setting was inspired by the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow and its burial ground.
Jim Logan/Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Washington Irving is buried in the adjacent Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Sleepy Hollow, New York —
Washington Irving is buried in the adjacent Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Jim Logan/Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
In Ohio, tourism officials have created an experience around funeral home history. The Peoples Mortuary Museum in Marietta, Ohio, boasts a collection of classic hearses from past centuries, including this 1895 carriage.
Marietta, Ohio —
In Ohio, tourism officials have created an experience around funeral home history. The Peoples Mortuary Museum in Marietta, Ohio, boasts a collection of classic hearses from past centuries, including this 1895 carriage.
Courtesy Peoples Mortuary Museum/OhioTourism
The museum is part of a working funeral home. Visitors can arrange for tours by calling ahead.
Marietta, Ohio —
The museum is part of a working funeral home. Visitors can arrange for tours by calling ahead.
Courtesy Peoples Mortuary Museum/OhioTourism
In New Orleans, "Voodoo Queen" Marie Laveau's tomb in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. is a popular tourist stop.
New Orleans —
In New Orleans, "Voodoo Queen" Marie Laveau's tomb in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. is a popular tourist stop.
Courtesy Jenn Lotz/New Orleans CV
The paranormal is considered normal in some New Orleans hotels, such as the Monteleone, where you can stay in a haunted room or ride an elevator that seems to have a mind of its own.
New Orleans —
The paranormal is considered normal in some New Orleans hotels, such as the Monteleone, where you can stay in a haunted room or ride an elevator that seems to have a mind of its own.
Courtesy New Orleans CVB
Charleston, South Carolina's Civil War history includes grim tools like this amputation kit, on view at The Charleston Museum.
Charleston, South Carolina —
Charleston, South Carolina's Civil War history includes grim tools like this amputation kit, on view at The Charleston Museum.
Courtesy The Charleston Museum
The Balmoral Hotel's October guests will enjoy the hotel's Halloween afternoon tea, no doubt a pleasant affair worlds away from the underground lanes of the Real Mary King's Close.
Edinburgh, Scotland —
The Balmoral Hotel's October guests will enjoy the hotel's Halloween afternoon tea, no doubt a pleasant affair worlds away from the underground lanes of the Real Mary King's Close.
Courtesy Rocco Forte's The Balmoral