I know some travelers are not fans of HOHOs (Hop-on Hop-off tours). I used to be one of them…until our jaunt to New York a few years back for our Canada/New England cruise. I was suffering from a pretty bad case of plantar fasciitis. (Side effect of my tennis addiction.)Continue Reading
The second stop on our British Isles cruise will take us to Cork, located in the southwest of Ireland. All I knew about Cork was what showed up in parenthesis on our cruise ship itinerary. (ie. “Cork, Ireland (cobh – For Blarney Castle”) The Blarney Castle was familiar due toContinue Reading
The first stop on our British Isles cruise will take us to St. Peter Port, our gateway to Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. Here’s what I knew about the Channel Islands before I started researching them for our trip: it had been the only British territory occupied by theContinue Reading
Expedia, one of our affiliates, has a deal that immediately caught my cruise-loving eye: Book a Cruise this Summer and Enjoy up to $750 Onboard Credit with Expedia! Expires 6/29/15 We’ve now been on 11 cruises. Alaska, Canada and New England, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Mexico, the Mediterranean…cruising has allowed usContinue Reading
In a previous post about best cruises for paranormal enthusiasts, I talked about how I determine the percentage of haunted ports of call based on the itinerary. I call it the Haunted Ports of Call Categorization (HPoCC) and here’s how I break it down: 25% or under haunted ports ofContinue Reading
Check out this comprehensive infographic of the 40 most haunted buildings in Britain from Atlantis Property. It’s loaded with haunted castles, abbeys, inns, and even pubs, and tells where you can find them along with what kind of ghosts and activity have been reported there. <a href=’http://atlantisproperty.co.uk’> <img src=”http://www.atlantisproperty.co.uk/ckeditor_assets/pictures/161/Haunted-buildings.jpg” alt=”MostContinue Reading
We’ve been very busy around here updating pages. It started with the addition of the new Macabre and Unusual Tours page. It was while we were seeing what new tours our affiliates were offering that we discovered some didn’t qualify as strictly your traditional ghost tour. Like the Plymouth HistoricContinue Reading
We’re excited to announce the addition of a new page under the Ghost Tours, Walks & Hunts section: Macabre and Unusual Tours. This isn’t to be confused with our Haunted Places section. That’s where we compile sites that list haunted places, as well as track certain haunted places ourselves, likeContinue Reading
Check out this marvelous Top 25 Dark Tourist Spots infographic from Baltic Travel Company. This is one of the neatest dark tourism lists/infographics I’ve seen yet. There’s a few places on here I haven’t seen on previous lists. (Such as numbers 2, 9, 17 and 18.) With a bit o’luck,Continue Reading
Historic Ghost Hunt Tours of Elgin, Illinois recently announced a new tour, Bluff City Cemetery Ghost Hunt Intensive, and an improved one, Elgin Cemetery Ghost Hunt Van Tour. The new Bluff City Cemetery Ghost Hunt Intensive is a three hour tour that meets at Bluff City Cemetery. They allow tour goersContinue Reading
A friend of mine, Pamela K. Kinney, shared a new book with me: Southern Haunts: Devils in the Darkness. Turns out she’s one of the authors who has a story appearing in it. However, it caught my eye for more than just that reason. From the fiery abyss of theContinue Reading
The other day I got an exciting email from Kelly Rapone of the Genesee County Chamber of Commerce in Batavia, New York, about a wonderfully haunt jaunty website: Haunted History Trail of New York State. It’s a state-wide trail developed for those who enjoy haunted inns, investigations, tours, etc….Each locationContinue Reading
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