Haunted Places
Alcatraz – America’s Most Famous Haunted Prison

This is a photo that I took at Al Capone’s cell.  I’m not sure where the red streaks in the photo came from.  It may just be an issue with the lighting or the camera.  But who knows for sure…. For years there have been reports of mysterious happenings on Alcatraz Island.  Read More

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Posted on 23rd April 2009No Comments
St. Simons Lighthouse

On October 17, 1804, a plantation owner on St. Simons Island, Georgia, deeded four acres of his land at the south end of the island for one dollar to the Federal government for the construction of a lighthouse. The first lighthouse and a one-story frame residence were built in 1810 at a cost of Read More

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Posted on 10th January 2009No Comments
St. Augustine Lighthouse

The St. Augustine Lighthouse sits on the north end of Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida. The current tower, which was built in 1874, rises to 165 feet above sea level. The original lighthouse, built in 1824, was approximately 500 yards northeast of the current lighthouse. Due to the Read More

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Posted on 9th January 2009No Comments
Sequin Island Lighthouse

Way up in the northeastern corner of the U.S, perched high on its own little barren island made of rock, sits Sequin Island Lighthouse. This lighthouse, located at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Georgetown, Maine, is the second lighthouse that was ever built in Maine and is one of the oldest Read More

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Posted on 8th January 2009No Comments
Presque Isle Lighthouse

Located on the land protruding from the eastern shore of Lake Huron in Michigan, you’ll find the Presque Isle Lighthouse. The name Presque Isle comes from the French term that means “almost an island.” Congress appropriated $7,000 to fund the construction of the lighthouse in Read More

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Posted on 6th January 2009No Comments
Heceta Head Lighthouse

Image via Wikipedia Named for the Spanish sailor Don Bruno Heceta who discovered the location in 1755, the Heceta Head Lighthouse sits in a beautiful location on the coast of Oregon just north of Florence. Formerly known as Devil’s Elbow State Park, the arrea includes the cove south Read More

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Posted on 4th January 2009No Comments
The Queen Mary

The Queen Mary has been a permanent feature in Long Beach, California for a couple fo decades and is one of the most famous cruise ships of all time. The ship has become a hotel, museum and popular tourist attraction, and the historic ship is internationally recognized and attracts thousands of Read More

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Posted on 3rd January 2009No Comments
Haunted Alcatraz

Image by Amin Tabrizi via Flickr Located in San Francisco Bay with a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge and downtown San Francisco, you’ll find perhaps the most famous prison in the world. Alcatraz, nicknamed “The Rock”, was originally known as “La Isla de los Read More

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Posted on 2nd January 2009No Comments