In what is now called Old Plaza, sits a three story hotel called the Pico House. It opened in 1890 and was a very luxurious hotel featuring, indoor plumbing, gas powered chandeliers, a French restaurant, a beautiful fountained courtyard and an aviary of exotic birds. That was then, now there are some who want to know who is responsible for the Pico House haunts. According to its California historic marker, the Pico House was: Known as the “finest hotel in Southern California”, the Pico House boasted “bathrooms and water closets for both sexes” on each floor. Pio Pico, the last governor of Mexican California, sold his land in San Fernando Valley to raise money for construction of the Pico House, the city’s first threeRead the Rest…

The Island Hotel Bed & Breakfast in Cedar Keys, Florida is considered one of Florida’s most famous B&B’s. Cedar Key itself is full of Florida history being one of the oldest ports in the state as well as the site of one of the first railroads. Mr. Parson (later to become Major Parson in the Confederate Army) and Francis Hale looked to take advantage of the railroad and the prosperity it promised by building the Parsons and Hale’s General Store around 1859. The prosperity didn’t last long however. The Civil War was about to break out and Cedar Key was used to produce salt, a very key commodity during the time as well as having a strategic port all held by the Confederacy. In 1862,Read the Rest…

On 66,000 acres just outside Fort Smith and Barling in Arkansas sits Fort Chaffee. This fort has played a major role in U.S. history servings as an army training center, prisoner of war camp and a refugee center over the past 50+ years. Now some claim it is still serving history as one of the most haunted places in America. It was late in September 1941 when the building of Camp Chaffee begun. The U.S. was preparing for WWII and wanted to double the size of the army. 16 months later the first soldiers arrived, Dec. 7, 1941…the day Pearl Harbor was bombed. From 1942 to 1946, three armored divisions trained there, the 6th, 14th and the 16th. The major purpose of the camp wasRead the Rest…