Most Haunted Places in America: The Ice House Restaurant The Ice House restaurant in Burlington, Vermont seems to be the prototypical New England haunt. It is haunted by ghosts, it is haunted history, and it is haunted by time. It might also be haunted by a sea monster. The restaurant stands on the northwestern tip of Vermont, bordering Lake Champlain. John Burlington built a house on the site in 1808, which was destroyed by fire sixty years later. It was rebuilt and re-purposed as a fully functioning ice house, pulling chunks from the frozen lake and crushing it for use by the town of Burlington. In the late 20th century, the three-story structure was converted into retail and restaurant property. One of the most interesting things aboutRead the Rest…

Most Haunted Places in America: Metropolitan State Hospital – Waltham, Mass. Metropolitan State Hospital was conceived as a place to house the overflow of mental health patients in the growing Boston metropolitan area. Construction began in 1927 on land purchased from the towns of Waltham, Lexington, and Belmont. It was large place, complete with its own morgue and power plant. The hospital was built with a capacity of 1000 patients, and within two years it was running over-capacity. The hospital closed in January 1992, and the entire structure fell into a state of rot and disrepair. Each of the three municipalities that contributed land to the metropolitan State campus has different plans for their property when the hospital is formally demolished. A cemetery does existRead the Rest…

Most Haunted Places in America: Union Cemetery – Easton, Connecticut There is nothing quite like an old boneyard to remind us all, believers in ghosts and skeptics alike, that one day we will die, and our bodies will be corrupted, and there will be nothing left of our physical bodies but dust. That is why cemeteries are both feared and revered. One of the most well-known, and some say most haunted, graveyards in New England is the 400-year old Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut. An apparition dubbed “The White Lady” is Union Cemetery’s most famous haunt. Wearing a white nightgown and a bonnet over her raven hair, the White Lady is said to walk the roads (usually Route 59 or Route 111) between Union CemeteryRead the Rest…