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Bran Castle. Dracula's Castle in Transylvania. Gavin Quirke / Lonely Planet Images





There is a legend that explains the presence in a family house Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana ghosts. Once there was a slave girl named Chloe. Chloe was stupid habit - to eavesdrop at the door of the mansion rooms. Once the owner of the mansion caught Chloe behind this ugly occupation, and as punishment cut off her ear. Since Chloe was forced to wear a green scarf on the head, covering the wound. Slave decided to take revenge and baked a cake with poisonous oleander leaves. In a tragic accident victims were the wife and two daughters of the owner. Chloe lynched other slaves because she angered the owner and had brought misfortune upon them all. After that became a ghost Chloe are inhabitants of the manor. In addition, the Myrtles Plantation is full of other inhabitants of the ghosts - the little girl, which you can see reflected in the mirror on the stairs, sends a curse on anyone who would dare to spend the night in her room. Truth or fiction - science is not known. Just one thing - today Myrtles Plantation - one of the most famous haunted houses in the US, offering lodging and guided adventurous tourists. Courtesy of The Myrtles Plantation



Built in 1893, Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, WI - took every US president since William McKinley. In addition, his guests were many celebrities. But rumor has it that late at night the spirit of the founder of the hotel Charles Pfister, who died in 1927, is a guest. So some of the guests told about the strange noises and other paranormal activity. Morry Gash / AP



Alcatraz. One of the most secure prison in San Francisco Bay, once "took care" of Al Capone and George «Machine Gun» Kelly. Alcatraz is no longer used as a prison, it became a museum. Guides claimed they hear someone shout, and walks like a cell doors slam. Maybe they attract tourists? And maybe ... who knows? Robyn Beck / AFP - Getty Images



Amitivilsky house. The house at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amitivil, New York, was made famous in the book and film. He is known by the fact that its owners have suffered from the constant noise of voices and music that was played in the house from nowhere. They saw the shadows and felt unpleasant odors. In 1979, an attempt was made to expel the demons from the house. Corbis



Edinburgh Castle - the most popular tourist attraction in Scotland. Are found there, though, not only tourists, but also drummer ghost that appears when the castle danger and piper who disappeared in the dungeons below the castle. Jonathan Smith / Lonely Planet Images



Paris Catacombs. In the 1800s the cemetery of Paris were overflowing. The authorities decided to move the body in a tunnel dug under the city. Bones and skulls filled catacombs. A Visitors claim to hear strange voices there. Fred De Noyelle / Corbis



Hotel Chelsea - the famous refuge of artists and bohemians in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, was built in 1883. He still takes guests ... if they do not mind to share a hotel with the ghosts of former guests: Dylan Thomas, Eugene O'Neill, and Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Timothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images



Hotel del Coronado. In 1892, this luxury hotel in San Diego Bay, California came a young woman who said she should be here to meet with her husband. Her husband did not appear, and the girl a few days later was found dead on the steps of the hotel. Since then, the staff began to notice a clear figure of a young girl in a black lace dress. Nathan Hughes



Inveraray Castle in Scotland is also not deprived of part of ghosts. Here dwells the ghost of Harper, was hanged in 1644. Graeme Cornwallis / Lonely Planet Images



New Orleans - the historic center of voodoo magic, brought by slaves to Louisiana. Mel Evans / AP



Forks, Washington. Today Forks joined a cult "vampire" places. After all, this is where the events occurred famous saga of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight". Ted S. Warren / AP



Lighthouse at Cape Hicks (Hicks Point). In 1947, the keeper of the historic lighthouse on the east coast of Australia mysteriously disappeared. Later, people claim to hear the sound of his shoes at night. In addition, the handle on the door of the lighthouse polishes some mysterious force. And we believe (yes, believe!) That do not people attracts tourists, and the specter of a lighthouse keeper. Oliver Strewe / Lonely Planet Images



Salem, Massachusetts. In 1692 then the real drama unfolded. There was a series of witch trials. The word "Salem", perhaps, has become a household word. The city has a museum that is dedicated to this terrible chapter in the history of Salem. Ed Young / Corbis



Sleepy Hollow. This picturesque village 30 miles north of New York City was immortalized in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Washington Irving's classic tale of Ichabod Crane school teacher and fearsome Headless Horseman. Irving is actually considered an invention of legend, but the people said, that there is a rider. Susan Rosenthal / Corbis