This October, Virginia is launch­ing a slew of eerie events and pack­ages to cel­e­brate the magic and mys­tery of Halloween. With over 400 years of his­tory, span­ning from Colonial America to the Civil War, the state is home to a num­ber of mys­ti­cal sites where the super­nat­ural reside. From ghostly tours in haunted plan­ta­tions and moon­lit grave­yards trails, to spir­ited war-time love sto­ries and spine-chilling tales, vis­i­tors are guar­an­teed to be spooked in Virginia. With more list­ings on the National Register of Haunted Places than any other state, Virginia is the ideal des­ti­na­tion for an authen­tic Halloween experience.

Historic Maple Hill Manor of Springfield Kentucky, was selected as “Best B&B in the South” in the annual Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards, 2009–2010. The Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards are based upon a qual­i­ta­tive and quan­ti­ta­tive review of the nearly 100,000 inde­pen­dent reviews sub­mit­ted to BedandBreakfast.com, the lead­ing online B&B direc­tory and reser­va­tion net­work worldwide.

You have to travel to the very south­ern por­tion of Illinois to dis­cover one of its hid­den trea­sures, the stal­wart Fort Massac, near Metropolis, Illinois. Overlooking the Ohio River, this replica of the orig­i­nal 1802 American fort is Illinois’ first state park, ded­i­cated in 1908.

Hysterical or his­tor­i­cal, ghostly spir­its make them­selves as com­fort­able in America’s B&Bs as liv­ing guests do, and not just in the dead of night. No one’s sure if it’s the great break­fasts, the warm hos­pi­tal­ity, or the atmos­phere of these his­toric homes, but the friendly spir­its sim­ply don’t want to leave.

Some Like it Cold! So when the tem­per­a­tures start to drop, escape to Minnesota’s Northwoods and expe­ri­ence a majes­tic win­ter won­der­land at The Historic Grand View Lodge!