4 U.S. Spots to Travel Like a Ghostbuster
These five American attractions are guaranteed to provide an enjoyable, eerie sensation.
In the 1984 comedy “Ghostbusters,” a group of parapsychologists in New York City established a company to combat a huge marshmallow monster, slime-spitting green blobs, and demonic spirits. The film reappeared more than thirty years later, this time with a rewritten script and a female-led team of ghost hunters prepared to take on eerie spirits. It is not necessary to be a Ghostbuster, though, in order to encounter the otherworldly.
The Haunted Mansion: Anaheim, California
The Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland may be the exception to the rule that the park is the happiest place on Earth. Situated 40 kilometres southeast of Los Angeles in the Anaheim, California amusement park, this Southern-style manor is haunted by spirits, floating items, and cemeteries. Ghostly voices lead you into a lobby lighted by candles, along dimly lit hallways and staircases, and into a vast ballroom where the ghosts are having a wild celebration. If you want even more excitement, don’t miss embarking on a daring adventure onboard Guardians of the Galaxy – adventure: BREAKOUT! at sibling theme park Disney California Adventure. It’s handy to spend the night at Disneyland Resort Hotel on-site.
Ghosts and other objects take flight inside Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion.
Dr. Frankenstein’s Haunted Castle: Monticello, Indiana
This scary attraction at Indiana Beach Boardwalk Resort in Monticello, Indiana, about 180 kilometers southeast of Chicago, Illinois, is based on Mary Shelley’s book Frankenstein, which was published in the 1800s. You’ll have to walk through the carnival-style attraction by yourself, since there isn’t a car on a track to help you avoid the scary pop-up monsters, neon skulls, and other things that are hiding in the dark. After you pay extra to get out of Dr. Frankenstein’s Haunted Castle, ride the big spinning wheel and enjoy the view of Lake Shafer.
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania is home to the Ghostwood Estate.
If you look closely, you might not believe that this old house with green roofs is one of the newer rides at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, which is 469 kilometers west of Philadelphia. The scariest thing at the theme park is Ghostwood Estate, which has animatronic monsters and scary video displays. You can be your inner Ghostbuster here, so don’t worry. Toy guns let you shoot at moving targets while cars take you through the eight-room scary house.
You can fight the ghosts at the Ghostwood Estate in a very Ghostbuster-like way.
The Mortuary Haunted House: New Orleans, Louisiana
You don’t have to wait for Halloween to visit this eerie New Orleans, Louisiana, year-round attraction. It is well known that this three-story 19th-century mansion is actively haunted, in contrast to many other well-known haunted houses in the United States. From the 1920s until its conversion into a paid walk-through maze in 2007, the site was used as a funeral home. These days, anyone brave enough to enter the halls are greeted by chainsaw-wielding costumed serial killers. After that, stroll past the famed Cypress Grove Cemetery to Mid City Yacht Club, a local pub, where you can savour Creole classics like fried prawns and crawfish.
West Virginia Penitentiary: Moundsville, West Virginia
In the late 1800s, this Gothic-style prison was one of the last places you wanted to wind yourself. Today, people come here from all over the world to discover the history of the walled castle. The hourly daily excursions centre on the realities of life — and death — in prison. Are you in the mood for adventure? Additionally, the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia, some 570 km west of Philadelphia, offers private sleepovers upon reservation, three-hour ghost investigations, and escape rooms.
Once a prison, the West Virginia Penitentiary now hosts paranormal investigations and haunted sleepovers.
