SUMMARY: Highway 12 is haunted by a large dog that has red-glowing eyes. The dog is called the Fence-Rail Dog. The dog has seen along highway 12 for the last hundred years.

SUMMARY: An upscale townhouse in a new neighborhood in Germantown, MD seems to exhibit some form of haunting by poltergeist.

SUMMARY: Mary's Garden in Annapolis, Maryland, is located behind St. Mary's Church, in the quadrangle formed by the church, the rectory and the historic John Carroll House. St. Mary's Church, on narrow Duke of Gloucester Street in the heart of old Annapolis, stands on the site of the first public Catholic chapel of grandeur in Maryland, built in 1822 by Charles Carroll. (Remember, Catholic churches in Maryland were actually outlawed and burned sometime after 1658; many landowners, however, privately maintained their own secret chapels on their own land.)

SUMMARY: The Stanley Hotel, known for its architecture, magnificent setting and famous visitors, may possibly be best known today for its inspirational role in Stephen King's novel "The Shining". The hotel has been featured as one of America’s most haunted hotels and with the numerous stories from visitors and staff, The Stanley Hotel continues to "shine" today, as it did in 1909 when first opened.

SUMMARY: This is an old battle site that dates back to the 1600's. The site has a rich history intertwined with fighting Indians.

SUMMARY: Montanverde was owned by another son of Robert Peter named George Peter. George ran away at 15 to join the Maryland troops in the Whiskey Rebellion. George Washington, a family friend, personally sent him home. After graduating from Georgetown University five years later, George rejoined the army, rising to the rank of Major. One of his assignments was to investigate and testify at the Aaron Burr trial.

SUMMARY: Cozy interior and excellence throughout are a hallmark of this old structure.

SUMMARY: Rattling chains have been reported. It also served as a morgue.

SUMMARY: Known as "Hex Murder" the story is about a John Blymire who thought he was hexed by Nelson Rehmeyer. John and 2 other young men went to Nelson's home to gain his spell book and a lock of his hair and ended up beating Nelson to death. They then tried to burn the house down but the body fluids of Nelson extiguised the fire. The three went on trial for murder and was internationally know in 1928. It is said that Rehmeyer is still walking around looking for his spell book.

SUMMARY: This is a strange story. Long ago, a man lived in the house across from the bridge. It is said that the man cut out a woman's heart, which he sensibly then threw into the stream under the bridge. Who knows the madness that boils within?

SUMMARY: The lake is haunted by a ghostly woman who is seen walking on the beach at night. She is looking for her husband who drowned in the lake in 1936. Her name is reportedly Isabelle.

SUMMARY: The ghost of a supervisor who shot to death by a disgruntled employee in the 1950's is now sometimes seen, according to employees, "yelling at workers and keeping the line running" when others supervisors are gone.

SUMMARY: Reportedly haunted, this mansion is available for weddings and parties. Visitors have heard ghostly footsteps.

SUMMARY: Chatham mansion was built in 1771 by William Fitzhugh. He named it after one of his classmates, Sir William Pitt, who was the Earl of Chatham. During the Civil War the mansion was used as Union headquarters. Walt Whitman and Clara Barton nursed the Union wounded in the house. Notables from our early history visited the house, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and the Marquis de Lafayette.

SUMMARY: Some cool old stuff there, like looking into a life that someone left behind. Very interestig, maybe even moreso if you're more adventurous than I (or really really skinny) and brave enough to make the trip upstairs.

SUMMARY: Nothing is quite like being followed by a ghost.