A gifted ghost

The Mountaineer Opry House is haunted by a ghostly apparition that likes to play the banjo. People have heard the sound of the banjo playing on the stage and in the rehearsal room, which is quite a feat given that there is no performer physically present at those times. Reportedly, the ghost is quite a gifted player.

Unexplainable sounds have been heard inside the Penn Valley Hotel.

Unexplainable sounds have been heard inside the Penn Valley Hotel. Built around 1854 the log-framed building has served as a country inn and roadhouse and was used as a stage coach stop in the last century. Very unsettling sounds can be heard inside. Footsteps from the floor above, but there is no floor above. Pots and pans rattling, muffled sounds of children playing and rooms lights turning off and on. The whir of the cash register: the drawer opening and its bell dinging. Dirty dishes present in the sink minutes after all the dishes had been cleaned and put away.

Quite large, rumored to be haunted abandoned tuberculosis hospital, decaying in the middle of the woods behind a suburban neighborhood.

A delighfully creepy abandoned hospital, going to ruin in the woods. Large with several outbuildings, it's a joy to explore.

Colorful ghosts.

Long rumored as haunted (the receptionist cheerfully confirms), this elite-of-elite country club, just northwest of DC along the Potomac River, sports the likes of senators and a who's-who list of dignitaries and presidents and "veeps" going solidly back to its formation over one hundred years ago.