If you are visiting Central Florida and looking for something more to do than just the theme parks, St. Augustine is only a couple hours away. There's lots of history and also was voted one of the ten most haunted cities in America according to Travel and Leisure.
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What's Happening:
- According to Travel and Leisure, St. Augustine made the list of top 10 most haunted cities in America.
- They are number four on the list and are the oldest city in the U.S. to have a "residential spirit or two".
- The St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum is one of the city's historic must-do spots. This is supposedly haunted by two girls who drowned there in the 1870s.
- Guests have reported paranormal experiences at Castle Warden, which was a home built in the 1880s and is now the first permanent Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum, established in 1950.
- There are also St. Augustine ghost tours, even some that bring EMF meters to track paranormal activity.
Top Ten Haunted Cities:
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Chicago, Illinois
- Savannah, Georgia
- St. Augustine, Florida
- Portland, Oregon
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Washington, D.C.
- San Francisco, California
- Salem, Massachusetts
- San Antonio, Texas