This All Hallows' Eve,leave your trick-or-treat bag at home and tremble over to one of theseghostly gatherings. Apparitions and ghouls need not apply.
- Becca Hensley

-Haunted Halloween Harbor Cruise
Climbaboard a ghoulish galleon at haunted Fells Point, a historic maritimevillage in Baltimore, Maryland. The ship sails just one night (October28), but if you miss it, try the Original Fells Point GhostWalk, whichtakes place every weekend along cobblestoned streets. Among others,discover Doc, a retired sea captain who just won't leave his formerabode. www.fellspointghost.com

-Scream at the Beach
There'ssomething for everyone at Portland, Oregon's beachside spook-houseextravaganza. Choose from myriad eerie gatherings, limited only by yourdread factor. Perhaps walk down the hall of the Hayden Institute forthe Criminally Insane, take a surreal step into Julie's nightmare, orbe victim to the rantings of the voodoo woman. Young visitors will lovethe Pirate Funhouse. www.screamatthebeach.com

-Ghost Spotting
Hangat Scottsdale, Arizona's Hermosa Inn and have a drink with its cowboyghost, believed to be the original owner of the place. He looms abovebeds, sits at the bar, and chats loudly in the dining room.

Numerous specters plague the Queen Mary,once the most luxurious ocean liner to sail the Atlantic. Now docked inLong Beach, California, it hosts phantoms in the pool, in the bow, andin the children's playroom.

San Antonio's Menger Hotel spook is a chambermaid who was killed by her husband and who roams the inn's Victorian wing.

Housekeepersat the Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington, D.C., report doors slamming, awoman's soft cries - and even hugs, received while cleaning rooms.