Aparanormal hot spot, the third floor of Boston’s Omni Parker House hastwo ghosts. One, a man, emits raucous laughter and the smell ofwhiskey; the other, a departed actress, sends the elevator up on itsown to the floor where she died.

-Walk on the Dark Side
Jointerrifying nightly tours to track tropical phantoms. Old Town Key West,once home to pirates and smugglers, boasts a bevy of eerie disembodiedsouls. Let the Original Ghost Tour of Key West reveal all.www.hauntedtours.com

Voodoo, vampires, and cemeteries — NewOrleans’s acclaimed Haunted History Tours include it all. On thesejaunts through the dark realm, theatrical, offbeat guides mesmerizewith lore and legends that’ll leave you quaking and quivering for more.www.hauntedhistorytours.com

-It’s Only in the Name
Notin the mood for a fright but still want to play along? The mood isspookily deconstructed at the W Dallas–Victory’s trendy rooftopGhostbar. Colored lights and shiny surfaces mesmerize couture-wearingpatrons who gather to sip cocktails and groove to late-night tunes.

Full-moonworshipers can gaze at the glittering lights of downtown Dallas fromthe glass-bottomed ghost deck while they sample the bar’s signatureghostinis.