DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   Covered bridges are fascinating whether they are rumored to be haunted or not.  America's first covered bridge was built in 1804.  Pennsylvania boasted 1500 covered bridges at its peak, today, Pennsylvania has 200 covered bridges, still the highest number in the states.  In the swift evolving and ever-changing technological age we live in, covered bridges represent a simpler time and are very often revered as relics of the past by preservationists.    It's no wonder tales of haunting abound in legends surrounding covered bridges.  Bridges are themselves, tools for crossing from one side to another.  A covered bridge so easily harbors secrets within its walls, plus given that most if not all were built centuries ago, only lends to an air of nostalgia and probable ghostly activity.  Stowe Hollow Bridge  Stow Bridge ghost pictures       Stowe Hollow Bridge in Vermont, also known as "Emily's Bridge" or "Gold...

   Many important and famous individuals have been born and died within the boundries of the United States.  These ghosts seem to haunt locations that had great meaning for the individual.  Throughout the United States there have been many sitings of famous ghosts.  Robert E. Lee Boyhood Home  General Robert E. Lee     Alexandria, Virginia is where the family home of Robert E. Lee stands.  This Revolutionary War hero accomplished many great act throughout his life.  He was offered the Union Army command but declined.  Instead he became the commander of the Confederate Army and saw many great battles.  A child General Lee haunts his childhood home.  He is very playful and enjoys playing pranks.  Sometimes he's seen with his two sisters and a black dog.  Aaron Burr  "One if by Land, Two if by Sea" Restaurant     Aaron Burr, U.S. Vice President from...

Squire Castle    Having the title of the lady of the house takes on a whole new concept when it isn't actually just a house, and the man of the house spends more time in the city at festive gatherings while conducting business rather than spending quiet evenings with his new wife.  Yet through constant separation due to obligations they still remained somewhat happily married by name until the Mrs. met with an untimely death in the very house that she feared once daylight was met by the dark and the noises of the night began to set in.  This is when the nightmares began for Rebecca Squire as her inner-most fears were challenged nightly by what it brought to her relinquishing sanity.  Her evident fear of the country was often mentioned at parties and among other socialites during gala events and gatherings.  She would share with the women that her agitated feelings toward the beautiful castle along with the hours spent alone were playing with  ...

Huendoara Castle    Hunedoara is not a name that frequently pops up in conversations about vampires and especially Dracula.  Few people know that Hunedoara is actually the castle where Vlad the Impaler, the man who gave inspiration to Hollywood's Dracula, was imprisoned during the fifteenth century.    Located in Transylvania, Romania, the castle pretty much stands the way it looked back then during Vlad's time.  The castle is Gotic in style and has both round and square shaped turrets with a red roof, perched over a cliff near the Hungarian border.  Vlad the Impaler     Hunedoara, or Hunyadi as it is more properly known, has a rich background in Eastern European history.  Because of its close location to Hungary, at one point it was claimed as part of Hungarian territory when the nation was part of the Austrian-Hungarian empire until the end of World War 1.  As with any other castle, Hunedoara, also contains grand rooms for...

  Candy Corn, Tootsie Rolls, Snickers, and Hershey's Chocolate products are popular with trick or treaters.  Other than how good they taste, what else is there to know about these yummy treats?  Take a look at some of these fun candy facts.    Candy Corn was invented in the 1880s by George Rennigner.     The oldest company to produce the surgary corn is The Goelitz Company which is now known as the Jelly Belly Company .  They have used the same recipe for over 100 years.  Can't get enough of this Halloween classic?  At the moment, you can buy 10 pound for $81 dollars.   Approximately 9 billion pieces of it will be made each year.    Tootsie Rolls were invented in 1896 by Leo Hirshfield.  The product is named after Hirschfield's daughter whose nickname was "Tootsie".  In 1896 Tootsie Roll cost one cent.  In fact, it was the first "individually wrapped penny candy".  Over 100 years l...

   Halloween, as we know it has been a tradition in our country for many years, but have you ever wondered where it came from?  The Celts, or people from and around Ireland, the United Kingdom and Northern France around 2000 years ago had their new year as November the 1st.  So that meant  the end of the year for them, the time when the harvest was over and the start of the long cold winter was October 31st.  Due to the facts that many people died in the winter, and the living world and the dead opened up.  On this day the dead could invade the world of the living and priests would be able to predict the future and talk to the dead more easily.  They would dress up and at a large central bonfire, pay homage to their Celtic deities, sacrificing animals to the gods.  They would also try to tell each others fortunes while dressed up in costumes of animal skins and heads.    These festivals of sorts was known as Samhain (pronounce...