This weekend, we stayed at the veritable Admiral Fell Inn in Baltimore. Among its many charms, the Inn boasts two resident, and friendly, ghosts, who share tea every afternoon with the guests, and spend many an evening singing sea chanteys downstairs in the pub.  I cannot tell you how charmed she was when the ghosts invited her to play along on the drum.

Ghosts who can carry on good conversation, or at least a tune, are welcome in any season - especially in an historic area (more on this neighborhood's fine ghost tours in October).