• Some Boston hotels have reputations as paranormal hot spots.boston image by Stephen Orsillo from Fotolia.com
  
  Boston is one of the most historic cities in the country. The Freedom Trail travels past 16 monuments throughout the city. Boston is also home to several golf courses, hiking trails, boat tours and some of top hotels. For a twist on your trip, reserve a room in one of the historic hotels that has a reputation for being haunted.
  
  

Omni Parker House

• The Omni Parker House has been a Boston landmark since its doors opened in 1855. A luxury five-star property, the Omni features 551 guestrooms and suites, as well as meeting space and an award-winning restaurant. The restaurant has been the site of several paranormal sightings since the hotel's first year in business. The Omni hotel indicates that over the years, staff say a portrait of hotel founder Harvey Parker projects an unnatural glow and several claim to have seen an apparition of Parker in several locations throughout the hotel and a separate apparition of another man in Room 1012.
  
  Omni Parker House
  60 School St.
  Boston, MA 02108
  617-227-8600
  omnihotels.com
  
  

Concord Colonial Inn

• A historic inn on the outskirts of Boston, the Concord Colonial overlooks Monument Square. Each room is individually designed and decorated and supplies pillow-top mattresses, hypo-allergenic bedding and private baths. Adventurous visitors can check into room 24 on the second story. One of the oldest rooms in the Inn, it was built in 1716 and has been the location of several ghostly encounters, the most vivid of which was recounted in the letter by a guest named Judith Fellenz in 1966, who reported seeing the figure of a man standing in her room. Boston.com reports that Ralph Waldo Emerson is said to walk the upstairs hallway.
  
  Concord Colonial Inn
  48 Monument Square
  Concord, MA 01742
  978-369-9200
  concordscolonialinn.com
  
  

Hawthorne Hotel

• Located 15 minutes outside of Boston, the Hawthorne Hotel is a Salem landmark with 93 standard rooms and six guest suites. With a classically styled façade and modern interior, the hotel works for business or leisure travelers. Each room is equipped with pillow-top mattresses, luxury linens and marble-accented bathrooms. Wireless Internet is complimentary, cable and LCD TVs are all standard. Guests looking for a scare are right at home at the Hawthorne. During season three, the TV series "Ghost Hunters" featured the hotel. Apparitions, phantom smells, disembodied voices and several other strange occurrences are often reported. October is the busiest month for Salem; guests wishing to book a room should do so well in advance.
  
  Hawthorne Hotel
  18 Washington Square W
  Salem, MA 01970
  978-744-4080
  hawthornehotel.com