Weird Michigan

by Adrienne Wilson on

The weirdest state in my book is Nebraska and I say this knowing just about nothing of the land with the exception of the state capital. Omaha, right? I bet it’s where all the alien abductions and probings go down. There’s nothing anyone can do or say to change my mind about this one. Don’t even try. I won’t listen. La-la-la-la-la, there! I’ve already convinced myself so there’s no turning back now.

Anywho, the makers of Weird Guides haven’t gotten around to proving my absurd theories on Nebraska factual, but they have recently gotten around to the glorious Great Lake state of Michigan. Weird Michigan like the other Weird guides points the eccentric traveler to all the unordinary offerings and site the state can provide. Hunt for the ghost of a boy in blue pajamas in Ishpeming or look for the underwater crucifix near Petoskey. Doesn’t stop there though, it just gets weirder.

via Detroit Free Press

Top Haunted Hikes

by Adrienne Wilson on

Go on and laugh when I tell you this, but horror is not my movie-watching genre of choice and the Blair Witch Project seriously scared the chicken-poop out of me, so when I read this piece about haunted hiking I could just feel the hairs-raising on my neck by imagining the sound of every snapping twig in a forest. In other words -psssh, yeah right. Count me out, hold me, and if I somehow manage to venture out just promise not to leave me behind. I kid you not, I’m the kind of person that will push a small child into the hands of a scary ghoul, goblin, ghost or U.F.O if I ever had an encounter with the paranormal. I’m that much of a wuss. No shame.

Anywho, let’s talk more spooky stuff. If you’re planning way ahead of the game for Halloween travel, you’re in luck because Andrea Lankford’s Haunted Hikes, Spine-Tingling Tales and Trails from North America’s National Parks is available for purchase and to read over campfires. According to the author she doesn’t believe in ghosts, but she goes on to say things like such:

“…People disappear. People die. People kill. Bad things happen. Something lingers. Death leaves it’s mark on the landscape.”

A knack for story-telling or telling the truth? I guess that is for the curious National Parks traveler to find out and it is my hope that very curiosity won’t kill… Well, no time for clichés, USA Today talks about the author’s new book and highlights some of the spookiest hikes around. Big Bend National Park, Yosemite National Park, Virgin Islands National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway and Grand Canyon National Park are only a few that make the list. If you’d like to know why they’re haunted and the rest, you’ll need to check out the book or USA Today.