Take a ride from slightly scary to bone-chilling

We thought we’d give you a few favorites when it comes to spooky transportation. For instance, the Haunted Hearse Ride, a comfortable cruise through haunted haunts that offers a chance to hear intoxicating tales while enjoying some of the areas finer ales on what may be the world’s scariest pub tour. Or maybe a wagon ride through spooky woods is more your style. In that case, you’ll want to check out the Florida Agricultural Museum in Palm Coast. Be on the lookout for headless horsemen, known to appear in these parts, and a host of otherworldly encounters. Read more.

Take a stroll through the locals’ favorite haunts

Ghost tales and ales abound on the Creepy Pub Crawls. And there are plenty of pedestrian haunted tours afoot in the Old City. Most wind through the city’s oldest streets, where lies the setting for some of the city’s oldest ghost stories. The truth of them fades into legend and myth. But one wonders, having stood the test of so much time, if some of these old ghost stories might just be true. Come see for yourself. Bring comfortable shoes. Read more.

Romance is just a paranormal part of life here in The Old City

Ghosts and goblins make great cupids. So say the many couples that have ventured together through the haunted streets of St. Augustine on the dozens of ghost tours and excursions. This is particularly true during the weeks around Halloween, when 450 years of history becomes 450 years of ghost stories. After all, the place has a long tradition of conquering, soldiering, razing and sacking. St. Augustine has no shortage of graveyards, some dating back to the 17th century. Add to that the ominous nighttime visage of the formidable Castillo de San Marcos, the narrow streets and the ancient architecture, and you have a veritable paranormal paradise. Otherwise known as the perfect place to take a date.

So as it turns out, horror breeds romance. Incidentally, chocolate also breeds romance, and there’s plenty of that here too. But that’s a different story. Blood curdling leads to cuddling. Just ask the tour guide engineer on the Ghost Train tour. Couples aboard his train tend to drift closer and closer together in direct proportion to how scary the tour is at any given moment. And then there are the moments he calls the Scream and Slide, when a person reacts to a frightening moment and slides across the seat at considerable velocity closer to his or her date. More often than you might expect, it’s the man sliding.

A horse-drawn carriage ride is a great way to experience the historic frights of the city at night. The open carriage makes for freer access to ghosts, orbs and other materials in the spirit world. The carriage also allows for freer movement, like the timeless move of putting your arm around your date. One typically finds less resistance to such moves when there are unknown apparitions about.

Throughout St. Augustine’s extensive history there have been rumors of ghosts and hauntings. So many, in fact, that one wonders just how long ghost tours have existed. Perhaps the first ghost tours appeared in the Spanish settlements, ostensibly created by a wise conquistador who recognized the advantages to playing hero in the face of fabled specters and phantoms.

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Source: Florida’s Historic Coast