America's 11 Spookiest Halloween Destinations

Haunted Hotels for Halloween

Be Freighted in Jail: Boston's Liberty Hotel is a spooky spot all year long, but during the Halloween season its eerie accommodations become downright scary.

From 1851 to 1990, the site was home to the infamous Charles Street Jail, and these halls were walked by some of America's most ruthless high-profile criminals. The building reopened in 2007 as a luxury hotel, but has retained much of the original architecture -- including several cells.

The Liberty's Halloween party, "Nightmare on Charles Street," will leave guests terrified and elated. The event is centered on The Liberty's very own haunted house. After being freightened, guests can celebrate with Scream Cocktails -- featuring Double Cross Vodka -- and then dance the night away. Tickets to the Halloween night even are $25 and include one Scream cocktail.

Scary River Town: Alton, Ill., sts on the Mississippi River, a 30-minute drive from St. Louis and five hours away from Chicago. It is filled with historic homes, great shops and dates back to the 1600s. But it's also got a spooky past.

The McPike Mansion, pictured here, sits atop Mount Lookout Park, the highest point in Alton. Believed to be haunted, thousands of visitors and paranormal investigators have visited the grounds, claiming spirits still roam the property.

Also in town is the Mineral Springs Hotel, once an elegant hotel and spa with a history filled with tragedy, murders and suicides. The legends claim there are several different ghosts that haunt the corridors and rooms of the Mineral Springs. The first is said to be an itinerant artist who was unable to pay his hotel bill back in 1932 and now allegedly haunts the former hotel bar.

The Civil War brought more than 10,000 confederate prisoners to town, all held at the infamous Alton Federal Military Prison. Many died during a small pox outbreak, their bodies left out in the woods. Their ghosts now supposedly haunt a local area around Hop Hollow Road.