Favorite Haunts to Feature Chicago and Hollywood.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2001 Favorite Haunts (http://www.favoritehaunts.com), a travel magazine with an eerie twist -- all of its destinations are reportedly haunted -- today announced that its fall issue will feature the haunted histories of Chicago and Hollywood. The magazine, due out in early October, will focus on 13 ghost stories in Tinseltown, including such well-known specters as Montgomery Clift Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American Academy Award-nominated actor known by the stage name of Montgomery Clift. He was the great-grandson of Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General under President Abraham Lincoln, and the great-great and Marilyn Monroe, and such well-known Chicago-area landmarks as the Watertower and Resurrection Cemetery Resurrection Cemetery is located in Clinton Township, Michigan. This cemetery is the final resting place to many well known people such as William T. Ahee, founder of Ahee Jewlers. . Additional destinations to be visited by the magazine in that issue include the charming and elegant Martha Washington Inn The Martha Washington Inn is a historic hotel located in Abingdon, Virginia. Originally built in 1832 by Revolutionary War General Francis Preston for his family of nine children, over the course of the last 174 years, the building has served as an upscale women's college, a Civil in Abingdon, Virginia; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, a battlefield site that is home to spirits as well as finely-appointed bed and breakfast inns; and the Isle of Mull The Isle of Mull (or simply Mull; Muile in Scottish Gaelic) is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute. in the Scottish Hebrides where a headless horseman is still said to roam Glen More in the dead of night. The editorial staff has already published the story of the gentle ghost of the Martha Washington Inn on the magazine's web site. The young woman, a student-turned-nurse during the Civil War, is sometimes heard playing a soft violin refrain as she had while her love, a soldier, lay dying. The article extols the virtues of the inn and the recreational opportunities for those who choose to stay there, including such local haunts as the Barter Theatre, where struggling depression-era actors sang and danced and acted for their suppers. The winter issue of Favorite Haunts will feature another international array of upscale places and stories, including the Grove Park Inn The Grove Park Inn is a historic resort hotel on the western slope of Sunset Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the hotel is an important example of the Arts and Crafts style. It also features a modern day spa addition. Resort & Spa in Asheville, North Carolina Not to be confused with Ashville. Asheville is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, and is its county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 68,889. It is the largest city in western North Carolina, and continues to grow. , home to one of America's most reported spirits. The magazine's web site can be found at http://www.favoritehaunts.com. |
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