If you are looking to stay at haunted hotel, you’ll find plenty to choose from. Many of these hotels were built in the late 1800s or around the turn of the century. They have a rich history as well as guests and employees who have become permanent residents.

1. Admiral Fell Inn in Baltimore: A scientist staying in Room 218 woke up when he heard the floorboard creaking and watched the apparition of a nurse walk through a wall.

2. The Driskill Hotel in Austin: The spirit of a little girl is seen in the first floor lobby, the ladies’ restroom on the second floor and the staircase leading to the mezzanine. She is believed to be the daughter of a Texas senator, who died in 1887 when she tried to catch her ball as it bounced down the staircase.

3. The Hawthorne Hotel in Salem: In one month, two guests staying at different times recalled seeing a woman moving down the 6th floor hallway and pausing in front of 612. Many guests have reported feeling a strong presence in the area. The identity of this woman is unknown.

4. The Hotel Galvez in Galveston: There is a legend of a woman who took her life after she lost her fiance at sea. The hotel was built in 1911 an is the only beachfront hotel in Galveston.

5. Blennerhassett Hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia: Guests and employees have witnessed clouds of cigar smoke in the hallways, wafting through doorways or rising from the bar. Although the source has never been discovered, many suspect that the smoke comes from the ghost of William Chancellor who built the hotel in 1889. Another candidate is the ghost of Mr. Stealey, who worked as a general manager. He also smoked cigars.

6. The Hotel del Coronado in San Diego: Kate Morgan checked into the hotel on Thanksgiving Day in 1892 but never checked out.

7. Radisson Lord Baltimore: Long-time employee, Fran Carter received quite a shock when three visitors suddenly vanished before her eyes.

8. Hatt Mill building, the Napa River Inn: A maintenance worker watched a heavy box lift itself into the air and move across the shelf.

9. Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans: The International Society of Paranormal Research spent several days investigating the hotel, which was built in 1886. One of the spirits was John Wagner, who called himself “Solemn John.” Wagner committed suicide when he became despondent over business deals that went bad during the Depression.

10. Goldfield Hotel in Goldfield, Nevada: Once a bustling town of 35,000 people, this Goldfield is a near ghost town. Its hotel is considered very haunted and was featured on Fox Family TV’s World’s Scariest Places in 2001.

11. Stanley Hotel in Estes, Colorado: This hotel was the inspiration of Stephen King’s The Shining.

12. The Marshall House in Savannah, Georgia: Was featured on the Travel Channel’s “Haunted Hotels.” The hotel has been used as a hospital three times — twice during Savannah’s 19th century yellow fever epidemics and during the Civil War by the Union Army. Don’t be surprised if you wake up and find a ghost sleeping next to you.

13. The Queen Mary, permanently moored in San Pedro Bay: This historical ship-turned-hotel was featured on Sightings, where the late psychic Peter James communicated with several spirits, one of them an eight year-old girl who had drowned.