'Ghost Hunters' have put a lot of miles on their SUVs

One of my favorite television shows is the Syfy Channel’s show, “Ghost Hunters.”
And I’m not one of these johnny-come-lately fans either. I was sitting on my couch in my old house in Monroeville when the very first episode aired on Oct. 6, 2004.
I’m extremely skeptical when it comes to claims of the paranormal, but the show is very entertaining and its “stars” have collected some interesting evidence over the years.
One of the more interesting things about the show has to do with the locations that they’ve investigated. Sometimes, TAPS – short for The Atlantic Paranormal Society, which is based in Rhode Island – investigates places in their own backyard, and at other times, they travel across the country. (The spin-off show Ghost Hunters International even investigates places in other countries.)
Tonight, I give you a list of the places that the TAPS team has investigated during its first two seasons on the air. I’ll give you the rest of the locations from seasons three through six in the coming days. (I’ve omitted the various private residences they’ve investigated during that time.)
Season One:
- Mishler Theater and Railroad Museum, Altoona, Penn.
- Race Rock Lighthouse, New London, Conn.
- Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Penn.
- New Bedford Armory, New Bedford, Mass.
- Topton Tavern, Topton, Penn.
- New Boston Inn, Sandisfield, Mass.

Season Two:
- Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville, La.
- Brennan’s Restaurant, New Orleans, La. (My wife and I actually met TAPS investigator Brian Harnois while they were shooting this episode in NO. See photo above.)
- USS North Carolina Museum, Wilmington, N.C.
- Mordecai House, Raleigh, N.C.
- Bradley Playhouse, Putnam, Conn.
- Harris Firehouse, Coventry, R.I.
- Ledge Lighthouse, New London, Conn.
- Merchants House Museum, New York City
- Tanguay House and Sutcliffe House, Springfield, Mass.
- Astor Mansion, Newport, R.I.
- Rolling Hills Asylum, Bethany, N.Y.
- Winchester House, San Jose, Calif.
- RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, Calif.
- Lizzie Borden’s House, Fall River, Mass.
- Mansfield Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio
- Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ark.
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Louisville, Ky.
- Palladium Theatre, Hollison, Mass.
- Valentown Museum, Canandaigua, N.Y.
- Willard Library, Evansville, N.Y.
- Hartford Conservatory, Hartford, Conn.
- St. Augustine Lighthouse, St. Augustine, Fla.
- Domani’s Restaurant, Roselle Park, N.J.
- Old St. Johns County Jail, St. Augustine, Fla.
- Stone Lion Inn, Guthrie, Okla.
- The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colo.
In the end, I’d be interested to know if any of you have ever been to any of these places. What did you think of them? Which would you recommend visiting? Let us know in the comments section below.