Cassadaga, FL is one of America’s spookiest cities – Pictured: Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Sign — Courtesy: Shutterstock — JennLShoots
Even though Halloween is only around the corner, there are some cities in the U.S. that have eerie and unsettling feelings all year long. A Florida city has earned its place on a new list of the 10 spookiest small towns in the nation, nestled amid these spine-tingling small-town vacation spots.
“The United States has no shortage of spooky cities like Salem, Massachusetts and New Orleans, Louisiana,” travel site Far & Wide said about its report. “But in the noise and chaos of cities, it’s easy to escape anything that might make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. In small towns, on the other hand, there is often no way to avoid mystical energies that give you the creeps.”
According to Far & Wide, Cassadaga, a town in Volusia County only 8 miles southeast of DeLand, is one of the spookiest tiny towns in the country. It is also Florida’s sole submission.
Here’s why:
“Cassadaga was first founded as a spiritualist camp, attracting a community of psychics and mediums who claimed to communicate with spirits,” Far & Wide said. “Over a century after its establishment, the town is still called the Psychic Capital of the World. Perhaps it’s not that there are more ghosts than in any other place, but nowhere else will you have as many people who can tell you what they want.”
According to the community’s website, Cassadaga was founded in 1894. There are 55 dwellings and around 55 acres in the spiritualist camp.
“Those who reside here have chosen to live in a community of spiritual people where they can worship and work in harmony with their beliefs. Many of the Camp’s residents are mediums and healers who offer their services from their homes or apartments,” Cassadaga’s official website reads. “We, as Spiritualists, welcome you, no matter what your religion of origin is or where you are on your spiritual path: a believer, a skeptic, or simply curious.”
Here are some of the other eerie American cities mentioned on Far & Wide’s list:
- Estes Park, Colorado
- Williamsburg, Virginia
- Savannah, New York
- Eufaula, Alabama
- Eureka Springs, Arkansas
- Placerville, California
- Volcano, Hawaii
- St. Francisville, Louisiana
- Aurora, Texas
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