How to Prepare Your Home for Holiday Guests
With the holidays fast approaching, you’re busy juggling what feels like 100 tasks. Your guests are still days from arriving, but you’re already overwhelmed. And when they do show up on your doorstep . . . well, then what? While the thought of attending to one more to-do list might be enough to tear your […]
Haunted Places: The Deane House
Location: Calgary, AlbertaArchitectural Style: Foursquare, aka Cornbelt CubeBuilt: 1906 In our latest installment of NPI’s Haunted Places Series, we’ll take a closer look at the Deane House, one’s of Calgary’s most intriguing haunted places. With a history marred by tragedy from its earliest construction, the Deane House has earned its reputation as a hub of […]
Haunted Places: McPike Mansion
Location: Alton, IllinoisArchitectural Style: Italianate-VictorianBuilt: 1869-1871 McPike Mansion in Alton, Illinois is one of the most notorious purportedly haunted houses in the Midwest. With 150 years of history within its walls, McPike Mansion boasts countless tales of intrigue and good old-fashioned spookiness. Read on to learn more about the alleged hauntings of this infamous home. […]
