October 2005: Quicklinks

For quicker surfing, here are the URLs mentioned in the October 2005 issue of The Genre Traveler.

• Gadgets on the Go:
  Hollywood USA — www.ctlss.com.

• Attraction Update:
  Tomb Raider: Firefall — www.KingsDominion.com
  Curse of DarKastle: The Ride — www.buschgardens.com/buschgardens/va/
  Batman Begins Stunt Show — www.sixflags.com/parks/magicmountain/

• Singing Hobbits, Wizards and Orcs, Oh My!: www.lotr.com
• Ghost Tours: Prowling for Phantasms:
  Fell’s Point Ghost Tour — www.fellspointghost.com
  Best Places for Ghost Hunting — www.marylandghosts.com/locations.php

  Additional Resources

  Tours and Sites Mentioned in this Article
  • Fort McHenry: www.nps.gov/fomc/pphtml/planyourvisit.html
  • The USS Constellation: www.constellation.org
  • Davidge Hall: www.medicalalumni.org/davidge/
  • Westminster Church and Catacombs: asylumeclectica.com/sightseer/us/md/poe/grave.htm
  • Point Lookout: www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/pointlookout.html
  • Ellicott City: www.visithowardcounty.com/ghost_tours/index.html
  • Greenmount Cemetery: (410) 706-2072
  • Gettysburg, Va.: www.ghostsofgettysburg.com
  • Frederick, Md.: www.marylandghosttours.com

  General Ghost Hunting Resources

  • Maryland Ghost and Spirit Association: www.marylandghosts.com
  • Ghost! magazine: ghostmag.com/
  • American Ghost Society: www.prairieghosts.com
  • Ghost Research Society: www.ghostresearch.org
• Bringing the Moors to Life:
  Master of the Moors — lists.topica.com/lists/MasteroftheMoors/read
  Kealan Patrick Burke — kealanpatrickburke.com
  Dungarvan, Ireland — www.dungarvantourism.com
  The Ring of Kerry — www.ringofkerrytourism.com

• Star Wars: Where Science Meets the Immagination:
  The Exhibit — starwars.mos.org
  The Museum of Science — www.mos.org
  The Royal Sonesta Hotel — www.sonesta.com/boston
  Exhibit Comanion Book at Amazon — Coming in October, Sug. Retail: $30
  Boston Athenaem — www.bostonathenaeum.org
  Forest Hills Cemetary — www.foresthillstrust.org
  Greater Boston Convention & Vistiors Bureau — www.bostonusa.com

• Sleepy Hollow Legend Lives:
  Historic Hudson Valley — www.hudsonvalley.org
  DoubleTree Hotel, Tarrytown — www.doubletreetarrytown.com
  Explore Park — www.explorepark.org

• Celebrations of the Dead:
  Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Vistors Bureau — www.visittuscon.org
  Academic Tours in Oaxaca — www.academictoursoaxaca.com
  Dia de Los Muertos — www.day-of-the-dead.org
  Celebrate Life on Day of the Dead in Oaxaca — www.dia-de-los-muertos.com/festival.htm
  Oakland Museum of California — www.museumca.org
  Aspen Lodge Ranch Resort — www.aspenlodge.net/murdermyst.htm
  Queen Mary College Pagan Festival — www.paganfestivals.fsnet.co.uk/paganfestivals.fsnet.co.uk/services.htm
  Salem’s Festival of the Dead — www.festivalofthedead.com
  Guavaween — www.cc-events.org/gw

• Scene Around:
  Photography by Wade Gupta — www.stanford.edu/~wgupta

• Historic Moments and Observances with a Genre Twist:
  World Space Week — www.spaceweek.org
  Plan Your Epitaph Day — www.hardiehouse.org/epitaph

• Travelin’ the Web: oceanic-air.com and oceanic-air.com/seatingchart.htm
• Convention Listings:
  Archon 29 — www.archonstl.org/29/
  The Fourth Conjecture — www.conjecture.org
  Model Fest — www.modelfest.info
  United Fancon XV — www.unitedfancon.com
  Vulkon — www.vulkon.com
  Anime USA 7 – www.animeusa.org
  SMOFCON — www.osfci.org/smofcon/
  MarsCon 16 — www.marscon.net