Haunted Places: Plantation

  • Inn

    The Myrtles Plantation

    The Myrtles' best-known ghost is Chloe, an enslaved woman its guides long said poisoned her owner's family with an oleander cake. Researchers who searched the records found no Chloe, and the deaths she was blamed for came from yellow fever.

  • Museum

    Destrehan Plantation

    Established in 1787, Destrehan is the oldest documented plantation in the lower Mississippi Valley. Executive director Tracy Smith says she was skeptical of the ghost stories at first, but "I guess you could say I'm a believer at this point."