Point Lookout Lighthouse
Point Lookout State Park Light House, Scotland, Maryland

This park's peaceful surroundings believe its history to be the location of a prison camp which during the Civil War imprisoned as many as 52,264 Confederate soldiers.

Ranked 9th, aficionados of the paranormal consider this one of the most haunted lighthouse in America. Male and female apparitions materialize and then vanish. Doors open and close without visible reason. People hear voices, footsteps, even snoring, but no one is there. So why does it rank only ninth? Because the beam at this modest, house-style structure went dark more than 40 years ago. A lighthouse without its light appears so forlorn. Then again, a hospital and a prison camp for Confederate soldiers existed here during the Civil War, so perhaps an unlit lighthouse represents an appropriate memorial to such a mournful heritage. Today, visitors enjoy the much more pleasant surroundings of a state park.