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Ybor City Ghost Tour Sends Shivers Down Your Spine During The Spookiest Season

Did you know Ybor City is haunted? You won’t doubt it after you take a little Ybor City Ghost Tour. If you’ve been entertaining taking the tour, why not do…

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Did you know Ybor City is haunted? You won't doubt it after you take a little Ybor City Ghost Tour.

If you've been entertaining taking the tour, why not do so this Halloween season. We found out a little bit about the Ybor City Ghost Tour so we could let you know what to expect.

Be prepared to spend two hours walking the streets of Ybor City and downtown Tampa into some scary and spooky spots. Your tour-guide will have his trusty spectrometer in tow, which is of course, a device used to track ghosts and spirits. Along with learning about who is haunting our city, you'll learn some of its rich history.

Stops Along The Ybor City Ghost Tour

One of the places along the tour that is most intriguing to me is the Tampa Theatre. I've always heard that it's haunted. I didn't know the details, but apparently, a guy named Fink is haunting it. Fink worked there back in the 1930's and 1940's. He was a projectionist. He's known as a good spirit, but he makes himself known.

One of the stops in Ybor is at the Ybor Cuban Club. The spirits roaming the rooms there are alleged to be a woman in white who jumped off a balcony, an actor who hanged himself off stage, and a boy who drowned in an indoor pool. That's just to name a few! There are supposedly 300 spirits at the Ybor Cuban Club. It's the fourth most haunted building in the United States!

Each time he brings a tour through, Stamberger leaves a rubber ball behind – a sort of peace offering to the little boy’s spirit.

I've been wanting to go on this Ybor City Ghost Tour for a long time. Now would be the perfect season to as the calendar turns to October. Once, while visiting New Orleans, I went on a ghost tour and there was something to it. We took some photos and saw some CRAZY orbs.

To buy tickets so you can take the spooky Ybor City Ghost Tour, click here.

Tampa Bay’s Top 10 Odd Attractions

If you're looking for something to do that's a little different, check this list out. These are not the familiar and popular places to visit. Instead, here are a few lesser-known attractions around Tampa Bay.

Summer is here and schools are out. If you're looking to visit someplace you haven't been yet, here are some places around the Tampa Bay area that you may not have though about before.

1 Whimzeyland, Safety Harbor

Owned by a couple of artists, this Safety Harbor home has nearly everything covered with tile mosaics. Then there are the bowling balls, painted and decorating the property.

2. Dysfuntional Grace Art Co., Ybor City

Filled with natural and unnatural oddities, many you can actually purchase.

3. 3. Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg

Sunken Gardens has been open for over 100 years, and is St. Pete's oldest roadside attraction. Get a visitors guide and explore the more than 50,000 tropical plants and flowers. Take lots of photos of the waterfalls and their flock of flamingos,

4. Chihuly Collection, St. Petersburg

Glass art brought to its highest peak. Add to that, the drawings and limited edition prints. You can also purchase your new home decorations.

5. International Independent Showmen's Museum, Riverview

Learn the history, and mystery, of the traveling carnival.

6. Church by the Sea (The Chicken Church), Madeira Beach

Whether the design is intentional or an unfortunate result, the building is certainly memorable.

7. The Sea Hagg, Bradenton

As their sign reads, "Nauticals, Antiques, Curiosities." It's someplace you need to visit to find that special, one-of-a-kind treasure.

8. Ulele Fairyland Figures, Tampa

Originally on display at Lowry Park, the figures were acquired by Ulele (and Columbia Restaurant owner) Richard Gonzmart, who put them on display at his restaurant on the Hillsborough River.

9. Braden Castle Ruins, Bradenton

On land acquired by brothers Dr. Joseph Addison Braden and Hector Braden, a two-story manor, nicknamed 'The Castle' was built. The property fell to hard times, and much of the remaining structure has been grown over by the natural flora.

10. National Comedy Hall of Fame & Museum, Holiday

Get some laughs, and learn about some of your favorite comedians. Clearly, noplace screams "National Comedy Hall of Fame & Museum" like the town of Holiday, Florida!

Another 7 Odd Things-To-Do Near Tampa

We had so much fun finding our first list of odd things-to-do near Tampa. Now, we've continued scouring the area and found seven more odd attractions and sights.

Sure, the Tampa Bay area has beaches, theme parks, trails, sports arenas, malls, etc. Sometimes, however, you need to look just a little deeper to find something you never realized was there.

Here are seven odd things-to-do around the area that you may or may not have known about. If you did know, let us know about your experience. Keep an eye out for the next list!

1. Croc Encounters

Yes, Tampa hosts ZooTampa, the Florida Aquarium, and Busch Gardens. Here's a place you may not have known about. Croc Encounters sits off of SR 301 a little north of I-4. It's a place you can have contact with some of Florida's scaled residents.

2. Golden Spirit Alpaca Ranch

Brenda and Frank Crum have run Golden Spirit Alpaca Ranch since 2006. According to their website, they have around 150 alpaca on 75 acres.

3. McKay Bay Park

Located off 34th Street in Tampa, McKay Bay Park was developed as a national avian sanctuary. It's located at the northeasternmost part of Tampa Bay. Groups such as the Audobon Society have been monitoring the birds that have made this a wintering location for many wintering bird species. The city of Tampa purchased the land in the 1980's and turned it into a park featuring boardwalks and viewing towers.

4. Suncoast Primate Sanctuary

It's not a zoo. It's the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary. This is a place where primates can live out their lives. It's located in Palm Harbor. In fact, after his acting days, Cheetah from Johnny Weissmuller's "Tarzan" lived here until he turned 80. According to the BBC, he joined the sanctuary around 1960.

5. Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center

The manatees love the warm waters of the Big Bend Power Station. Travel to Apollo Beach where you can visit the viewing center, particularly in the winter. These wild, gentle sea cows are safe in the sanctuary provided by Tampa Electric.

6. The Official Ybor City Ghost Tour

The Official Ybor City Ghost Tour is considered one of the top haunted tours in the country. This isn't just a Halloween event. Haunts are here year-round. The 90-minute tour will introduce you to some spine-tingling residents of Ybor City.

7. Wat Mongkolratanaram Thai Temple

Get that camera ready and take some pictures of this uniquely Thai. Also, it's not just a beautiful Thai Buddhist temple, but it features a drive-thru Sunday market. And bring your appetite, Wat Mongkolratanaram is known for some of the most amazing Asian dishes you'll find outside of the Far East.

Roxanne is a co-host on the MJ Morning Show and host of Middays on Q105 in Tampa Bay. She also hosts segments on The Current, which features local feel-good stories and health and wellness segments, and airs on five of the six Tampa-based Beasley Media Group stations. Roxanne has conducted hundreds of interviews, from athletes to Oscar winners, including Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and Chadwick Boseman. She also specializes in media training, having worked with clients in the NFL, NBA and WWE for television, in print, and online. Roxanne is a published author and will be releasing a thriller novel in 2024. Her favorite thing in the world is being with her two daughters and husband. As a content creator for Q105, Roxanne writes about family activities in the Tampa Bay area, as well as reviews for local restaurants and travel.