With a name like Cigar City, it's not surprising that locals have often reported smoke-like billows lingering around the city. Though, some of these may not be from cigars, but rather the lingering spirits of unsavory characters that have haunted certain venues long after their deaths. On the Ybor City Ghost Tour, which earned the top mention for most bone-chilling haunted tour according to US City Traveler, trained guides illuminate their sordid and spooky pasts.

Guides use facts—not fantasy and costumes—to focus on the stories of the town's ghosts and the notable deceased. These stories include tales of a pair of illicit lovers still entombed in the basement of the Orpheum Theatre, a drowned boy at the Cuban Club pool, and an unhappy patient and his disembodied nurse in the Done Vicente Inn. The frequent stops and easy pace of the tour allows guests to soak in the eeriness of the city without booking a room in the morgue.