Today, caffeine is used much as it has been for generations: It provides a boost of energy or a feeling of heightened alertness. Many former students can recall using strong coffee or caffeine pills to stay awake while cramming for finals.
How to find us. The Meccawe Club is located in Reading, Vermont, off of US Route 4, from the town of Bridgewater. It is about a 45-minute drive from both White River Junction and Rutland. Go up Curtis Hollow Road (in back of the Bridgewater Mill Mall), turn right on Meccawe Road, and follow it to the end.
Virginia City. The team's first stop is the Silver Queen Hotel, haunted by the aggressive ghost of a prostitute who committed suicide in Room 11 by slitting her wrists in the bathtub, and Zak books that room because the ghost is said to have prompted people staying in Room 11 to leave in the middle of the night.