Haunted America: A State-by-State Guide
Alabama
Sloss Furnaces – Birmingham – haunted industrial landmark.
Fort Morgan – Gulf Shores – Civil War ghosts.
Gaineswood Mansion – Demopolis – antebellum apparition.
Old Cahawba Ghost Town – near Selma – abandoned capital ruins.
St. James Hotel – Selma – Confederate spirits.
Alaska
Golden North Hotel – Skagway – “Scary Mary” legend.
Alaskan Hotel – Juneau – old mining-era haunt.
Eagle Summit – Steese Highway – ghostly miner sightings.
Kenai Cemetery – Kenai – mysterious glowing lights.
Nightmute School – Nightmute – haunted rural Yup’ik village school.
Arizona
Jerome Grand Hotel – Jerome – former asylum.
Bird Cage Theatre – Tombstone – Wild West spirits.
Hotel Monte Vista – Flagstaff – famous Hollywood haunt.
Vulture Mine – Wickenburg – miners’ ghosts.
Yuma Territorial Prison – Yuma – tortured souls.
Arkansas
Crescent Hotel – Eureka Springs – “America’s Most Haunted Hotel.”
Pea Ridge Battlefield – Pea Ridge – Civil War ghosts.
Allen House – Monticello – Victorian tragedy.
Old State House – Little Rock – political phantoms.
Gurdon Light – Gurdon – mysterious railroad ghost light.
California
Queen Mary – Long Beach – famous ocean-liner haunt.
Bodie Ghost Town – Mono County – preserved mining spirits.
Winchester Mystery House – San Jose – labyrinth of hauntings.
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel – Los Angeles – ghostly celebrities.
Preston Castle – Ione – reform school haunt.
Colorado
Stanley Hotel – Estes Park – inspiration for The Shining.
Central City Cemetery – Central City – mountain-town phantoms.
Molly Brown House – Denver – Victorian haunt.
Gold Camp Road Tunnels – Colorado Springs – eerie voices.
Hotel Colorado – Glenwood Springs – historic haunt.
Connecticut
Dudleytown – Cornwall – cursed “village of the damned.”
Union Cemetery – Easton – “White Lady.”
Seaside Sanatorium – Waterford – abandoned hospital.
Captain Grant’s Inn – Preston – haunted 18th-century inn.
Remington Arms Factory – Bridgeport – urban exploration haunt.
Delaware
Fort Delaware – Pea Patch Island – POW ghosts.
New Castle Court House – New Castle – colonial spirits.
Addy Sea Inn – Bethany Beach – oceanfront haunt.
Rockwood Mansion – Wilmington – paranormal hotspot.
Dead President’s Pub – Wilmington – spectral patrons.
Florida
St. Augustine Lighthouse – St. Augustine – haunted maritime site.
Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp – Cassadaga – psychic energy hub.
Biltmore Hotel – Coral Gables – mob-era haunt.
Old Jail – St. Augustine – spirits of prisoners.
Riddle House – West Palm Beach – violent past.
Georgia
Moon River Brewing Company – Savannah – spectral patrons.
Barnsley Gardens Ruins – Adairsville – antebellum haunt.
Oakland Cemetery – Atlanta – restless souls.
Old Candler Hospital – Savannah – haunted morgue tunnel.
Windsor Hotel – Americus – Southern ghost legend.
Hawaii
Morgan’s Corner – Nuʻuanu Pali, O‘ahu – site of local ghost legend.
ʻIolani Palace – Honolulu – royal apparitions.
Volcano House Hotel – Hawaii Island – spectral visitors near Kīlauea.
Lahaina Prison Ruins – Maui – echoes of old inmates.
Waipio Valley Lookout – Big Island – ancient Hawaiian warrior spirits.
Idaho
Old Idaho Penitentiary – Boise – prison hauntings and shadow figures.
Owyhee Plaza Hotel – Boise – mischievous female spirit.
Enders Hotel – Soda Springs – long-time ghost sightings.
Silver City Ghost Town – Owyhee County – preserved mining town spirits.
University of Idaho Administration Building – Moscow – campus haunt.
Illinois
McPike Mansion – Alton – one of the Midwest’s most haunted.
Congress Plaza Hotel – Chicago – mobsters and mysterious guests.
Ridge Cemetery (Cumberland) – rural ghost sightings.
Peoria State Hospital – Bartonville – spectral patients and attendants.
Ashmore Estates – Coles County – paranormal investigations hotspot.
Indiana
Willard Library “Grey Lady” – Evansville – famous ghost photograph.
Hannah House – Indianapolis – Underground Railroad spirits.
Stepp Cemetery – Morgan-Monroe Forest – local legend of “baby’s cry.”
Culbertson Mansion – New Albany – haunted Victorian estate.
Central State Hospital – Indianapolis – abandoned asylum complex.
Iowa
Villisca Axe Murder House – Villisca – grisly unsolved haunting.
Independence Mental Health Institute – Independence – asylum ghosts.
Mason House Inn – Bentonsport – 1800s river haunt.
Edinburgh Manor – Scotch Grove – well-known paranormal site.
Old Knickerbocker Hotel – Linesville – reports of phantom guests.
Kansas
Sallie House – Atchison – famous poltergeist case.
Stull Cemetery – Stull – “gateway to Hell” urban legend.
Fort Leavenworth – Leavenworth – ghostly soldiers.
Ellis Railroad Museum – Ellis – spectral train sounds.
Hotel Josephine – Holton – haunted historic inn.
Kentucky
Waverly Hills Sanatorium – Louisville – notorious haunted hospital.
Bobby Mackey’s Music World – Wilder – “portal to Hell” legend.
Perryville Battlefield – Perryville – Civil War phantoms.
Sleepy Hollow Road – Oldham County – ghostly car chases.
Old Talbott Tavern – Bardstown – haunted colonial stop.
Louisiana
The Myrtles Plantation – St. Francisville – classic Southern ghost tale.
LaLaurie Mansion – New Orleans – infamous haunted home.
Oak Alley Plantation – Vacherie – spirits among the oaks.
Old State Capitol – Baton Rouge – spectral politicians.
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 – New Orleans – Marie Laveau’s ghost.
Maine
Fort Knox & Penobscot Narrows – Prospect – haunted fortress.
Seguin Island Lighthouse – off Phippsburg – ghostly lighthouse keeper.
Mount Hope Cemetery – Bangor – inspiration for Pet Sematary.
Captain Lord Mansion – Kennebunkport – charming haunted inn.
Wood Island Lighthouse – Biddeford Pool – tragic haunt.
Maryland
Antietam Battlefield – Sharpsburg – phantom drumbeats and smoke.
Jericho Covered Bridge – Kingsville – Civil War-era haunt.
Point Lookout Lighthouse – St. Mary’s County – restless souls of war.
Baltimore’s Admiral Fell Inn – Fells Point – sailor apparitions.
Jeremiah Denton House – Chestertown – colonial haunting.
Massachusetts
Lizzie Borden House – Fall River – site of the infamous 1892 murders.
Salem Witch House – Salem – relic of the Witch Trials.
Hoosac Tunnel – North Adams – “Bloody Tunnel” ghost workers.
Houghton Mansion – North Adams – Masonic haunt.
USS Salem – Quincy – haunted naval museum.
Michigan
Traverse City State Hospital (The Village) – Traverse City – reimagined asylum.
Eloise Psychiatric Hospital – Westland – paranormal hotspot near Detroit.
Felt Mansion – Holland – West Michigan haunt, tied to the “Melon Heads.”
Mackinac Island’s Mission Point Resort – ghostly legends and soldiers.
Paulding Light – Watersmeet – mysterious Upper Peninsula light.
Mackinac Island / Mission Point Resort (Mackinac Island) — Visitors report ghostly voices and unexplained cold spots in guest rooms.
The Whitney Restaurant (Detroit) — Built in 1894; recognized among Michigan’s most haunted places.
Fort Wayne (Detroit) — Historic fort said to contain apparitions and lingering military spirits.
The Masonic Temple (Detroit) — Over 1,000 rooms, hidden passageways; reported sightings of the original architect’s ghost.
Minnesota
Palmer House Hotel – Sauk Centre – haunted rooms and child spirits.
Wabasha Street Caves – St. Paul – mob-era phantoms.
Forepaugh’s Restaurant – St. Paul – tragic love story.
Glensheen Mansion – Duluth – eerie murders and whispers.
Grey Cloud Island Cemetery – Cottage Grove — Reports of glowing orbs, vanishing cars, and “black figures” pacing the road.
Glensheen Mansion – Duluth — Scene of the 1977 Congdon murders; witnesses hear voices and see a woman in white on the staircase.
Nopeming Sanatorium – near Duluth — Abandoned tuberculosis hospital where investigators record screams and lights flickering without power.
Mississippi
Windsor Ruins – Port Gibson – antebellum ghosts among pillars.
King’s Tavern – Natchez – one of Mississippi’s oldest haunts.
McRaven House – Vicksburg – “most haunted house in Mississippi.”
Longwood Mansion – Natchez – unfinished dream, restless spirits.
Rowan Oak – Oxford — William Faulkner’s home; caretakers hear typewriters clicking and footsteps echoing.
Merrehope Mansion – Meridian — Survived the Civil War; visitors hear a woman weeping in empty rooms.
Missouri
Pythian Castle – Springfield – war-era ghosts.
Lemp Mansion – St. Louis – tragic brewing family haunt.
Zombie Road – Wildwood – haunted forest path.
The Elms Hotel – Excelsior Springs – ghostly guests.
Jesse James Farm and Museum – Kearney – outlaw haunt.
Montana
Bannack Ghost Town – Bannack State Park – preserved Wild West haunt.
Virginia City – entire town said to be haunted.
Old Montana Prison – Deer Lodge – inmates’ lingering presence.
Kendall Ghost Town – Fergus County – rural spectral ruins.
Sacajawea Hotel – Three Forks – haunt of pioneer spirits.
Nebraska
Seven Sisters Road – Otoe County – eerie roadside legend.
Hummel Park – Omaha – mysterious disappearances and lore.
Squirrel Cage Jail – Council Bluffs border area – rotating cell haunt.
Ball Cemetery – Springfield – glowing orbs and whispers.
Alliance Theatre – Alliance – haunted small-town stage.
Nevada
Goldfield Hotel – Goldfield – infamous mining-town haunt.
Mizpah Hotel – Tonopah – “Lady in Red” apparition.
Pyramid Lake – near Reno – cursed Paiute spirits.
Old Washoe Club – Virginia City – ghost of the Comstock Lode.
Rhyolite Ghost Town – Nye County – classic desert haunt.
New Hampshire
Omni Mount Washington Hotel – Bretton Woods – “Princess Carolyn” ghost.
Pine Hill Cemetery (Blood Cemetery) – Hollis – spectral lights.
Alton Town Hall – Alton – eerie footsteps and voices.
Kimball Castle – Gilford – spirit of a reclusive heiress.
Portsmouth Music Hall – Portsmouth – haunted balcony.
New Jersey
The Pine Barrens / Batsto Village – home of the Jersey Devil.
Seabrook-Wilson House (Spy House) – Port Monmouth – colonial haunt.
Clinton Road – West Milford – phantom hitchhikers.
Emlen Physick Estate – Cape May – Victorian spirits.
Proprietary House – Perth Amboy – haunted Revolutionary site.
New Mexico
St. James Hotel – Cimarron – violent Old West haunt.
La Posada de Santa Fe – Santa Fe – Julia Staab’s ghost.
Dawson Cemetery – ghost mining town memorial.
Old Mesilla Plaza – Mesilla – haunted historical square.
Fort Union National Monument – Mora County – ghost soldiers.
New York
Rolling Hills Asylum – East Bethany – classic paranormal hotspot.
Amityville House – Long Island – world-famous haunting.
Fort William Henry – Lake George – Revolutionary soldiers.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – Sleepy Hollow – Headless Horseman lore.
Bannerman Castle – Hudson River – decaying island fortress.
North Carolina
Devil’s Tramping Ground – Chatham County – scorched supernatural circle.
Biltmore Estate – Asheville – whispers and cold spots.
Battleship North Carolina – Wilmington – wartime spirits.
Lydia’s Bridge – Jamestown – classic ghost hitchhiker.
Teach’s Hole (Ocracoke Island) – Blackbeard’s restless spirit.
North Dakota
Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park – Mandan – Custer’s ghostly cavalry.
Liberty Memorial Building – Bismarck – restless state employees.
Totten Trail Historic Inn – near Devils Lake – haunted by soldiers’ wives.
San Haven Sanatorium – Dunseith – tragic tuberculosis ghosts.
Sheyenne River Bridge – Valley City – phantom lights and whispers.
Ohio
Ohio State Reformatory – Mansfield – famously haunted prison.
Franklin Castle – Cleveland – bizarre deaths and whispers.
Moonville Tunnel – McArthur – ghostly miner with lantern.
The Ridges (Athens Asylum) – Athens – eerie abandoned wards.
Hotel Lafayette – Marietta – friendly ghost of a past maid.
Punderson State Park (Newbury) — Lodge haunted by the ghost of early settler Lemuel Punderson and weird sightings.
Old Licking County Jail (Newark) — Shadow figures, bangs and voices in the old jail building.
Hocking Hills State Park / Rose Lake (Hocking County) — Local legend says mother or man committed suicide and underwater lights / pacing figures appear.
Oklahoma
Stone Lion Inn – Guthrie – mysterious footsteps and whispers.
Fort Washita Historic Site – Durant – Lady in Blue apparition.
Parallel Forest – Lawton – ritualistic lore and shadows.
Belvidere Mansion – Claremore – haunted elegance.
Skirvin Hotel – Oklahoma City – mischievous maid “Effie.”
Oregon
Hot Lake Springs – La Grande – spirits of past patients.
Shanghai Tunnels – Portland – ghostly cries from trapped sailors.
Geiser Grand Hotel – Baker City – 1880s haunt.
Heceta Head Lighthouse – Florence – gentle “Gray Lady.”
McMenamins Edgefield – Troutdale – psychic and ghostly reports.
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Battlefield – Gettysburg – one of America’s most haunted sites.
Eastern State Penitentiary – Philadelphia – chilling inmate spirits.
Hill View Manor – New Castle – former poorhouse haunt.
Baleroy Mansion – Philadelphia – cursed chair and ghosts.
Centralia – Columbia County – underground fires and eerie emptiness.
Rhode Island
Belcourt Castle – Newport – haunted armor and statues.
Ladd School – Exeter – abandoned asylum haunt.
Breakers Mansion – Newport – ghostly footsteps of servants.
Cumberland Library (Monastery) – Cumberland – spectral monks.
Mercy Brown Grave – Exeter – “New England vampire” legend.
South Carolina
Abbeville Opera House – Abbeville – spirit of a fallen actress.
Battery Carriage House Inn – Charleston – friendly and headless ghosts.
Old Charleston Jail – Charleston – pirates and prisoners.
Poinsett Bridge – Greenville County – mysterious glowing figure.
Alice Flagg’s Grave – Murrells Inlet – tragic love legend.
South Dakota
Bullock Hotel – Deadwood – Seth Bullock’s enduring spirit.
Fort Sisseton Historic State Park – Lake City – phantom soldiers.
Mount Moriah Cemetery – Deadwood – Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane sightings.
Easton Castle – Aberdeen – eerie aristocratic haunt.
Spook Road – Brandon – ghostly hitchhikers and vanishing lights.
Tennessee
Bell Witch Cave – Adams – America’s most famous haunting.
The Orpheum Theatre – Memphis – ghostly girl “Mary.”
Carnton Plantation – Franklin – Civil War spirits.
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary – Petros – inmate hauntings.
Shiloh National Battlefield – Shiloh – phantom battle cries.
Texas
Yorktown Memorial Hospital – Yorktown – dark hospital haunt.
The Driskill Hotel – Austin – ghostly bride and political spirits.
Hotel Galvez – Galveston – “Lovelorn Lady.”
The Alamo – San Antonio – restless defenders.
Presidio La Bahía – Goliad – spirits of Texian soldiers.
Utah
Grafton Ghost Town – near Zion – silent pioneer town.
McCune Mansion – Salt Lake City – elegant urban haunt.
Rio Grande Depot – Salt Lake City – “Purple Lady” apparition.
Ben Lomond Hotel – Ogden – haunted Prohibition landmark.
Mercur Ghost Town – Tooele County – mining-era echoes.
Vermont
Emily’s Bridge (Gold Brook Bridge) – Stowe – tragic love ghost.
Norwich Inn – Norwich – Prohibition-era haunt.
University of Vermont’s Converse Hall – Burlington – student apparitions.
Southern Vermont College (Everett Mansion) – Bennington – eerie hallways.
Brattleboro Retreat Tower – Brattleboro – rumored patient hauntings.
Virginia
Bacon’s Castle – Surry – oldest brick house haunt in America.
Civil War Hospital Ruins – Fredericksburg – battle-weary spirits.
Colonial Williamsburg – Williamsburg – haunted historic reenactments.
St. Albans Sanatorium – Radford – notorious paranormal hotspot.
The Cavalier Hotel – Virginia Beach – elegant seaside ghosts.
Washington
Northern State Hospital – Sedro-Woolley – psychiatric ruins.
Hotel Andra (formerly Claremont) – Seattle – friendly ghostly maid.
Oxford Saloon – Snohomish – haunted lawman spirit.
Thornewood Castle – Lakewood – portal of energy legends.
Manresa Castle – Port Townsend – two tragic ghosts.
West Virginia
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum – Weston – massive haunted asylum.
Lake Shawnee Amusement Park – Princeton – cursed grounds.
Harper’s Ferry – Harper’s Ferry – Civil War hauntings.
Moundsville Penitentiary – Moundsville – chilling prison site.
Greenbrier Ghost Site – Lewisburg – ghostly murder testimony.
Wisconsin
Summerwind Mansion – Land O’ Lakes – remote Northwoods ruin.
Shaker’s Cigar Bar – Milwaukee – brothel-era ghosts.
The Pfister Hotel – Milwaukee – baseball players’ haunted stories.
Boy Scout Lane – Stevens Point – mysterious disappearances.
Dartford Cemetery – Green Lake – restless Civil War dead.
Wyoming
Fort Laramie – Fort Laramie – soldiers’ and settlers’ ghosts.
Occidental Hotel – Buffalo – frontier haunt.
Miner’s Delight Ghost Town – Atlantic City area – 19th-century echoes.
Heart Mountain Relocation Center – Cody – spirits of internees.
Union Pacific Depot – Cheyenne – spectral stationmaster.
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District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
The Octagon House – eerie architecture and whispers of tragedy.
Hay–Adams Hotel – ghostly guest named “Clover.”
Lafayette Square – site of duels and restless spirits.
U.S. Capitol Building – multiple spectral sightings over centuries.
National Theatre – “The Whistler” phantom performer.
Puerto Rico
El Convento Hotel – Old San Juan – former convent haunt.
Castillo San Cristóbal – San Juan – Spanish soldier apparitions.
Paseo de la Princesa – Old San Juan – ghostly colonial lovers.
Hacienda Buena Vista – Ponce – haunted sugar mill.
Isabela Tunnel – Isabela – phantom train sounds.
Guam
Two Lovers Point (Puntan Dos Amantes) – Tumon Bay – tragic legend.
Apra Harbor Ruins – World War II spirits.
Chalan Pago Cemetery – local Taotaomona hauntings.
Old San Vitores Road – spectral hitchhiker folklore.
Gef Pa’go Cultural Village – ancestral energy presence.
U.S. Virgin Islands
Blackbeard’s Castle – St. Thomas – pirate ghost sightings.
Fort Christian – St. Thomas – colonial prison haunt.
Whim Plantation Museum – St. Croix – slave-era spirits.
Bluebeard’s Castle Hotel – St. Thomas – maritime phantoms.
Cinnamon Bay Ruins – St. John – spectral settlers.
American Samoa
Mount Alava Trail – shadowy figures on foggy nights.
Blunts Point Guns – WWII hauntings of soldiers.
Pago Pago Harbor – legends of siren spirits.
Aoa Village Church – whispers of the unseen.
Fagatele Bay – ghost lights over the cliffs.