Missouri State Penitentiary
A decommissioned Jefferson City prison complex interpreting 168 years of incarceration through guide-led history, former-inmate, and paranormal tours.
Merchant’s House Museum
An unusually intact 1832 Manhattan family home preserving original Tredwell furnishings, domestic history, and decades of reported unexplained experiences.
Villisca Axe Murder House
A restored 1868 Iowa home interpreting the unsolved 1912 murders, community history, preservation, and reported paranormal experiences.
Lizzie Borden House
A restored Fall River home, museum, and inn interpreting the unsolved 1892 Borden murders, Gilded Age society, trial history, and reported hauntings.
Whaley House Museum
An 1857 brick house layered with family, civic, theater, and ghost-tour history in Old Town San Diego.
Pennhurst Asylum
A former Pennsylvania institution campus whose disability-rights and civil-rights history requires prominent, careful treatment before its ghost lore is discussed.
Ohio State Reformatory
A preserved former Ohio prison known for monumental architecture, correctional history, reported paranormal experiences, and its role in The Shawshank Redemption.
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site
A landmark prison museum interpreting the history and continuing consequences of American incarceration.