Documented places and attributed folklore
Historical haunted places
Research-led guides to real American places associated with ghost lore. Each page identifies what is documented, what is reported, and what remains legend.
329 historic places
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Historic place
Skagway, AK
The cemetery contains graves connected to Skagway's gold-rush years, including Jefferson Smith and Frank Reid, alongside many people whose lives are less prominent in tourism. Markers, plot research, landscape change, and preservation document a community shaped by disease, accident, violence, and migration.
Legend
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St. Augustine, FL
The González-Alvarez House records Spanish, British, and American periods through changing rooms, materials, ownership, and preservation.
Legend
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Sacramento, CA
Built in 1877 and purchased by California in 1903, the Victorian mansion housed thirteen governors and their families until 1967. Furnishings and rooms preserve layers of executive, household, and social history.
Legend
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Williamsburg, VA
The Governor's Palace served Virginia's royal and early elected governors; the original complex burned in 1781 and the present building is a research-based twentieth-century reconstruction.
Legend
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Boston, MA
Founded in 1660, the Granary Burying Ground contains markers for prominent Revolutionary-era figures and thousands of other Bostonians.
Legend
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Galveston, TX
The Hotel Galvez opened in 1911 as Galveston rebuilt its tourist economy after the 1900 storm and major protective engineering projects.
Legend
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Dubuque, IA
Opened in 1890, the Grand Opera House became a major Dubuque performance venue, later serving cinema and community theater before restoration sustained its public cultural role.
Reported
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Cleveland, OH
Dedicated in 1893, Grays Armory reflects the history of an independent militia company, civic ceremonies, military service, architecture, and Cleveland public life.
Legend
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New York, NY
Founded in 1838, Green-Wood became a major rural cemetery and landscape destination with architecture, sculpture, archives, and extraordinary biodiversity.
Legend
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New Haven, CT
Incorporated in 1797 after New Haven's earlier burial ground became crowded, Grove Street Cemetery introduced family lots, named avenues, and a later Egyptian Revival gateway within a nationally significant burial landscape.
Legend
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Guthrie, OK
The monumental Scottish Rite complex reflects the growth of fraternal organizations, ceremonial performance, craftsmanship, philanthropy, and Guthrie's effort to sustain civic importance after losing capital status.
Reported
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Savannah, GA
An 1873 mansion on Lafayette Square whose architecture, early electric lights, literary fame, and reported hauntings span more than a century of Savannah life.
Reported