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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Jefferson City, MO
A decommissioned Jefferson City prison complex interpreting 168 years of incarceration through guide-led history, former-inmate, and paranormal tours.
Reported
Historic place
Portsmouth, NH
Built in the eighteenth century for merchant John Moffatt, the Georgian mansion and garden preserve family possessions and evidence of maritime trade, revolutionary politics, elite domestic life, enslaved people, servants, and later preservation.
Legend
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Denver, CO
The 1880s stone house became home to Margaret and James Brown and now interprets Margaret Brown's activism, philanthropy, travel, labor interests, and Titanic survival.
Legend
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Galveston, TX
The 1895 mansion survived the 1900 hurricane and became home to the prominent Moody family, whose businesses and philanthropy shaped modern Galveston.
Legend
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Savannah, GA
An 1821 Bay Street building that began as Savannah's City Hotel, later housed a brewery, and remains one of the city's most discussed haunted addresses.
Reported
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Skagway, AK
Captain William Moore and his son Ben established a homestead in the Skagway valley before the Klondike stampede. The surviving cabin and later frame house document land claims, rapid urban growth, an interracial family, and the consequences of the gold rush for an existing Tlingit cultural landscape.
Legend
Historic place
Seattle, WA
Opened in 1907, the Moore is Seattle's oldest operating theater and reflects touring performance, segregation, changing entertainment, preservation, and renovation.
Legend
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New York, NY
Built in 1765, Morris-Jumel Mansion served as a country residence, military headquarters, and later home in a changing Upper Manhattan neighborhood.
Legend
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Deadwood, SD
Established in 1878 on a plateau above Deadwood, Mount Moriah holds graves associated with many communities, including prominent frontier figures, Jewish residents, Chinese residents, and people buried in potter's fields.
Legend
Historic place
Cheyenne, WY
Built in the late 1880s and associated with Erasmus Nagle and the family of Francis E. Warren, the mansion reflects cattle wealth, political networks, social life, YWCA use, restoration, and adaptation as lodging.
Venue marketing
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Natchez, MS
Established in 1822, Natchez City Cemetery includes older relocated graves, ornate monuments, family plots, and records central to the region's history.
Legend
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New Castle, DE
Built in 1732 over an earlier courthouse site, the New Castle Court House served Delaware's colonial assembly, courts, early state government, and later public functions. Interpretation connects Native history, colonial rule, independence, slavery, freedom-seeking, prisoners, judges, and changing law.
Legend