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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New Castle, DE
The large Federal mansion built for George Read II around the turn of the nineteenth century reflects New Castle's river commerce, elite family networks, domestic service, global trade, landscape design, and successive layers of preservation.
Reported
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Mobile, AL
The Italianate house was built in 1860 for sea captain Charles Richards and his wife Caroline and has been restored and operated as a museum by local preservation partners since the 1970s.
Legend
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Flagstaff, AZ
Completed in 1904, Riordan Mansion interprets two connected Arts and Crafts homes, the Riordan family, lumber, technology, and community development.
Legend
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Asheville, NC
Founded in 1885 and operated by the City of Asheville since 1952, Riverside Cemetery is an active garden cemetery whose terraces, monuments, trees, and records reflect more than a century of regional history.
Legend
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Key West, FL
Robert the Doll is a large handmade figure created around the beginning of the twentieth century and associated with Key West artist Robert Eugene Otto. The doll entered the Key West Art & Historical Society collection in 1994 and is displayed at Fort East Martello Museum. Stories that Robert moves, changes expression, or punishes disrespectful visitors belong to museum folklore and personal testimony, not verified paranormal evidence.
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Salem, MA
A documented Georgian mansion, layered family collection, and Colonial Revival garden provide a stronger story than the property's later paranormal reputation.
Reported
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Natchez, MS
Completed in 1823 on the Natchez bluff, Rosalie later served as Union headquarters while members of the household continued living on the property.
Legend
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Nashville, TN
Opened in 1892 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle, the Ryman later became a celebrated performance hall and the Grand Ole Opry's home from 1943 to 1974.
Legend
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Sacramento, CA
Established in 1849, the cemetery preserves burial sites, monuments, gardens, and community histories connected to early statehood, epidemics, immigration, politics, and the uneven ways Sacramento has commemorated its dead.
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Atchison, KS
The modest house became nationally known through late twentieth-century tenant accounts, television programs, paranormal tourism, daytime tours, and overnight bookings.
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Salt Lake City, UT
The late-nineteenth-century City and County Building became a monumental home for municipal and county government. Its sandstone walls, clock tower, sculpture, courtrooms, offices, and surrounding civic square reflect political growth and public architecture.
Legend
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Salt Lake City, UT
The large municipal cemetery on the city's northeastern bench contains burials, monuments, military sections, family plots, roads, and landscapes representing generations of religious leaders, immigrants, workers, public figures, and ordinary residents.
Legend