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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Santa Fe, NM
San Miguel Chapel occupies a site associated with the early colonial community and has been repeatedly damaged, rebuilt, and restored, making it a record of worship, conflict, craft, and preservation.
Legend
Historic place
Savannah, GA
The Savannah Theatre opened in 1818 and remains an active performance venue on Chippewa Square. Fires, rebuilding, famous performers, changing entertainment styles, and more than two centuries of audiences have given the building a rich history. Stories of footsteps, voices, and shadowy figures form part of its modern haunted reputation, while the documented record reveals one of America’s enduring theatrical institutions.
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Tombstone, AZ
Built in 1881 by Albert Schieffelin and William Harwood, Schieffelin Hall served as an opera house, theater, meeting place, and later city facility. Its adobe construction and continued civic use make it a major surviving element of territorial Tombstone.
Legend
Historic place
Albany, NY
Constructed from 1761 to 1765, Schuyler Mansion was the Albany home of Philip and Catharine Schuyler, their family, guests, paid workers, and more than fifty enslaved people over the family's occupancy.
Legend
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Gettysburg, PA
The restored 1860 Shriver House explains how battle, occupation, military service, captivity, and loss changed one Gettysburg family.
Reported
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Indianapolis, IN
The business traces its building and hospitality history to the Tremont House, founded in 1850, and later uses included a German club before it became a well-known blues venue.
Legend
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Seattle, WA
Smith Tower opened on July 4, 1914, after several years of planning and construction, becoming a major early skyscraper and symbol of Seattle's commercial ambition.
Legend
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Savannah, GA
The Sorrel-Weed House is a monumental Greek Revival residence built around 1840 for Savannah merchant Francis Sorrel. Architect Charles B. Cluskey designed the house beside Madison Square. It now operates as a museum offering architectural tours, ghost tours, and paranormal programs. Its verified history includes wealth created within an economy built on slavery.
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San Antonio, TX
The Spanish Governor’s Palace preserves an eighteenth-century presidial residence and later restoration in downtown San Antonio.
Legend
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Cincinnati, OH
Chartered in 1845, Spring Grove developed as a rural cemetery and carefully designed landscape that became a National Historic Landmark.
Legend
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St. Augustine, FL
A working lighthouse and maritime museum where coastal history shares the bill with after-dark storytelling.
Venue marketing
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St. Augustine, FL
The inn occupies a historic property in St. Augustine’s residential fabric and operates as lodging rather than as an unrestricted museum.
Legend