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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Newport, RI
The building began as a residence in 1652 and became a tavern in 1673, serving travelers and civic gatherings through changing periods of Newport history.
Legend
Historic place
Annapolis, MD
Built in the 1760s for William and Mary Paca, the five-part Georgian mansion and reconstructed garden interpret elite Revolutionary-era life alongside the labor of enslaved people including Affey, Poll, Sarah, Bett, Sall, and Denby.
Venue marketing
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San Jose, CA
A famously unconventional San Jose mansion where architecture, biography, and afterlife legend overlap.
Legend
Historic place
Memphis, TN
Built in 1871 for carriage maker Amos Woodruff, the French Victorian house later belonged to the Fontaine family, became part of an art school, and opened as a museum after restoration.
Legend
Historic place
Butte, MT
Founded in 1963 on the Orphan Girl Mine site, the museum preserves a headframe, underground tour, machinery, reconstructed streetscape, archives, and objects documenting industrial mining and community life.
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