Haunted and eerie places

Real places with a reputation. The buildings are genuine; the ghosts are folklore.

• Alcatraz Island California
• Aokigahara Japan
• Ashley’s of Rockledge Florida
• Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery Illinois
• Bannack ghost town Montana
• Bannerman Castle New York
• Bhangarh Fort India
• Bodie ghost town California
• Bonaventure Cemetery Georgia
• Bran Castle Romania
• Brookdale Lodge California
• Buzludzha Bulgaria
• Cary House Hotel California
• Castillo de San Marcos Florida
• Cecil Hotel California
• Centralia, the town on fire Pennsylvania
• Char-Man country, Creek Road California
• Château Frontenac Quebec
• Colorado Street Bridge California
• Congressional Cemetery Washington DC
• Culloden Moor United Kingdom
• Darul Aman Palace Afghanistan
• Dragsholm Castle Denmark
• Eastern State Penitentiary Pennsylvania
• Eloise Asylum Michigan
• Emily’s Bridge Vermont
• Ferry Plantation House Virginia
• Fort Delaware Delaware
• Fort Fisher North Carolina
• Fort Henry Ontario
• Fort Knox, Maine Maine
• Fort Mackinac and the island Michigan
• Fort McHenry Maryland
• Fort Mifflin New Jersey
• Fort Ontario New York
• Frankenstein Castle Germany
• Garnet ghost town Montana
• Glamis Castle United Kingdom
• Glensheen Mansion Minnesota
• Goldfield Hotel Nevada
• Goli Otok Croatia
• Grafton ghost town Utah
• Griffith Park California
• Groveland Hotel California
• Hotel del Coronado California
• Isla de las Munecas of Europe: Poveglia’s rival, Hashima Japan
• Jerome, the wickedest town Arizona
• Jonestown Guyana
• Khatyn Belarus
• King’s Tavern Mississippi
• Kolmanskop Namibia
• La Isla de las Muñecas Mexico
• La Paz and the Witches’ Market Bolivia
• La Recoleta & the Andean dead Argentina
• Lake Elsinore old town California
• Las Momias de Guanajuato Mexico
• Laurel Hill Cemetery Pennsylvania
• Lawang Sewu Indonesia
• Leap Castle Ireland
• Lemp Mansion Missouri
• Letchworth Village New Jersey
• Lifta Israel
• McRaven House Mississippi
• Mercy Brown’s grave, Chestnut Hill Rhode Island
• Mission San Miguel Arcangel California
• Mizpah Hotel Nevada
• Moss Beach Distillery California
• Mount Moriah Cemetery Pennsylvania
• Mugu Rock California
• Ohio State Reformatory Ohio
• Olavinlinna castle Finland
• Old Fort Niagara New York
• Panam Nagar Bangladesh
• Patarei Prison Estonia
• Pennhurst State School Pennsylvania
• Pioneer Saloon, Goodsprings Nevada
• Poenari Castle Romania
• Point Lookout Maryland
• Port Arthur Australia
• Poveglia Italy
• Preston Castle California
• Pripyat and the Chernobyl zone Ukraine
• RMS Queen Mary California
• Richmond, the church that outlived the town Oregon
• Robert the Doll Florida
• Rolling Hills Asylum New York
• San Miguel Island California
• Seul Choix Point Lighthouse Michigan
• Shafter silver ghost town Texas
• Shaniko, the wool capital that emptied out Oregon
• Silver City, the standing ghost Oregon
• Sloss Furnaces Alabama
• St. Elmo ghost town Colorado
• St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 Louisiana
• Story Inn, the Blue Lady room Indiana
• Stull Cemetery Kansas
• Summerwind Mansion Wisconsin
• Suomenlinna sea fortress Finland
• Tahawus, the deserted village New York
• The Bell Witch Cave Tennessee
• The Biltmore Hotel Florida
• The Bullock Hotel South Dakota
• The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo Italy
• The Catacombs of Paris France
• The City of the Dead, Cairo Egypt
• The Crescent Hotel Arkansas
• The Edinburgh Vaults United Kingdom
• The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse Ontario
• The Grove Park Inn North Carolina
• The Halifax Citadel Nova Scotia
• The Hay-Adams and Lafayette Square Washington DC
• The Hill of Crosses Lithuania
• The Houghton Mansion Massachusetts
• The Keg Mansion Ontario
• The KiMo Theatre New Mexico
• The LaLaurie Mansion Louisiana
• The Lizzie Borden House Massachusetts
• The Marfa lights Texas
• The Min Min light Australia
• The Mount Washington Hotel New Hampshire
• The Myrtles Plantation Louisiana
• The Octagon House Washington DC
• The Old City Jail, Charleston South Carolina
• The Old Idaho Penitentiary Idaho
• The Old Jail, St. Augustine Florida
• The Old St. Francis School Oregon
• The Ottawa Jail Hostel Ontario
• The Palmer House Hotel Minnesota
• The Pfister Hotel Wisconsin
• The Powel House Pennsylvania
• The Provost Dungeon South Carolina
• The Reid School, now the Des Chutes Historical Museum Oregon
• The Shanghai tunnels Oregon
• The Shanley Hotel New York
• The Skirvin, room 1015 Oklahoma
• The St. Augustine Lighthouse Florida
• The St. James Hotel New Mexico
• The Stanley Hotel Colorado
• The Tower of London United Kingdom
• The Towers of Silence, Yazd Iran
• The Wabasha Street Caves Minnesota
• Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum West Virginia
• Tsodilo Hills Botswana
• Tuol Sleng Cambodia
• USS Constellation Maryland
• USS Hornet California
• Union Cemetery and the White Lady Connecticut
• Villisca Axe Murder House Iowa
• Virginia City Nevada
• Vulture City and the hanging tree Arizona
• Washington Square Pennsylvania
• Waverly Hills Sanatorium Kentucky
• Wellington, the avalanche town Washington
• Westminster Hall catacombs Maryland
• Whaley House California
• Winchester Mystery House California
• Woodburn, the Governor’s House Delaware
• Yerba Buena Island and the Bay Bridge California