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233 dossiers — 6.6% of the archive — carry this filing across 46 jurisdictions, heaviest in New York (31), Massachusetts (19) and Pennsylvania (15). Access is limited by law, by ownership or by the condition of the place itself.

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Government Residence
High confidence

White House

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Presidential residence with a firsthand 1946 unexplained-noise account.

5 claims · 3 legends→
Railroad Bridge
Medium

Pope Lick Trestle

Louisville, Kentucky

Trestle of the "Goatman" legend—where the real danger is the train.

4 claims→
Cemetery
Medium

Tolomato Cemetery

St. Augustine, Florida

18th-century Minorcan cemetery—site of the 1877 death of a young boy playing in a vault.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hospital
Medium

Napa State Hospital

Napa, California

1875 asylum on the hill—still operating, still haunted per lore.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Military Site
Medium

Area 51 (Groom Lake)

Rachel, Nevada

The classified test site around which American UFO conspiracy lore orbits.

3 claims→
Historic House
Medium

Crenshaw House State Historic Site

Junction, Illinois

Historic house associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Hospital
High confidence

Yorktown Memorial Hospital

Yorktown, Texas

Hospital in Yorktown; research record.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Railroad Bridge
Medium

Avon Haunted Bridge

Avon, Indiana

Railroad bridge associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Fort
Medium

Fort Pike

New Orleans, Louisiana

Fort in New Orleans; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Fort
Medium

Fort Macomb

New Orleans, Louisiana

Fort in New Orleans; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Railroad Bridge
High confidence

Bostian Bridge

Statesville, North Carolina

Rail disaster site with a twentieth-century phantom-train narrative.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Former Hospital
Medium

Linda Vista Community Hospital

Los Angeles, California

1905 railroad hospital abandoned in 1991, reborn as a horror-film set.

3 claims→
Beach
Medium

Polihale Beach

Waimea, Hawaii

Western Kauaʻi landscape associated with souls’ departure.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cave
Medium

Anna Bixby's Cave

Cave-in-Rock, Illinois

Cave associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Former Hospital
Medium

Old South Pittsburg Hospital

South Pittsburg, Tennessee

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

3 claims→
Former Hospital
Medium

DeJarnette Sanitarium

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton landmark with a published haunting reputation.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Former Train Station
Medium

Buffalo Central Terminal

Buffalo, New York

Art Deco rail terminal abandoned since 1979, wrapped in station-ghost lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Former Hotel
Medium

Goldfield Hotel

Goldfield, Nevada

1908 luxury hotel abandoned since WWII—legend of Room 109’s Elizabeth.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mine Town
Medium

Nelson / Eldorado Canyon (Techatticup Mine)

Nelson, Nevada

The canyon of violence—Techatticup Mine and the West’s most lawless boom.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

Morris Plains, New Jersey

The 1876 Kirkbride where Woody Guthrie was a patient—demolished 2015.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

St. Elizabeths Hospital

Washington, Washington, D.C.

The federal asylum where Ezra Pound was held—and where the East Campus still stands.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

Central State Hospital (Milledgeville)

Milledgeville, Georgia

At its peak, the largest psychiatric hospital in the world—~12,000 patients.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Amusement Park
Medium

Lake Shawnee Amusement Park

Princeton, West Virginia

The park built on a burial ground—where children died on the rides.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Amusement Park
Medium

Magic Landing

El Paso, Texas

The 1984 park where a worker died on opening weekend—closed 1988.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Lighthouse
Medium

Wood Island Lighthouse

Biddeford, Maine

Light station with a documented 1896 tragedy and named witness and investigator accounts.

2 claims→
Former Institution
Medium

Pennhurst State School and Hospital

Spring City, Pennsylvania

Institution for the disabled whose 1968 exposé helped end warehousing; now a haunted attraction.

2 claims→
Former Hospital
Medium

Danvers State Hospital

Danvers, Massachusetts

Kirkbride asylum whose ruins starred in Session 9 before demolition.

2 claims→
Former Hospital
Medium

Norwich State Hospital

Preston, Connecticut

Riverside asylum campus that became an urban-exploration legend before demolition.

2 claims→
Mansion
Medium

Knox Mansion

Johnstown, New York

Charles Knox’s residence, associated with guest reports and explicitly unconfirmed burial rumors.

2 claims→
Historic Site
Medium

Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Dover, Tennessee

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center

Waltham, Massachusetts

The "School for the Feeble-Minded"—eugenics-era institution with a brutal documented record.

2 claims→
Hospital
Medium

DeWitt State Hospital

Auburn, California

The WWII-era hospital where hundreds of patients were sterilized—and where the truth was hidden.

2 claims→
Amusement Park
Medium

Six Flags New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

The park Katrina killed—abandoned since August 2005.

2 claims→
Caves
Medium

Fena Caves

Agat, Guam

Caves associated with wartime civilian killings in the Fena area.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Bridge
Low

Boy Scout Bridge

Claremont, Illinois

Bridge associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims→
Ghost Town
Medium

Indian Key Historic State Park

Islamorada, Florida

Island ruins preserve an early nineteenth-century salvage settlement.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Lighthouse
Medium

Sherwood Point Lighthouse

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Lighthouse associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Abandoned Village
Medium

Bara-Hack

Pomfret, Connecticut

Abandoned village research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Mine Fire And Former Town
Medium

Centralia Mine-Fire Area

Centralia, Pennsylvania

Long-running underground mine fire associated with the near-desertion of Centralia.

1 claim→
Historic Bank
Medium

Old State Bank

Decatur, Alabama

Historic bank in Decatur; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Mansion
Medium

Mount Airy Mansion

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Calvert-family estate with restoration history and ghost traditions.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Museum
Medium

Cannonball House

Lewes, Delaware

Maritime museum associated with an unnamed-woman ghost story.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic School
Medium

William Bancroft School at Eighth and Lombard

Wilmington, Delaware

Historic school building associated with a bathroom ghost story.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

Huguenot Cemetery

St. Augustine, Florida

1821 yellow-fever cemetery at the city gate.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Ruby

Ruby, Arizona

Arizona’s best-preserved mining ghost town—and its double murder.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane

Ovid, New York

The Finger Lakes asylum whose 400 suitcase exhibit made institutional life famous.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

Taunton State Hospital

Taunton, Massachusetts

The Kirkbride where Jane Toppan worked—and where the dome burned.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hospital
Medium

Northampton State Hospital

Northampton, Massachusetts

The 1858 Kirkbride that housed Sylvia Plath—and a demolished town of wards.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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