Trail · 94 records

Islands & drowned towns

Water keeps its own records. Lighthouses with keeper logs, shipwrecks with manifest, islands and whole settlements now under reservoir water — these dossiers track what the archives say happened before the legend took over.

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RMS Queen Mary

Long Beach, California

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

5 claims · 3 legends→

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St. Augustine Lighthouse

St. Augustine, Florida

The museum presents lighthouse ghost stories and investigation experiences.

4 claims · 3 legends→

Seguin Island Light Station

Georgetown, Maine

Active offshore lighthouse with keeper folklore and firsthand caretaker reports.

4 claims · 2 legends→

Puʻupehe

Lanai City, Hawaii

Lānaʻi islet with variant interpretations of its stone platform.

3 claims · 3 legends→

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Fairport Harbor Lighthouse

Fairport Harbor, Ohio

Lighthouse associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 2 legends→

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USS Lexington Museum (CV-16)

Corpus Christi, Texas

Museum ship in Corpus Christi; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→

USS Texas

La Porte, Texas

The 1914 battleship—the only dreadnought surviving both world wars.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Star of India

San Diego, California

1863 windjammer with a sailor’s ghost in the rigging.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Edmund Fitzgerald wreck site

Whitefish Point, Michigan

The November 10, 1975 loss—Lake Superior’s most famous wreck.

3 claims · 1 legend→

USS North Carolina

Wilmington, North Carolina

Fast battleship museum with a mess-hall ghost called "Charlie."

2 claims · 2 legends→

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Buxton, North Carolina

Lighthouse associated with published local folklore.

2 claims · 2 legends→

USS Harvest Moon wreck

Georgetown, South Carolina

Wreck with stowaway folklore.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Tillamook Rock Lighthouse

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Offshore lighthouse associated with maritime ghost folklore.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Point Lookout Lighthouse

Lexington Park, Maryland

Lighthouse associated with documented regional history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

USS Yorktown at Patriots Point

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Ship associated with published local folklore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Lighthouse Keeper House

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Heceta Head Lighthouse Keeper’s House

Florence, Oregon

Lighthouse lodging associated with Rue folklore.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Protestant Cay

Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands

The cay that held Christiansted’s Protestant dead—and a prison.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Hams Bluff Lighthouse

Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands

1915 iron tower on the island’s north bluff—keeper’s ghost lore.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Cape Henry Lighthouse

Virginia Beach, Virginia

The 1792 first federal lighthouse—where the Chesapeake meets the sea.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Split Rock Lighthouse

Two Harbors, Minnesota

The 1910 clifftop light—the most photographed on the Lakes.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Fremont Island

The Great Salt Lake island where a grave-robber was exiled.

2 claims · 2 legends→

USS Massachusetts

Fall River, Massachusetts

Battleship museum at Battleship Cove with overnight "Nautical Nights" lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Pensacola Lighthouse

Pensacola, Florida

The 1859 Gulf light with a keeper’s bloodstains legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Tybee Island Lighthouse

Savannah, Georgia

The 1867 tower on a 1736 light site—Keeper Jackson’s daughter lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

St. Simons Island Lighthouse

St. Simons Island, Georgia

The 1872 tower where a keeper was shot—and still climbs the stairs.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse

Jupiter, Florida

The 1860 inlet light—Civil War darkening and a keeper’s ghost.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Barnegat Lighthouse

Barnegat Light, New Jersey

"Old Barney"—the 1859 tower that failed to stop the wrecks.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Execution Rocks Lighthouse

New Rochelle, New York

The reef named for chained executions—British lore and a keeper’s curse.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Owls Head Lighthouse

Owls Head, Maine

The 1825 knoll light with the frozen lovers legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Boon Island Lighthouse

The bare ledge where a keeper’s wife reportedly went mad.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Whitefish Point Lighthouse

Paradise, Michigan

The "Graveyard of the Great Lakes" light—and the Edmund Fitzgerald.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Big Bay Point Lighthouse

Big Bay, Michigan

The Lake Superior light where a keeper’s son was murdered in 1951.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Point Iroquois Lighthouse

Brimley, Michigan

The 1871 tower at the mouth of the St. Marys—the site’s 1662 battle.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Presque Isle Lighthouse

Presque Isle, Michigan

The 1840 tower where the keeper’s wife still lights the lamp.

2 claims · 1 legend→

General Slocum disaster site

New York, New York

The 1904 fire that killed 1,021—the city’s deadliest day before 9/11.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Sand Island Light

Bayfield, Wisconsin

The 1881 Gothic light—where the keeper reportedly stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cape Lookout

Harkers Island, North Carolina

The 1859 diamond light—where the keepers stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Baldy

Bald Head Island, North Carolina

The oldest lighthouse in North Carolina—1817, still standing.

2 claims · 1 legend→

New London Ledge Lighthouse

New London, Connecticut

Lighthouse research record.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Wood Island Lighthouse

Biddeford, Maine

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

USS Salem

Quincy, Massachusetts

Heavy cruiser museum ship with an active paranormal-events program.

Egmont Key

St. Petersburg, Florida

The US Army detained Seminole people here before forced removal in 1858.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Sherwood Point Lighthouse

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Lighthouse associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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LaFramboise Island Nature Area

Pierre, South Dakota

Lewis and Clark recorded this Missouri River island in 1804; altered flows later changed its woodland habitat.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Sheffield Island Lighthouse

Norwalk, Connecticut

Lighthouse research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Delta King

Sacramento, California

Riverboat hotel with former-captain folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Battery Point Lighthouse

Crescent City, California

1856 tidal-island lighthouse—keeper lore and phantom footsteps.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Point Sur Lighthouse

Big Sur, California

1889 light on a volcanic rock—keeper-isolation lore and the USS Macon wreck.

1 claim · 1 legend→