Institutions

Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Louisville, Kentucky

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

6 claims · 3 legends→

Old Idaho Penitentiary

Boise, Idaho

Historic prison associated with reported whispers.

5 claims · 4 legends→

Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary

Petros, Tennessee

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

5 claims · 1 legend→

Government Residence

Washington, Washington, D.C.

White House

Presidential residence with a firsthand 1946 unexplained-noise account.

5 claims · 3 legends→

Moundsville, West Virginia

West Virginia Penitentiary

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 2 legends→

Castillo San Cristóbal

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Fort built to defend land approaches.

3 claims · 3 legends→

Industrial Site

Sloss Furnaces

Birmingham, Alabama

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Weston, West Virginia

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Morgan

Gulf Shores, Alabama

Fort in Alabama; research record.

Constantine Theater

Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Theater in Pawhuska; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→

Prison Museum

Old Montana Prison

Deer Lodge, Montana

Prison museum associated with paranormal tours.

Wendy Williamson Auditorium

Anchorage, Alaska

University auditorium whose official page records several ghost traditions.

3 claims · 3 legends→

Missouri State Penitentiary

Jefferson City, Missouri

Prison associated with documented cultural history.

Charleston, South Carolina

Old Charleston Jail

SCETV recounts visitors reporting supernatural encounters.

Museum

Pago Pago, American Samoa

Jean P. Haydon Museum

Territorial museum in a 1917 naval building—its small ghost file is local staple.

Hospital

Napa State Hospital

Napa, California

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

Fort Bowie

Bowie, Arizona

The Apache Pass fort—ruins at the center of the Apache Wars.

Tampa Theatre

Tampa, Florida

An indexed operator excerpt describes alleged spirits of employees and patrons.

House Museum

Winchester Mystery House

San Jose, California

Unusual mansion with an extensive modern ghost tradition.

Historic House Museum

Washington, Washington, D.C.

The Octagon House

1801 mansion where the Treaty of Ghent was signed—haunted by a Tripp daughter.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fort Mifflin

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

Egyptian Theatre

Boise, Idaho

Theatre with projectionist ghost folklore.

Former Prison

Old Joliet Prison

Joliet, Illinois

1858 fortress prison—Jake and Elwood Blues walked out its gate.

Eloise Asylum

Westland, Michigan

1839 poorhouse-grown psychiatric city, now a haunted attraction.

Historic House Museum

Casa Blanca

San Juan, Puerto Rico

1521 house built for Ponce de León’s family—he never lived in it.

Camarillo State Hospital site

Camarillo, California

1936 psychiatric hospital—its bell tower became a CSU campus landmark.

Museum

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

The 1858 medical museum of "disturbing specimens."

Hospital

Edinburgh Manor

Scotch Grove, Iowa

Hospital associated with documented cultural history.

Hospital

Yorktown Memorial Hospital

Yorktown, Texas

Hospital in Yorktown; research record.

Courthouse

Greenbrier County Courthouse

Lewisburg, West Virginia

The courthouse hosted Edward Shue’s murder trial. Encyclopedia recounts Mary Heaster’s reported encounters with her deceased daughter.

Historic Commercial Building

Washoe Club

Virginia City, Nevada

1876 millionaires’ club turned paranormal landmark.

Library

Willard Library

Evansville, Indiana

Library associated with documented cultural history.

Low

Allegan Lodge

Allegan, Michigan

Former hospital associated with documented cultural history.

Fort Pike

New Orleans, Louisiana

Fort in New Orleans; research record.

Fort Macomb

New Orleans, Louisiana

Fort in New Orleans; research record.

Historic House Museum

Mark Twain House

Hartford, Connecticut

Clemens’s gothic family home—docents say he never entirely left.

Auditorium

Ryman Auditorium

Nashville, Tennessee

"Mother Church of Country Music"—where Opry ghosts reportedly still perform.

Linda Vista Community Hospital

Los Angeles, California

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

3 claims→

Castillo San Felipe del Morro

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Spanish fort guarding San Juan Bay.

Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands

Old Christiansted Hospital

Former hillside hospital in Crucian ghost storytelling.

House Museum

Queen Emma Summer Palace

Honolulu, Hawaii

Preserved royal retreat with early newspaper ghost-story leads.

South Pittsburg, Tennessee

Old South Pittsburg Hospital

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

3 claims→

Orpheum Theatre

Memphis, Tennessee

Theater in Memphis; research record.

Museum

South Carolina State Museum

Columbia, South Carolina

Museum associated with published local folklore.

Prison Museum

Wyoming Frontier Prison

Rawlins, Wyoming

Former penitentiary interpreting incarceration and executions.

Former Prison

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary

World’s first true penitentiary, designed for solitary penitence; now a museum and haunted attraction.

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Ford’s Theatre

Site of the Lincoln assassination, April 14, 1865.

Former Prison

San Francisco, California

Alcatraz Island

The Rock—federal penitentiary 1934–63, island prison since the 1850s.