Legends &amp; Folklore

St. Francisville, Louisiana

The Myrtles Plantation

Historic plantation in St. Francisville; research record.

5 claims · 4 legends→

Mountain

Morganton, North Carolina

Brown Mountain

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

5 claims · 2 legends→

Ship

RMS Queen Mary

Long Beach, California

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

Chestnut Hill Cemetery

Exeter, Rhode Island

Cemetery associated with the documented1892vampire panic surrounding Mercy Brown.

Folklore Area

Flatwoods Wild Man report area

Flatwoods, West Virginia

Town-area setting of a reported 1919 wild-man encounter.

Restaurant

The Pirates’ House

Savannah, Georgia

1753 sailors’ tavern where men vanished into the rum tunnel.

Site

Paulding Light

Watersmeet, Michigan

The mystery light in the woods—since 1966, the debate continues.

Swamp Folklore Area

Honey Island Swamp Monster Folklore Area

Pearl River, Louisiana

Swamp folklore area in Louisiana; research record.

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery

Midlothian, Illinois

Cemetery associated with documented cultural history.

4 claims · 4 legends→

Union Cemetery

Easton, Connecticut

Cemetery research record.

4 claims · 4 legends→

Lighthouse

St. Augustine Lighthouse

St. Augustine, Florida

The museum presents lighthouse ghost stories and investigation experiences.

Copper Queen Hotel

Bisbee, Arizona

Mining-town hotel with several reported apparitions.

Ghost Town

Bannack

Bannack, Montana

Preserved gold-rush town with apparition folklore.

4 claims · 2 legends→

Cemetery Monument

Black Angel Monument at Oakland Cemetery

Iowa City, Iowa

Cemetery monument associated with documented cultural history.

Natural Area

Bear Creek, North Carolina

Devil’s Tramping Ground

Chatham County barren circle where, per legend, the Devil paces.

Mizpah Hotel

Tonopah, Nevada

Historic hotel known for Lady in Red folklore.

4 claims · 2 legends→

Fort

Castillo San Cristóbal

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Fort built to defend land approaches.

Industrial Site

Sloss Furnaces

Birmingham, Alabama

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→

Railroad Corridor

Gurdon Light

Gurdon, Arkansas

Railroad corridor in Gurdon; research record.

River

White River Monster Folklore Area

Newport, Arkansas

River in Arkansas; research record.

State Park

Devil’s Den State Park

West Fork, Arkansas

State park in West Fork; research record.

Jamestown, North Carolina

Bridge

Low

Lydia's Bridge

Bridge associated with published local folklore.

Historic Settlement

Koreshan Unity Settlement

Estero, Florida

Surviving members transferred settlement land to Florida in 1961.

Forest

Pocomoke State Forest

Pocomoke City, Maryland

Multi-county forest with church and creature traditions.

Detention Center

Angel Island Immigration Station

Tiburon, California

The "Ellis Island of the West"—where Chinese immigrants were detained under exclusion.

Volcanic Crater

Halemaʻumaʻu

Volcano, Hawaii

Kīlauea crater identified as Pele’s home in moʻolelo.

Road

Saddle Road

Hilo, Hawaii

Cross-island road appearing in pork-carrying and hitchhiker stories.

Islet

Puʻupehe

Lanai City, Hawaii

Lānaʻi islet with variant interpretations of its stone platform.

Cave

Cave-in-Rock

Cave-in-Rock, Illinois

Cave associated with documented cultural history.

Lighthouse

Fairport Harbor Lighthouse

Fairport Harbor, Ohio

Lighthouse associated with documented cultural history.

Abandoned Amusement Park

Lake Shawnee Abandoned Amusement Park

Rock, West Virginia

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→

Cave

Historic Bell Witch Cave

Adams, Tennessee

Cave in Adams; research record.

Hotel Alex Johnson

Rapid City, South Dakota

Hotel associated with documented cultural history.

The Read House

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Hotel in Chattanooga; research record.

Tavern

Old Talbott Tavern

Bardstown, Kentucky

Tavern in Bardstown; research record.

Historic House Site

Rehmeyer’s Hollow

York, Pennsylvania

Site of the 1928 "hex murder" of folk healer Nelson Rehmeyer.

Battlefield

Devil’s Den

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Boulder-strewn slaughter pen at the base of Little Round Top.

Abandoned Settlement

Dudleytown

Cornwall, Connecticut

"Village of the damned" whose curse legend exceeds its documented history.

4 claims→

Historic Site

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Blennerhassett Island

Island estate of the Irish aristocrat entangled in the Burr conspiracy.

Historic Inn

Kehoe House

Savannah, Georgia

1892 ironmaster’s mansion B&B haunted by the Kehoe children.

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

Los Angeles, California

1927 film-colony hotel haunted—per lore—by Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift.

Hotel San Carlos

Phoenix, Arizona

1928 hotel haunted by Leone Jensen, who leapt from the roof in 1928.

Tunnels

Shanghai Tunnels

Portland, Oregon

Underground corridors where legend says men were shanghaied to ships.

Port Townsend, Washington

Manresa Castle

1892 Victorian "castle" hotel with a jilted-bride legend.

Historic Mansion

Thornewood Castle

Lakewood, Washington

English Tudor manor shipped brick-by-brick from England—Stephen King filmed Rose Red here.

Sculpture Garden

Coral Castle

Homestead, Florida

Ed Leedskalnin single-handedly quarried and moved 1,100 tons of oolite—how is still argued.

Historic Mansion

Villa Paula

Miami, Florida

1926 Cuban-consulate mansion with a scent-of-roses ghost.

Tolomato Cemetery

St. Augustine, Florida

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