Forests, mountains, lakes, swamps and caves wrapped in legend.
Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.
Swamp folklore area in Louisiana; research record.
Chatham County barren circle where, per legend, the Devil paces.
River in Arkansas; research record.
State park in West Fork; research record.
Multi-county forest with church and creature traditions.
Kīlauea crater identified as Pele’s home in moʻolelo.
Cave associated with documented cultural history.
Cave in Adams; research record.
The lake the 1811–12 earthquakes made—cypress forest drowned overnight.
The heart of the Bridgewater Triangle—ghost lights, pterodactyls and cult legends.
Wetland area associated with Lizard Man reports.
Former mining corridor with White Lady traditions.
Archaeological cave associated with a Paiute giant tradition.
Park associated with published local folklore.
Hydroelectric reservoir associated with a Christmas apparition story.
River valley park area with child-apparition folklore.
The 6,285-foot bald where Cherokee legend says a battle turned the rocks red.
Shawnee’s sandstone fins and the legends of the "Garden."
Tahoe’s own lake monster—Washoe tradition meets 1970s sightings.
Kauaʻi peak associated with a guardian giant.
Oʻahu crater connected to Pele’s journey.
Maui mountain associated with Māui snaring the sun.
Rota endpoint of a giant child’s leap in CHamoru folklore.
Taʻu coastal waters with yellow-hue traditions.
Western Oʻahu point associated with the departure of ancestral souls.
Storied Lānaʻi rock landscape associated with Kawelo.
Western Kauaʻi landscape associated with souls’ departure.
Kauaʻi coastal valley associated with a named night-marcher account.
Chrome Hill Road rock associated with Halloween folklore.
1.1 million acres of cedar swamp—the Jersey Devil’s hunting ground since 1735.
The world’s longest known cave—420+ mapped miles and Floyd Collins’s tomb.
The CCC-built cave with the Comanche council legend.
The "Great Onyx Cave"—where DeSoto legend and Civil War saltpeter meet.
The cave that breathes—barometric winds at the natural entrance.
The Ozark cave where a Native American wedding legend lives.
The cave where Lee’s army mined saltpeter—one of America’s longest.
The Guam point where the legendary child made his leap.
Cliff central to a CHamoru story of forbidden love.
Mameyal coastal formation associated with Cofresí treasure tales.
Rock central to CHamoru creation narratives.
The 145-foot underground waterfall inside Lookout Mountain.
Coastal recreation area featured in a published paranormal investigation.
Moving stones with observed natural mechanisms.
5,000-acre forest inside the Bridgewater Triangle with cult-crime history.
Civil War POW camp and lighthouse peninsula called America’s most haunted park.
Black Rock coastal site with afterlife traditions and apparition reports.