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Open to visit in Alabama

24 dossiers in Alabama carry the open to the public filing — the legend is on record and the door, per the last source, is open. Access is a filing, not a guarantee: hours, tickets and seasonality live with the venue. Everything else in the archive stays documented but admired from the legal distance.

24 open dossiers6 counties coveredSloss Furnaces — deepest file
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Industrial Site
High confidence

Sloss Furnaces

Birmingham, Alabama

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→
Fort
High confidence

Fort Morgan

Gulf Shores, Alabama

Fort in Alabama; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Ghost Town
High confidence

Old Cahawba

Orrville, Alabama

Ghost town in Alabama; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cave
Medium

DeSoto Caverns

Childersburg, Alabama

The "Great Onyx Cave"—where DeSoto legend and Civil War saltpeter meet.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Historic Site
Medium

Fort Gaines

Dauphin Island, Alabama

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Canyon
Medium

Dismals Canyon

Phil Campbell, Alabama

Canyon in Phil Campbell; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cave
Medium

Russell Cave National Monument

Bridgeport, Alabama

Cave in Bridgeport; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic House
Medium

Gaineswood

Demopolis, Alabama

Historic house in Demopolis; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Ghost Town Archaeological Park
Medium

St. Stephens Historical Park

St. Stephens, Alabama

Ghost town archaeological park in St. Stephens; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Mansion
Medium

Sturdivant Hall

Selma, Alabama

1856 Greek Revival mansion tied to a banker’s disappearance and a servant’s grave.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Mansion
Medium

Oakleigh

Mobile, Alabama

Mobile’s 1833 house museum—and the city’s most-toured ghost.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Playground
Medium

Dead Children’s Playground

Huntsville, Alabama

The Maple Hill cemetery playground where children are said to swing at night.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cave
Medium

Cathedral Caverns

Woodville, Alabama

The cave with the "Goliath" column—45 feet of flowstone.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University
Medium

Huntingdon College

Montgomery, Alabama

The Lady in Red—the 1910s suicide in Pratt Hall.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University
Medium

University of Montevallo

Montevallo, Alabama

The campus with the "Main Hall" ghost and the Confederate dead.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University
Medium

Judson College

Marion, Alabama

The 1838 women’s college—closed 2021, still standing.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University
Medium

University of North Alabama — Wesleyan Hall

Florence, Alabama

The 1855 hall that served as a Civil War hospital.

1 claim · 1 legend→
University
Medium

Athens State University — Founders Hall

Athens, Alabama

The 1842 hall at the state’s oldest college.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Ship
Medium

USS Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

The WWII battleship at Battleship Memorial Park.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Fire Station Museum
Medium

Phoenix Fire Museum

Mobile, Alabama

Fire station museum in Mobile; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Mansion
Medium

Sweetwater Mansion

Florence, Alabama

1835 plantation house featured on paranormal television.

1 claim→
Historic Site
Medium

Wallace Turnage Historic Marker

Mobile, Alabama

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Hal's Kingdom Marker

Tuscumbia, Alabama

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Battlefield
Medium

Fort Mims

Stockton, Alabama

Battlefield in Alabama; research record.

2 facts→

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Record last amended October 2, 2026