West — open filings

Open to visit in Alaska

17 dossiers in Alaska 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.

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Wendy Williamson Auditorium

Anchorage, Alaska

University auditorium whose official page records several ghost traditions.

3 claims · 3 legends→

Alaskan Hotel and Bar

Historic Juneau hotel with attributed ghost stories.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Independence Mine

The Hatcher Pass mine—the buildings still stand in the alpine.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Red Onion Saloon

Skagway, Alaska

Preserved saloon and brothel museum.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Skagway

Skagway, Alaska

The Gold Rush gateway—where Soapy Smith died on the wharf.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chilkoot Trail

Skagway, Alaska

The "Golden Stairs"—where the stampeders froze on the pass.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Princess Sophia

October 25, 1918—the Inside Passage’s worst wreck.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Nome

The Gold Rush town where the disappearances became a UFO legend.

High confidence

Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark

Kennecott, Alaska

Preserved copper-mining town and mill complex.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Gilmore Hotel

Ketchikan, Alaska

Historic downtown lodging with multiple reported ghost-story variants.

Independence Mine State Historical Park

Preserved gold-mining camp in Hatcher Pass.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Baranof Castle State Historic Site

Castle Hill landscape with a disputed Russian-princess ghost narrative.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Wiseman

Wiseman, Alaska

The Koyukuk River camp—the Arctic’s living ghost town.

Dyea

Former gold-rush boomtown in the Taiya River Valley.

Katmai Village

King Salmon, Alaska

Alutiiq village abandoned during the 1912 eruption crisis.

Fortified Village

Shis’g’i Noow

Kiks.ádi defensive village associated with the 1804 Battle of Sitka.

Treadwell Mining Complex

Douglas, Alaska

Industrial ruins of a large Douglas Island mining complex.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026