South — open filings

Open to visit in Maryland

93 dossiers in Maryland 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.

93 open dossiers12 counties coveredPocomoke State Forest — deepest file

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Pocomoke State Forest

Pocomoke City, Maryland

Multi-county forest with church and creature traditions.

3 claims · 3 legends→

High confidence

Antietam National Battlefield

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Deep Creek Lake

Oakland, Maryland

Hydroelectric reservoir associated with a Christmas apparition story.

2 claims · 2 legends→

State Park Area

Hereford Area of Gunpowder Falls State Park

Parkton, Maryland

River valley park area with child-apparition folklore.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Point Lookout Lighthouse

Lexington Park, Maryland

Lighthouse associated with documented regional history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Witch's Rock

Chrome Hill Road rock associated with Halloween folklore.

2 claims · 2 legends→

USS Cyclops

Baltimore, Maryland

March 1918—the ship that vanished in the Triangle.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Beatty-Cramer House

Frederick, Maryland

Early colonial house with a weakly documented haunting reputation.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort McHenry

Baltimore, Maryland

Star-spangled fort with its own ghost-tour record.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Point Lookout State Park

Scotland, Maryland

Civil War POW camp and lighthouse peninsula called America’s most haunted park.

Westminster Hall and Burying Ground

Baltimore, Maryland

Poe’s graveyard, catacombs and famous birthday-toast tradition.

Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area

Owings Mills, Maryland

Protected serpentine landscape with roadside gravity-hill folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

King and Queen Seat

Jarrettsville, Maryland

Rock outcrop associated with a tragic-rivalry legend.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Washington Monument at South Mountain

Middletown, Maryland

Early Washington memorial with a cave-entrapment legend.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Patapsco Female Institute

Ellicott City, Maryland

1837 girls’ school ruins on a hill above the Patapsco—site of Annie’s ghost.

1 claim · 1 legend→

The Horse You Came In On Saloon

Baltimore, Maryland

Fells Point tavern tied to Poe’s last drink before his collapse.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Snallygaster country

Middletown, Maryland

The dragon-like schneller Geist of the South Mountain valleys.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Monocacy Battlefield

Frederick, Maryland

The 1864 "battle that saved Washington"—1,300 casualties on a summer afternoon.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Chessie (Chesapeake Bay)

Annapolis, Maryland

The Chesapeake Bay sea serpent—filmed in 1982.

1 claim · 1 legend→

USS Constellation

Baltimore, Maryland

The 1854 sloop-of-war at the Inner Harbor—the last Civil War-era warship.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Historic House Museum

Surratt House Museum

Clinton, Maryland

Boarding house where John Wilkes Booth plotted—and Mary Surratt was hanged.

Historic House Museum

Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum

Baltimore, Maryland

Tiny Amity Street rowhouse where Poe wrote his first horror stories.

Burkittsville

Burkittsville, Maryland

Real village made infamous by The Blair Witch Project.

Best Farm/L'Hermitage

Frederick, Maryland

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Parson's Creek: Keene Family Escape Route

Madison, Maryland

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Steppingstone Farm Museum

Havre de Grace, Maryland

Historic farm museum with a legacy paranormal-directory listing.

Reverend Samuel Green and the Original Colored People’s Methodist Episcopal Church

East New Market, Maryland

The free Black minister—imprisoned for owning a copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

St. Stephen’s A.M.E. Church Cemetery, Unionville

Unionville, Maryland

The Unionville cemetery—where the free Black community rests.

Old Jail of St. Mary's County

Leonardtown, Maryland

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Sotterley

Hollywood, Maryland

The 1703 plantation—where the slave cabins stand on the Patuxent.

Hampton National Historic Site

Towson, Maryland

The 1790 mansion—the Ridgely estate where the enslaved built the fortune.

Mount Clare

Baltimore, Maryland

The 1760 mansion—where the Carrolls’ enslaved worked.

Marietta House

Glenn Dale, Maryland

The 1812 house—where the judge’s enslaved worked.

Belair Mansion

Bowie, Maryland

The 1745 mansion—where the Ogles’ enslaved worked.

Darnall's Chance

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

The 1742 house—where the Darnalls’ enslaved worked.

Ferry Hill Plantation

Sharpsburg, Maryland

The canal plantation—where the Blackford slaves worked.

Riley Farm/Bolten House [Josiah Henson Park]

Rockville, Maryland

The Riley farm—where the real "Uncle Tom" was enslaved.

Maryland State House

Annapolis, Maryland

The 1779 capitol—where the nation’s first peacetime congress met.

Baltimore Railroad (B&O) Museum

Baltimore, Maryland

The 1829 roundhouse—where the railroad carried the fugitives.

President Street Station

Baltimore, Maryland

The 1850 depot—where the Pratt Street riot began.

Port Tobacco Courthouse

Port Tobacco, Maryland

The 1819 courthouse—where the county’s slaves were sold.

The Jails at Port Tobacco Courthouse Site

Port Tobacco, Maryland

The jails—where the captured fugitives were held.

Choptank River

Denton, Maryland

The river—where Tubman’s route ran.

Buttons Creek:Jane Kane Escape Site

Denton, Maryland

The creek—where Kane escaped with the children.

Isaac Henry Wright, Sr., Farm Site/Escape of 4 men with Harriet

Denton, Maryland

The Wright farm—where Harriet Tubman helped four men escape.

Lizzie Ambie Escape Site

Denton, Maryland

The escape—where Ambie ran for freedom.

Mouth of Swann Creek Escape Site

Charlestown, Maryland

The creek mouth—where the fugitives crossed to the free side.

Abraham Bayard Escape Site, Bohemia River State Park

Cecil County, Maryland

The river—where Bayard escaped by water.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026