Northeast — open filings

Open to visit in Massachusetts

52 dossiers in Massachusetts 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.

52 open dossiers5 counties coveredLizzie Borden House — deepest file

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High confidence

Lizzie Borden House

Fall River, Massachusetts

1892 crime site operating as a museum and overnight accommodation.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Hockomock Swamp (Bridgewater Triangle)

West Bridgewater, Massachusetts

The heart of the Bridgewater Triangle—ghost lights, pterodactyls and cult legends.

3 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Dogtown

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Abandoned Cape Ann settlement with cellar holes and local witch folklore.

2 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Fort Warren

Boston, Massachusetts

Civil War prison and harbor fort associated with a disputed ghost legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→

USS Massachusetts

Fall River, Massachusetts

Battleship museum at Battleship Cove with overnight "Nautical Nights" lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Omni Parker House

Boston, Massachusetts

Hotel research record.

2 claims · 1 legend→

S.K. Pierce Mansion

Gardner, Massachusetts

1885 chair-factory baron’s mansion marketed for overnight investigations.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Freetown-Fall River State Forest

Assonet, Massachusetts

5,000-acre forest inside the Bridgewater Triangle with cult-crime history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Red Lion Inn

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

The Berkshires inn whose fourth floor the staff won’t joke about.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cocoanut Grove site

Boston, Massachusetts

November 28, 1942—the fire that killed 492.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Andrea Doria wreck

Nantucket, Massachusetts

July 25, 1956—the Italian liner’s grave off Nantucket.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Andrea Gail

Gloucester, Massachusetts

October 1991—the Perfect Storm’s lost boat.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Man at the Wheel

Gloucester, Massachusetts

The 1925 statue—where the fishermen’s memorial stands.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Essex whaleship

Nantucket, Massachusetts

1820—the whale that sank the ship and inspired Moby Dick.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Steamer Portland

Boston, Massachusetts

November 26, 1898—the gale that took them all.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Whydah pirate wreck

Wellfleet, Massachusetts

April 26, 1717—the pirate ship that the storm took.

2 claims · 1 legend→

City of Columbus

Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts

January 18, 1884—the wreck that froze the dead.

2 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Hammond Castle Museum

Gloucester, Massachusetts

Inventor's house museum documenting spiritualism history and reported TV investigations.

USS Salem

Quincy, Massachusetts

Heavy cruiser museum ship with an active paranormal-events program.

Woburn

Woburn, Massachusetts

The town where the water made the children sick—A Civil Action.

Dungeon Rock

Lynn, Massachusetts

Treasure-seeking tunnel tied to nineteenth-century Spiritualist practice.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Boston Common

Boston, Massachusetts

America’s oldest public park—and its former hanging ground.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Historic House Museum

House of the Seven Gables

Salem, Massachusetts

1668 mansion that inspired Hawthorne’s novel and anchors Salem’s gothic lore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Howard Street Cemetery

Salem, Massachusetts

Burial ground near where Giles Corey was pressed to death in 1692.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Dover Demon site

Dover, Massachusetts

Farm Street—three witnesses, two nights, one small pale creature (1977).

1 claim · 1 legend→

Forest Hills Cemetery

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston’s 1848 rural cemetery—the miniature forest and the sculpture garden of the dead.

1 claim · 1 legend→

The Witch House (Jonathan Corwin House)

Salem, Massachusetts

The only Salem structure with direct ties to the 1692 trials.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Old Burying Point Cemetery

Salem, Massachusetts

Salem’s oldest burying ground—where the judges rest, not the accused.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Former Hospital

Metropolitan State Hospital

Waltham, Massachusetts

State hospital with a burial ground and a notorious 1978 patient murder.

Liberty Hotel

Boston, Massachusetts

Charles Street Jail converted to a luxury hotel.

USS Salem (CA-139)

Quincy, Massachusetts

Preserved heavy cruiser hosting museum tours and paranormal programs.

Historic House Museum

Rebecca Nurse Homestead

Danvers, Massachusetts

Home of the pious grandmother hanged for witchcraft in 1692.

Salem Witch Museum

Salem, Massachusetts

The 1972 museum that anchors Salem’s witch-trials interpretation.

Gallows Hill

Salem, Massachusetts

The 1692 execution site—Proctor’s Ledge, confirmed in 2016.

Salem Maritime

Salem, Massachusetts

The wharves where the privateers and the witches’ era meet.

The Mount

Lenox, Massachusetts

Author's estate presenting ghost-story traditions and reported encounters.

Hawthorne Hotel

Salem, Massachusetts

Historic Salem hotel acknowledging unconfirmed guest haunting accounts.

Jackson House

Newton, Massachusetts

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Wayside

Concord, Massachusetts

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Cambridge, Massachusetts

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Samuel May Jr. House

Leicester, Massachusetts

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Sergeant William H. Carney House

New Bedford, Massachusetts

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

African Meeting House

Boston, Massachusetts

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Faneuil Hall

Boston, Massachusetts

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Nancy Adams Burial Site, New Almshouse Cemetery

Marshfield, Massachusetts

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Escape of Esther from Edgartown Harbor

Edgartown, Massachusetts

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Lewis and Harriet Hayden House

Boston, Massachusetts

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Middlesex Mechanics Association Hall and Building (Lowell National Historical Park, NPS)

Lowell, Massachusetts

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026