Northeast — open filings

Open to visit in New Jersey

21 dossiers in New Jersey 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.

21 open dossiers7 counties coveredEmlen Physick Estate — deepest file

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High confidence

Emlen Physick Estate

Cape May, New Jersey

Victorian house museum with history and staff-led paranormal interpretation.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Clinton Road

West Milford, New Jersey

America’s most "haunted" road—phantom trucks, Klan gatherings and a snowman that stalks cars.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Pine Barrens (Jersey Devil country)

Hammonton, New Jersey

1.1 million acres of cedar swamp—the Jersey Devil’s hunting ground since 1735.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Burlington County Prison Museum

Mount Holly, New Jersey

Former county prison with museum interpretation and organized paranormal sessions.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Shades of Death Road

Allamuchy, New Jersey

Warren County road whose grim name fuels decades of ghost stories.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Barnegat Lighthouse

Barnegat Light, New Jersey

"Old Barney"—the 1859 tower that failed to stop the wrecks.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Morro Castle

Asbury Park, New Jersey

September 8, 1934—the burning liner on the Jersey beach.

2 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Batsto Village

Hammonton, New Jersey

Preserved Pinelands ironmaking and glassmaking community.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Cape May Lighthouse

Cape May Point, New Jersey

The 1859 Jersey Shore light—two earlier towers lost to the sea.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Sandy Hook Lighthouse

Highlands, New Jersey

The oldest working lighthouse in the U.S.—1764 and still lit.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Annie’s Road

Totowa, New Jersey

The Totowa road where "Annie" is said to flag down drivers.

1 claim · 1 legend→

High confidence

Seabrook-Wilson House

Port Monmouth, New Jersey

Restored former inn known locally as the Spy House.

Ringwood Manor

Ringwood, New Jersey

Historic house museum whose staff explicitly dispute misleading haunting narratives.

Stephen Smith House

Cape May, New Jersey

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Huntoon and Van Rensalier Underground Railroad Historic Site

Paterson, New Jersey

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Presbyterian Plane Street Colored Church(Frederick Douglass Field)

Newark, New Jersey

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Rev. Alexander Heritage Newton Burial Site at Mount Peace Cemetery

Lawnside, New Jersey

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Springtown, New Jersey

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Timbuctoo Community

Westampton, New Jersey

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Deserted Village of Feltville

Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

Former mill community and resort preserved in Watchung Reservation.

Former Company Town

Whitesbog Historic Village

Browns Mills, New Jersey

Preserved rural company village and agricultural landscape.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026