The West record

Hotel Monte Vista

Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff hotel with room-service ghost folklore.

6 claims · 5 legends→

Prison

Old Idaho Penitentiary

Boise, Idaho

Historic prison associated with reported whispers.

5 claims · 4 legends→

Ship

RMS Queen Mary

Long Beach, California

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

5 claims · 3 legends→

Ranch

Skinwalker Ranch

Ballard, Utah

Private ranch associated with UFO and paranormal claims.

6 claims · 1 legend→

Copper Queen Hotel

Bisbee, Arizona

Mining-town hotel with several reported apparitions.

4 claims · 3 legends→

Bannack

Bannack, Montana

Preserved gold-rush town with apparition folklore.

4 claims · 2 legends→

Mizpah Hotel

Tonopah, Nevada

Historic hotel known for Lady in Red folklore.

4 claims · 2 legends→

Jerome Grand Hotel

Jerome, Arizona

Former hospital associated with apparition reports.

The Stanley Hotel

Estes Park, Colorado

Historic hotel linked to horror literature.

Prison Museum

Old Montana Prison

Deer Lodge, Montana

Prison museum associated with paranormal tours.

Detention Center

Angel Island Immigration Station

Tiburon, California

The "Ellis Island of the West"—where Chinese immigrants were detained under exclusion.

Volcanic Crater

Halemaʻumaʻu

Volcano, Hawaii

Kīlauea crater identified as Pele’s home in moʻolelo.

Road

Saddle Road

Hilo, Hawaii

Cross-island road appearing in pork-carrying and hitchhiker stories.

Islet

Puʻupehe

Lanai City, Hawaii

Lānaʻi islet with variant interpretations of its stone platform.

Theater

Wendy Williamson Auditorium

Anchorage, Alaska

University auditorium whose official page records several ghost traditions.

Hassayampa Inn

Prescott, Arizona

Inn associated with honeymoon ghost folklore.

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

Los Angeles, California

1927 film-colony hotel haunted—per lore—by Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift.

Hotel San Carlos

Phoenix, Arizona

1928 hotel haunted by Leone Jensen, who leapt from the roof in 1928.

Tunnels

Shanghai Tunnels

Portland, Oregon

Underground corridors where legend says men were shanghaied to ships.

Port Townsend, Washington

Manresa Castle

1892 Victorian "castle" hotel with a jilted-bride legend.

Historic Mansion

Thornewood Castle

Lakewood, Washington

English Tudor manor shipped brick-by-brick from England—Stephen King filmed Rose Red here.

Cerro Gordo

Keeler, California

1865 silver camp on a 8,500-ft Inyo ridge—now a private ghost town with overnight stays.

Ruins

San Francisco, California

Sutro Baths ruins

1896 glass-topped saltwater baths—burned 1966, ruins on the cliff.

Hospital

Napa State Hospital

Napa, California

1875 asylum on the hill—still operating, still haunted per lore.

Fort

Fort Bowie

Bowie, Arizona

The Apache Pass fort—ruins at the center of the Apache Wars.

Historic House

Whaley House

San Diego, California

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

Hotel Congress

Tucson, Arizona

Historic hotel with apparition folklore.

House Museum

Winchester Mystery House

San Jose, California

Unusual mansion with an extensive modern ghost tradition.

Natural

Devils Tower

Hulett, Wyoming

The bear’s lodge—the sacred monolith and the climbers.

Alaskan Hotel and Bar

Juneau, Alaska

Historic Juneau hotel with attributed ghost stories.

Tokeland Hotel

Tokeland, Washington

Willapa Bay hotel with Charley folklore.

Theater

Egyptian Theatre

Boise, Idaho

Theatre with projectionist ghost folklore.

Irma Hotel

Cody, Wyoming

Cody hotel with guest-reported ghost stories.

Inn

Wolf Creek Inn

Wolf Creek, Oregon

Historic stagecoach inn with documented visitor ghost stories.

Museum Ship

Star of India

San Diego, California

1863 windjammer with a sailor’s ghost in the rigging.

Historic Mansion

Mackay Mansion

Virginia City, Nevada

Comstock baron’s 1860 mansion with an Irish-servant ghost.

Military Site

Area 51 (Groom Lake)

Rachel, Nevada

The classified test site around which American UFO conspiracy lore orbits.

3 claims→

Former Military Base

Port Townsend, Washington

Fort Worden

Puget Sound "Fortress of Defense"—batteries, tunnels, and an officer’s-club ghost.

Lodge

Timberline Lodge

Government Camp, Oregon

WPA-built mountain lodge—the Overlook’s exterior in The Shining.

Former Hospital

Camarillo State Hospital site

Camarillo, California

1936 psychiatric hospital—its bell tower became a CSU campus landmark.

Bar

Pioneer Saloon

Goodsprings, Nevada

Historic saloon associated with ghost legends.

Canyon

Spring Canyon

Helper, Utah

Former mining corridor with White Lady traditions.

Cave

Lovelock Cave

Lovelock, Nevada

Archaeological cave associated with a Paiute giant tradition.

Historic Commercial Building

Washoe Club

Virginia City, Nevada

1876 millionaires’ club turned paranormal landmark.

Sumpter

Sumpter, Oregon

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

Grafton

Grafton, Utah

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

South Pass City

South Pass City, Wyoming

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

Folklore Marker

Bear Lake Monster Legends & Lore Marker

Garden City, Utah

Marker documenting the regional lake-monster tradition.