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The record for Alaska opens with Wendy Williamson Auditorium, Alaskan Hotel and Bar and Independence Mine — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (12 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (6) and Objects Moving (2). Of its 46 sites, 17 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Red Onion Saloon, established 1898.

Theater
Medium

Wendy Williamson Auditorium

Anchorage, Alaska

University auditorium whose official page records several ghost traditions.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Alaskan Hotel and Bar

Juneau, Alaska

Historic Juneau hotel with attributed ghost stories.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Independence Mine

Palmer, Alaska

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Saloon
Medium

Red Onion Saloon

Skagway, Alaska

Preserved saloon and brothel museum.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Portlock

Portlock, Alaska

Former cannery settlement with Nantiinaq oral accounts.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Skagway

Skagway, Alaska

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Chilkoot Trail

Skagway, Alaska

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Princess Sophia

Juneau, Alaska

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Former Hotel
Medium

Golden North Hotel

Skagway, Alaska

Former hotel associated with Scary Mary.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Nome

Nome, Alaska

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

2 claims→
Ghost Town
High confidence

Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark

Kennecott, Alaska

Preserved copper-mining town and mill complex.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Gilmore Hotel

Ketchikan, Alaska

Historic downtown lodging with multiple reported ghost-story variants.

2 claims→
Mine
Medium

Independence Mine State Historical Park

Palmer, Alaska

Preserved gold-mining camp in Hatcher Pass.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Site
Medium

Baranof Castle State Historic Site

Sitka, Alaska

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

1 claim · 1 legend→
Former Hospital
Medium

Yates Memorial Hospital

Ketchikan, Alaska

Early hospital building undergoing preservation work.

1 claim→
Municipal Building
Medium

Skagway City Hall

Skagway, Alaska

Municipal building also housing the Skagway Museum.

1 claim→
Historic House
Medium

Beatrice Greene House

Ketchikan, Alaska

Creek Street house with a reported former-resident ghost tradition.

1 claim→
Historic Commercial Building
Medium

Star Building

Ketchikan, Alaska

Creek Street building formerly occupied by Soho Coho.

1 claim→
House Museum
Medium

Dolly’s House

Ketchikan, Alaska

Former Dolly Arthur house with reported shadows and sounds.

1 claim→
Town
Medium

Wiseman

Wiseman, Alaska

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

1 claim→
Hotel
Low

Silverbow Inn

Juneau, Alaska

Juneau inn with a bakery ghost narrative.

1 claim→
Meeting Hall
Low

Eagle’s Hall

Skagway, Alaska

Skagway hall in a submitted ghost account.

1 claim→
Sign
Low

Welcome to Ketchikan sign

Ketchikan, Alaska

Downtown welcome sign associated with a bad-luck story.

1 claim→
Store
Low

Tongass Outfitters

Ketchikan, Alaska

Retail premises mentioned in a local paranormal walking-tour report.

1 claim→
Historic Commercial Building
Low

Bon Marche Building

Ketchikan, Alaska

Mission Street building with a former worker’s after-hours account.

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Dyea

Dyea, Alaska

Former gold-rush boomtown in the Taiya River Valley.

3 facts→
Former Village
Medium

Katmai Village

King Salmon, Alaska

Alutiiq village abandoned during the 1912 eruption crisis.

2 facts→
Fortified Village
Medium

Shis’g’i Noow

Sitka, Alaska

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

2 facts→
Mine
Medium

Treadwell Mining Complex

Douglas, Alaska

Industrial ruins of a large Douglas Island mining complex.

2 facts→
Ghost Town
Low

Bremner Historic Mining District

Chitina, Alaska

Remote former mining settlement in Wrangell–St. Elias.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Medium

Chisana

Chisana, Alaska

Historic mining community in Wrangell–St. Elias.

1 fact→
Former Village
Medium

Kijik Archeological District

Port Alsworth, Alaska

Dena’ina village landscape with enduring community ties.

1 fact→
Former Village
Low

Charley’s Village

Eagle, Alaska

Former Hän Gwich’in village near the Kandik River mouth.

1 fact→
Historic Town
Medium

Coldfoot historic townsite

Coldfoot, Alaska

Gold-rush townsite within today’s Coldfoot community.

1 fact→
Former Village
Low

Old Savonoski

Naknek, Alaska

Former Alutiiq village in the Savonoski drainage.

1 fact→
Former Village
Low

Kaguyak village area

King Salmon, Alaska

Historic Katmai-coast settlement area affected by the 1912 eruption.

1 fact→
Former Settlement
Low

Kaflia village and fish-camp site

King Salmon, Alaska

Kaflia Bay settlement and refuge during the 1912 eruption.

1 fact→
Former Village
Low

New Savonoski

Naknek, Alaska

Later Savonoski community on the lower Naknek River.

1 fact→
Island
Low

Amchitka Island

Alaska

Aleutian island bearing military and underground nuclear-test remains.

1 fact→
Historic Town
Medium

McCarthy historic townsite

McCarthy, Alaska

Settlement examined through its decades of post-mining decline.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Chena Townsite

Fairbanks, Alaska

Archaeological remains of a gold-rush community downriver from Fairbanks.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Medium

Curry historic townsite

Curry, Alaska

Railroad settlement with a fatal hotel fire and later decline.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Medium

Iditarod townsite

Iditarod, Alaska

Former commercial hub of an Interior gold rush.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Medium

Flat townsite

Flat, Alaska

Former mining settlement southeast of Iditarod.

1 fact→
Former Townsite
Medium

Old Girdwood townsite

Girdwood, Alaska

Original settlement displaced by the 1964 earthquake’s effects.

1 fact→
Historic Town
Medium

Chicken historic townsite

Chicken, Alaska

Historic mining core within an inhabited rural community.

1 fact→