Maryland

Pocomoke State Forest

Pocomoke City, Maryland

Multi-county forest with church and creature traditions.

3 claims · 3 legends→

Battlefield

High confidence

Antietam National Battlefield

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Lake

Deep Creek Lake

Oakland, Maryland

Hydroelectric reservoir associated with a Christmas apparition story.

State Park Area

Hereford Area of Gunpowder Falls State Park

Parkton, Maryland

River valley park area with child-apparition folklore.

Lighthouse

Point Lookout Lighthouse

Lexington Park, Maryland

Lighthouse associated with documented regional history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Rock Formation

Witch's Rock

Maryland

Chrome Hill Road rock associated with Halloween folklore.

Site

USS Cyclops

March 1918—the ship that vanished in the Triangle.

Historic House

Beatty-Cramer House

Frederick, Maryland

Early colonial house with a weakly documented haunting reputation.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort

Fort McHenry

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

State Park

Point Lookout State Park

Scotland, Maryland

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

2 claims→

Westminster Hall and Burying Ground

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

2 claims→

Natural Area

Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area

Owings Mills, Maryland

Protected serpentine landscape with roadside gravity-hill folklore.

Rock Formation

King and Queen Seat

Jarrettsville, Maryland

Rock outcrop associated with a tragic-rivalry legend.

Historic Mansion

Mount Airy Mansion

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Calvert-family estate with restoration history and ghost traditions.

Monument

Washington Monument at South Mountain

Middletown, Maryland

Early Washington memorial with a cave-entrapment legend.

Historic Ruins

Patapsco Female Institute

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

Bar

The Horse You Came In On Saloon

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

Folklore Area

Snallygaster country

Middletown, Maryland

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

Battlefield

Monocacy Battlefield

Frederick, Maryland

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

Bay

Chessie (Chesapeake Bay)

Annapolis, Maryland

The Chesapeake Bay sea serpent—filmed in 1982.

Amusement Park

Enchanted Forest

The 1955 fairy-tale park whose figures moved to Clark’s Farm.

Ship

USS Constellation

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

Folklore Monument

Moll Dyer Rock

Leonardtown, Maryland

Folklore monument associated with published local folklore.

Historic Inn

Rising Sun Inn

Crownsville, Maryland

The operator references ghost stories and unexplained rose fragrance.

Road Legend Area

Gathland Road gravity-hill legend area

Burkittsville, Maryland

Road corridor associated with ghostly-cannon folklore.

Historic House Museum

Surratt House Museum

Clinton, Maryland

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

University Residence

McDaniel Hall

Westminster, Maryland

Residence hall named in a Maryland ghost directory.

Historic House

Kimmey House

Westminster, Maryland

Historic house associated with Carroll County history and a legacy haunting claim.

Former Hospital

Glenn Dale Hospital

Glenn Dale, Maryland

Abandoned TB hospital that became the DC area’s premier trespass legend.

Building Ruins

St. Mary’s College Ruins ("Hell House")

Seminary ruins whose satanic legend outgrew its documented history.

Historic House Museum

Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum

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

Village

Burkittsville

Burkittsville, Maryland

Real village made infamous by The Blair Witch Project.

Former Hospital

Crownsville Hospital Center

Crownsville, Maryland

Maryland’s segregated Black asylum, abandoned since 2004.

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.

Museum

Steppingstone Farm Museum

Havre de Grace, Maryland

Historic farm museum with a legacy paranormal-directory listing.

East New Market, Maryland

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

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

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

The 1829 roundhouse—where the railroad carried the fugitives.

President Street Station

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

The river—where Tubman’s route ran.

Buttons Creek:Jane Kane Escape Site

The creek—where Kane escaped with the children.

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

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

Lizzie Ambie Escape Site

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.

Eliza Parker Escape Site at Bellevue Farm

Bellevue, Maryland

The farm—where Parker escaped across the Tred Avon.

Hays-Heighe House: Sam Archer Escape

Bel Air, Maryland

The house—where Archer escaped to freedom.

Prince Frederick, Maryland

Mass Escape Site at the Mackall Plantation

The plantation—where the mass escape began.

Catoctin Iron Furnace and Manor House Ruins

Thurmont, Maryland

The furnace—where the enslaved ironworkers toiled.

Northampton Slave Quarters and Archaeological Park

Lake Roland, Maryland

The quarters—where the Hampton slaves lived.

Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

The colonial town—where the enslaved worked the Patuxent.

Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum

St. Leonard, Maryland

The park—where the Patuxent’s history is preserved.

Poplar Neck Plantation at Marsh Creek

Preston, Maryland

The plantation—where the Caroline County slaves worked.

Turkey Point Farm & Light Station

North East, Maryland

The light station—where the keeper’s farm hid the fugitives.

Chesapeake City, Maryland

Chesapeake & Delaware Canal

The canal—where the waterway carried the fugitives.

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Potomac, Maryland

The canal—where the Potomac towpath ran.

Perryville Railroad Ferry and Station Site

Perryville, Maryland

The ferry—where the trains crossed the Susquehanna.

Reddy Gray Burial Site, Loudon Park National Cemetery

The USCT soldier’s grave—where the self-emancipated veteran rests.

Camp Stanton, USCT

Benedict, Maryland

The USCT camp—where the freedmen trained for the Union.

Elizabeth Keckly Burial Site

Washington, Maryland

The modiste’s grave—where Mrs. Lincoln’s confidante rests.

Freedom Site of Emily Plummer (Riversdale)

Riverdale Park, Maryland

The plantation—where Emily Plummer was freed.

Henry Highland Garnet Escape Site

Chestertown, Maryland

The escape—where the future abolitionist ran as a child.

Henry Massey Escape Site

The escape—where Massey ran for freedom.

Staplefort Farm: Bob Manokey Escape Site

Hurlock, Maryland

The farm—where Manokey escaped.

Richard Potter Home Site

Port Deposit, Maryland

The magician’s home—where Potter was born free.

Richard Potter Rescue Celebration Site

Port Deposit, Maryland

The celebration site—where the town honored the rescue.

Roedown Farm

Davidsonville, Maryland

The farm—where the steeplechase estate’s slaves worked.

Rockland

The estate—where the Howard County slaves worked.

Concord Historic Site

Accokeek, Maryland

The site—where the Patuxent community’s slaves worked.

Berry Farm

The farm—where the Caroline County slaves worked.

William Chaplin Arrest Site

Rockville, Maryland

The arrest—where the abolitionist Chaplin was caught.

Chesapeake Beach, Maryland

Underground Railroad Experience: Moses Grandy, Charles Grandy and the Road to Freedom

The Grandy brothers—the watermen who bought their freedom.

Joseph Cornish Escape from Gilpin's Point

Church Hill, Maryland

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Dugan's Wharf Site: Tillly's Escape

Church Hill, Maryland

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Former Industrial Village

Furnace Town Historic Site

Snow Hill, Maryland

Preserves the nineteenth-century Nassawango iron-furnace community.

Howard County Courthouse (1840-1842)

The first courthouse—where the fugitives’ cases were heard.

Howard County Courthouse (1843)

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

Howard County Jail

The jail—where the captured fugitives were held.

Dorchester County Courthouse

Cambridge, Maryland

The courthouse—where Tubman’s people were tried.

Caroline County Courthouse and Jail

The courthouse—where the Choptank fugitives were held.

Long Wharf at Cambridge

Cambridge, Maryland

The wharf—where the fugitives shipped north.

Denton Steamboat Wharf Site, Choptank River

The Denton wharf—where the steamboats carried the escapes.

Dugan’s Wharf Site: Tillly’s Escape

The wharf—where Tilly escaped by boat.

Jacob and Hannah Leverton House

Preston, Maryland

The Quaker house—where the Levertons hid the fugitives.

Arthur W. Leverton Farm

Preston, Maryland

The Quaker farm—where Arthur Leverton hid the fugitives.

Grantham and Forrest Farm

Cambridge, Maryland

The farm—where the fugitives were hidden.

Joseph Cornish Escape from Gilpin’s Point

The escape—where Cornish ran from the Choptank.

Elkridge Furnace

Elkridge, Maryland

The furnace—where the Patapsco ironworks ran.

Union Bethel A.M.E. Church of Cecilton

Cecilton, Maryland

The AME church—where the congregation sheltered the fugitives.

Malone’s Methodist Episcopal Church (Malone’s Chapel)

Galena, Maryland

The chapel—where the congregation aided the escapes.

Former Town