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80 dossiers99 claims69 legends43 alleged entities3 ghost townsheaviest files, ranked →

The record for North Carolina opens with Brown Mountain, Devil’s Tramping Ground and Lydia's Bridge — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (30 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (23) and Unexplained Phenomenon (6). Of its 80 sites, 60 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Bostian Bridge, established 1891.

Localities:Wilmington6 Greensboro4 New Bern3 Maco3 Manteo3 Halifax3 Morganton2 Buxton2 Ocracoke2 Beaufort2 Swan Quarter2 Bryson City2

Counties:Dare Co. 3 Pasquotank Co. 2 Washington Co. 2 Halifax Co. 2 Guilford Co. 2

By filing type:Historic sites17 Sites12 Towns5 Mountains3 Lighthouses3 Ghost towns3 Houses3 Hotels3 Inns3

By phenomenon:apparitions30 named ghost legends23 unexplained phenomena6 unexplained lights4 Indigenous legends3 legends3

High confidence

Brown Mountain

Morganton, North Carolina

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

5 claims · 2 legends→

Devil’s Tramping Ground

Bear Creek, North Carolina

Chatham County barren circle where, per legend, the Devil paces.

4 claims · 3 legends→

Lydia's Bridge

Jamestown, North Carolina

Bridge associated with published local folklore.

3 claims · 3 legends→

High confidence

Linville Gorge

Morganton, North Carolina

The "Grand Canyon of the East"—lights, falls and deaths in a 12,000-acre gorge.

3 claims · 1 legend→

USS North Carolina

Wilmington, North Carolina

Fast battleship museum with a mess-hall ghost called "Charlie."

2 claims · 2 legends→

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Buxton, North Carolina

Lighthouse associated with published local folklore.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Railroad Bridge

High confidence

Bostian Bridge

Statesville, North Carolina

Rail disaster site with a twentieth-century phantom-train narrative.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Roan Mountain

Bakersville, North Carolina

The 6,285-foot bald where Cherokee legend says a battle turned the rocks red.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Portsmouth Village

Ocracoke, North Carolina

The village the inlet abandoned—1753-1971.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Chicamacomico

Rodanthe, North Carolina

The 1874 lifesaving station—where the rescues were made.

2 claims · 2 legends→

New Bern

New Bern, North Carolina

The second-oldest town—where the palace and the bears meet.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Bentonville battlefield

Four Oaks, North Carolina

March 19-21, 1865—the last Confederate stand.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Oakdale Cemetery

Wilmington, North Carolina

The 1852 rural cemetery—where the funerals’ ghosts rest.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Southport

Southport, North Carolina

The fishing village at the river’s mouth—where the movies film.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Railway Legend Area

Maco Light railway site

Maco, North Carolina

Former rail corridor associated with a disputed conductor-ghost story.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Teach’s Hole

Ocracoke, North Carolina

November 22, 1718—where Blackbeard fell at the channel.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hammock House

Beaufort, North Carolina

The 1709 house—where Blackbeard reportedly stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Burying Ground

Beaufort, North Carolina

The 1724 graveyard—where the pirates and the shell grave rest.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Macon

Atlantic Beach, North Carolina

The 1826 fort that fell twice—the Bogue Banks sentinel.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Whalehead Club

Corolla, North Carolina

The 1925 Art Nouveau mansion—the hunting club on the sound.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cape Lookout

Harkers Island, North Carolina

The 1859 diamond light—where the keepers stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Swan Quarter church

Swan Quarter, North Carolina

The church the hurricane carried—1876, the floating chapel.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bath

Bath, North Carolina

The oldest town in North Carolina—1705, where Blackbeard settled.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Edenton

Edenton, North Carolina

The teapot town—where the women held their own party, 1774.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Tryon Palace

New Bern, North Carolina

The governor’s palace—1770, the "most beautiful building in the colonies."

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Fisher

Kure Beach, North Carolina

The "Gibraltar of the South"—the fort that kept Wilmington open.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bellamy Mansion

Wilmington, North Carolina

The 1861 mansion—where the family and the enslaved left their ghosts.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Thalian Hall

Wilmington, North Carolina

The 1858 theatre—where the ghost reportedly walks the stage.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Baldy

Bald Head Island, North Carolina

The oldest lighthouse in North Carolina—1817, still standing.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Oriental wreck

Bodie Island, North Carolina

May 16, 1862—the supply ship that hit the bar.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Reported Phenomenon Area

New Hope Township blood-shower report area

Rural township associated with an 1884 anomalous-fall report.

Lost Cove

Bryson City, North Carolina

Ghost town associated with documented regional history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

High confidence

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Manteo, North Carolina

Historic site associated with documented regional history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Gimghoul Castle

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Castle associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Railway Legend Area

Maco Light site

Maco, North Carolina

Railroad crossing where Joe Baldwin’s lantern swung for a century.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Petroglyph Site

Judaculla Rock

Cullowhee, North Carolina

North Carolina’s densest petroglyph boulder—1,548 carvings and the legend of Tsul’kalu.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Natural Landmark

Blowing Rock

Blowing Rock, North Carolina

The cliff where the wind blows upward—and a lover leapt and returned.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Moses Cone Memorial Park (Cone Manor)

Blowing Rock, North Carolina

The textile baron’s Flat Top Manor—carriage trails and a widow’s ghost.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Grandfather Mountain

Linville, North Carolina

The mountain whose profile is a sleeping giant—Cherokee sacred site.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Historic Settlement

Valle Crucis & the Mast Store

Valle Crucis, North Carolina

The "Vale of the Cross"—mission ruins, a 1883 store, and a woman in white.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Natural Landmark

Paint Rock

Hot Springs, North Carolina

The ochre-painted cliff on the French Broad—Cherokee boundary marker.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Maco Light

Maco, North Carolina

Joe Baldwin’s lantern—the 1867 brakeman decapitation light.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Biltmore Estate

Asheville, North Carolina

The largest private house in America—250 rooms, 1895.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Land of Oz

Beech Mountain, North Carolina

The 1970 Oz park on a mountain—abandoned, then half-reopened.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Omni Grove Park Inn

Asheville, North Carolina

Hotel associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Duke Mansion

Charlotte, North Carolina

Historic house associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Country Squire Restaurant, Inn and Winery

Warsaw, North Carolina

Inn associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Battleship North Carolina

Wilmington, North Carolina

Ship associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Biltmore Greensboro Hotel

Greensboro, North Carolina

Hotel associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Dunhill Hotel

Charlotte, North Carolina

Hotel associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Madison Dry Goods

Madison, North Carolina

Store associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Brookstown Inn

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Inn associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Carolina Theatre

Greensboro, North Carolina

Theater associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Carolina Inn

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Inn associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Uwharrie National Forest

Troy, North Carolina

Forest associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Carroll A. Deering grounding site

Buxton, North Carolina

Shipwreck site associated with documented regional history.

Former Amusement Park

Ghost Town Village site

Maggie Valley, North Carolina

The mountaintop Wild West park that rose and fell—and kept its ghosts.

Seneca Guns

Carolina Beach, North Carolina

The unexplained booms of the Carolina coast.

Lake Mattamuskeet

Swan Quarter, North Carolina

The lake they tried to drain—New Holland, the failed farm.

Oak Island

Oak Island, North Carolina

The island with the lighthouse—the quiet Cape Fear coast.

Wrightsville Beach

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

The beach town—where the trolley brought the crowds.

Great Dismal Swamp

South Mills, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Roanoke Island Freedom Colony Memorial Garden

Manteo, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Roanoke Island Freedom Colony, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Manteo, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Colonial Park

Halifax, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Pasquotank River

Elizabeth City, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Orange Street Landing

Wilmington, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Somerset Place

Creswell, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Neuse River

New Bern, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Roanoke River

Halifax, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Old Town of Halifax

Halifax, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Hotel DeAfrique Monument

Hatteras, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Washington North Carolina Waterfront

Washington, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Roanoke Canal Trail

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Guilford College Woods (formerly New Garden Woods)

Greensboro, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

New Garden Friends Meeting and Cemetery

Greensboro, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Water Street Landing

Washington, North Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Brunswick Town

Winnabow, North Carolina

Ghost town associated with documented regional history.

Road to Nowhere

Bryson City, North Carolina

Road tunnel associated with documented regional history.

Historic House Site

Nell Cropsey family house site

Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Historical location of a widely reported 1901 disappearance.