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The record for Texas opens with Marfa Mystery Lights Viewing Area, The Driskill and Menger Hotel — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (56 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (41) and Haunting (11). Of its 114 sites, 79 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is La Carafe, established 1847.

Localities:San Antonio17 Houston9 Galveston9 Austin8 Jefferson3 Fredericksburg3 La Porte2 Saratoga2 El Paso2 Wimberley2 Aurora2 San Marcos2

Counties:Presidio Co. 2

By filing type:Ghost towns20 Sites15 Hotels8 Forts7 Theaters6 Missions5 Houses4 Naturals4 Caves3 Cemeteries3 Towns3 Historic sites3

By phenomenon:apparitions56 named ghost legends41 hauntings11 reported anomalies10 historical legends7 legends4 UFO activity4

Unexplained Light Viewing Area

High confidence

Marfa Mystery Lights Viewing Area

Unexplained light viewing area in Marfa; research record.

4 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

The Driskill

Hotel in Austin; research record.

4 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Menger Hotel

San Antonio, Texas

Hotel in San Antonio; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

USS Lexington Museum (CV-16)

Corpus Christi, Texas

Museum ship in Corpus Christi; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→

USS Texas

La Porte, Texas

The 1914 battleship—the only dreadnought surviving both world wars.

3 claims · 2 legends→

The Grove

Jefferson, Texas

Historic house in Jefferson; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Jefferson Hotel

Jefferson, Texas

1851 hotel in Texas’s steamboat ghost-town capital.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Emily Morgan Hotel

San Antonio, Texas

1926 medical-arts building turned hotel with hospital-era ghosts.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Mission San José

San Antonio, Texas

The "Queen of the Missions" of Texas—and the Rose Window.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Mission Concepción

San Antonio, Texas

The unrestored 1731 mission—original frescoes still on the walls.

3 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Yorktown Memorial Hospital

Yorktown, Texas

Hospital in Yorktown; research record.

3 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

La Carafe

Bar in Houston; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Donkey Lady Bridge

San Antonio, Texas

Bridge in San Antonio; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→

San Fernando Cathedral

San Antonio, Texas

The 1738 cathedral where the Alamo dead may rest.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Longhorn Cavern

The CCC-built cave with the Comanche council legend.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Saratoga Light (Bragg Road)

Saratoga, Texas

The Big Thicket’s ghost light—down a dead-end dirt road.

2 claims · 2 legends→

San Jacinto Battleground

La Porte, Texas

April 21, 1836—18 minutes that made Texas a republic.

2 claims · 2 legends→

La Villita

San Antonio, Texas

The "little village"—San Antonio’s first neighborhood.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Aztec Theatre

San Antonio, Texas

The 1926 Mesoamerican palace—San Antonio’s exotic movie house.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Majestic Theatre

San Antonio, Texas

The 1929 atmospheric palace—the bats reportedly still fly the ceiling.

2 claims · 2 legends→

King William District

San Antonio, Texas

The German merchants’ mansions—San Antonio’s first suburb.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Hotel Emma

San Antonio, Texas

The 1894 brewery that became the Pearl’s hotel—where the brewmaster’s dead linger.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Bishop’s Palace

Galveston, Texas

The 1893 stone palace—Gresham’s castle on Broadway.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Oakwood Cemetery

The 1856 cemetery where Austin is buried—and reportedly not alone.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Luckenbach

Luckenbach, Texas

The town that Waylon made famous—population 3.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Baker Hotel

Mineral Wells, Texas

Fourteen-story mineral-spa hotel abandoned since 1972, reborn in lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Alton Bridge (Goatman’s Bridge)

Iron bridge haunted by a lynched goatherd—or a goat-headed demon.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Presidio La Bahía

The 1749 fort where the Goliad Massacre happened—Palm Sunday, 1836.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Magic Landing

The 1984 park where a worker died on opening weekend—closed 1988.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Spanish Governor’s Palace

San Antonio, Texas

The 1722 presidio residence—where the comandante’s dead are said to walk.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Moody Mansion

Galveston, Texas

The 1895 Richardsonian mansion—the Moody family’s Galveston seat.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Grand 1894 Opera House

Galveston, Texas

The opera house that survived the storm—and the actresses reportedly still play.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Balinese Room site

Galveston, Texas

The illegal casino on the pier—the Maceos’ empire, drowned by Ike.

2 claims · 1 legend→

1900 Storm site

Galveston, Texas

September 8, 1900—the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Tremont House

Galveston, Texas

The 1839 hotel that survived the storm—the Tremont’s ghost floor.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Caddo Lake

Uncertain, Texas

The bald-cypress bayou—the Spanish moss swamp on the border.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Texas State Capitol

The 1888 pink granite dome—where the legislators’ ghosts reportedly argue.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Texas Governor’s Mansion

The 1856 mansion where every governor has lived—and reportedly stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Treaty Oak

The 500-year-old oak that survived the 1989 poisoning.

2 claims · 1 legend→

French Legation

The 1841 embassy—the oldest frame building in Austin.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Moonlight towers

The 1894 light towers—the last of their kind in the world.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Mount Carmel site

February-April 1993—the compound where the siege ended in fire.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Texas City disaster site

Texas City, Texas

April 16, 1947—the ammonium nitrate explosion that leveled the port.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Enchanted Rock

Fredericksburg, Texas

The pink dome that sings—the Tonkawa sacred ground.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Devil’s Backbone

Wimberley, Texas

The FM 32 ridge road—where the shadows reportedly cross.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Jacob’s Well

Wimberley, Texas

The 30-foot artesian spring—where the cave has claimed divers.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Treue der Union

The monument to the Union dead—killed by Confederates in 1862.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Washington-on-the-Brazos

Washington, Texas

March 2, 1836—where Texas declared independence.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Gonzales

Gonzales, Texas

"Come and Take It"—where the Revolution began, October 2, 1835.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Paramount Theatre (Austin)

Austin’s 1915 vaudeville house—Sam the projectionist and the alley ghosts.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Dealey Plaza

November 22, 1963—the plaza where Kennedy was killed.

New Birmingham

Ghost town in Rusk; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Former Hospital

Old Jefferson Davis Hospital

Former hospital in Houston; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Julia Ideson Building

Library in Houston; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Ashton Villa

Galveston, Texas

Historic house in Galveston; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Aurora Cemetery

Cemetery where legend says an 1897 airship pilot lies buried.

1 claim · 1 legend→

The Alamo

San Antonio, Texas

1836 mission-fortress where legend says the defenders still guard the walls.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Bed And Breakfast

Miss Molly’s Hotel

Fort Worth, Texas

1910 former bordello in the Stockyards—its "working girls" are said to stay.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Huntsville Unit ("Walls Unit")

Huntsville, Texas

The "Walls"—Texas’s oldest prison and its execution chamber.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mission Espada

San Antonio, Texas

The 1731 mission with the still-running aqueduct.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Davis

Fort Davis, Texas

The best-preserved frontier fort in the Southwest—1854, in the Davis Mountains.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Concho

San Angelo, Texas

The 1867 fort that anchored San Angelo—and its buffalo soldiers.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Richardson

Jacksboro, Texas

The 1867 fort where the Warren Wagon Train raid changed the Plains wars.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Griffin

The 1867 fort above "the Flat"—the hideout town below.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Phantom Hill

The 1851 fort that burned days after its garrison left—ruins since 1854.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Leaton

Presidio, Texas

The 1848 adobe trading fort on the Rio Grande—Ben Leaton’s empire.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort McKavett

The 1852 fort "on top of the hill"—one of the best-preserved frontier posts.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Natural Bridge Caverns

San Antonio, Texas

Texas’s largest show cave—discovered by cavers in 1960.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Caverns of Sonora

The "most beautiful" cave—world-class helictites.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Grand Galvez

Galveston, Texas

Hotel in Galveston; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Bragg Road

Saratoga, Texas

Road in Saratoga; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Excelsior House Hotel

Jefferson, Texas

Hotel in Jefferson; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Centre

Theater in El Paso; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

The Rice Hotel

Former hotel in Houston; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Office Building Complex

Esperson Buildings

Office building complex in Houston; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Alley Theatre

Theater in Houston; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Brewery Tap

Bar in Houston; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

University Building

Ewing Hall — UTMB

Galveston, Texas

University building in Galveston; research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Aurora Airship Legend Area

Folklore area in Aurora; research record.

Lubbock Lights site

The 1951 V-formation lights photographed by a freshman—never explained.

Levelland UFO case site

Levelland, Texas

The 1957 night car engines died on the road to Levelland.

Stephenville UFO site

Stephenville, Texas

The 2008 "Dublin/Stephenville" mass sighting that FAA radar later confirmed.

Cash–Landrum incident site

The 1980 road encounter that left three witnesses with radiation-like burns.

Mission San Juan

San Antonio, Texas

The 1731 mission on the river—the working church in the fields.

Spindletop

Beaumont, Texas

January 10, 1901—the gusher that made Texas oil.

National Museum of the Pacific War

Fredericksburg, Texas

Nimitz’s hometown museum—the Pacific War’s memorial.

Bandera

The "Cowboy Capital of the World"—where the dude ranches still run.

Wonder World Cave

San Marcos, Texas

The 1903 cave park—Texas’s first commercial cave.

Aquarena Springs

San Marcos, Texas

The underwater theme park—where Ralph the Swimming Pig dove.

Glenwood Cemetery

Cemetery in Houston; research record.

Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery

Brackettville, Texas

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Southward to Mexico: Mission San Jose, 1833

San Antonio, Texas

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Jackson Ranch Church and Martin Jackson Cemetery

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Industrial Ruins

Aldridge Sawmill

Industrial ruins in Texas; research record.

Indianola

Indianola, Texas

Ghost town in Indianola; research record.

Cotton Gin

Fredericksburg, Texas

Ghost town in Texas; research record.

Clara

Wichita Falls, Texas

Ghost town in Texas; research record.

Goforth

Ghost town in Texas; research record.

Dad’s Corner

Ghost town in Texas; research record.

Terlingua

Terlingua, Texas

Ghost town in Terlingua; research record.

Grapetown

Grapetown, Texas

Ghost town in Grapetown; research record.

Lobo

Ghost town in Lobo; research record.

Medicine Mound

Medicine Mound, Texas

Ghost town in Medicine Mound; research record.

Thurber

Ghost town in Thurber; research record.

Norfleet

Norfleet, Texas

Ghost town in Norfleet; research record.

Runnels City

Runnels City, Texas

Ghost town in Runnels City; research record.

Macksville

Macksville, Texas

Ghost town in Macksville; research record.

Wintergreen

Wintergreen, Texas

Ghost town in Wintergreen; research record.

Sumpter

Ghost town in Sumpter; research record.

Belle Plain

Belle Plain, Texas

Ghost town in Belle Plain; research record.

Hagerman

Hagerman, Texas

Ghost town in Hagerman; research record.

Shafter

Ghost town in Shafter; research record.

St. Mary’s of Aransas

St. Mary’s of Aransas, Texas

Ghost town in St. Mary’s of Aransas; research record.

National Museum of Funeral History

Museum interpreting funeral customs and material culture.