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The record for Virginia opens with Hollywood Cemetery, Ferry Plantation House and George Wythe House — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (75 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (44) and Reported Anomalies (8). Of its 136 sites, 113 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Wayside Inn, established 1797.

Localities:Richmond12 Staunton8 Petersburg7 Virginia Beach5 Williamsburg4 Middletown4 Fredericksburg4 Charles City4 Hampton4 Norfolk4 Alexandria4 Abingdon3

Counties:Prince William Co. 4 Loudoun Co. 3 Petersburg Co. 2 Stafford Co. 2 Fauquier Co. 2

By filing type:Historic sites28 Mansions16 Battlefields15 Sites14 Houses11 Churches6 Museums6 Cemeteries5 Historic houses5 Naturals4 Caves4 Hotels3

By phenomenon:apparitions75 named ghost legends44 reported anomalies8 unspecified hauntings8 historical legends8

High confidence

Hollywood Cemetery

Richmond, Virginia

Cemetery associated with published local folklore.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Ferry Plantation House

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Historic house associated with published local folklore.

3 claims · 2 legends→

George Wythe House

Williamsburg, Virginia

Historic house with critically documented ghost traditions.

Black Horse Tavern, Old Mountain Road

Former tavern associated with a phantom rider legend.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove

Middletown, Virginia

October 19, 1864—Sheridan’s ride and the dawn surprise.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Blandford Cemetery

Petersburg, Virginia

Thirty thousand Confederates—the Memorial Day that started here.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Yorktown Battlefield

Yorktown, Virginia

October 1781—the siege that won the war, on the York River.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Cape Henry Lighthouse

Virginia Beach, Virginia

The 1792 first federal lighthouse—where the Chesapeake meets the sea.

2 claims · 2 legends→

City Point

Hopewell, Virginia

Grant’s 1864-65 headquarters—the port that fed the siege.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Tredegar Iron Works

Richmond, Virginia

The Confederate arsenal—the forge that armed the South.

2 claims · 2 legends→

St. John’s Church (Richmond)

Richmond, Virginia

"Give me liberty or give me death"—the 1741 church on Church Hill.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Agecroft Hall

Richmond, Virginia

The 15th-century Tudor manor that crossed the Atlantic in 1925.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Wilton House

Richmond, Virginia

The 1753 Georgian on the James—moved 14 miles in 1933.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Cumberland Gap

Cumberland Gap, Virginia

The gap where the West opened—Boone’s road through the mountain.

2 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Exchange Hotel Civil War Medical Museum

Gordonsville, Virginia

Museum associated with published local folklore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Former Hospital

DeJarnette Sanitarium

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton landmark with a published haunting reputation.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cavalier Hotel

Virginia Beach, Virginia

1927 oceanfront grand hotel that hosted Capone and—per lore—keeps a guest or two.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fredericksburg Battlefield

Fredericksburg, Virginia

December 1862—the Union army’s worst day, at the stone wall.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chancellorsville Battlefield

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Jackson’s flank attack—and the wound that killed him, May 1863.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Wilderness Battlefield

Locust Grove, Virginia

May 1864—the woods that burned with the wounded inside.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Brandy Station Battlefield

Brandy Station, Virginia

June 9, 1863—the largest cavalry battle ever fought in America.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Appomattox Court House

Appomattox, Virginia

April 9, 1865—the village where the war ended.

2 claims · 1 legend→

The Crater

Petersburg, Virginia

July 30, 1864—the mine that exploded into a massacre.

2 claims · 1 legend→

New Market Battlefield

New Market, Virginia

May 15, 1864—the VMI cadets’ charge in the Field of Lost Shoes.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Monticello

Charlottesville, Virginia

Jefferson’s mountaintop—where the contradictions still echo.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Stratford Hall

Stratford, Virginia

The Lee family seat—where Robert E. Lee was born in 1807.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Westover Plantation

Charles City, Virginia

Byrd’s 1730s James River palace—Evelyn’s ghost in the garden.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Shirley Plantation

Charles City, Virginia

The 1613 working plantation—where Aunt Pratt’s portrait won’t stay put.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Sherwood Forest Plantation

Charles City, Virginia

John Tyler’s 300-foot house—the president who joined the Confederacy.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Maymont

Richmond, Virginia

The Dooleys’ 1893 Gilded Age mansion—where the maid still serves.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Scotchtown

Beaverdam, Virginia

Patrick Henry’s Hanover house—"give me liberty" written in its rooms.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bacon’s Castle

Surry, Virginia

The 1665 brick house that gave a rebellion its name.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chatham Manor

Fredericksburg, Virginia

The Georgian manor that saw Washington, Lincoln—and the war’s hospital.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Colonial Williamsburg

Williamsburg, Virginia

The 301-acre living capital—where the ghosts are part of the program.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Historic Jamestowne

Jamestown, Virginia

1607—the first permanent English settlement, and the starving time.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Berkeley Plantation

Charles City, Virginia

The 1619 "first Thanksgiving"—where Taps was born and a president was born.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Monroe

Hampton, Virginia

The moated fort where freedom began—Contraband of War, 1861.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Centre Hill

Petersburg, Virginia

The 1823 mansion where Lincoln visited—and the ghost steps sound.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Trapezium House

Petersburg, Virginia

The 1817 house built without right angles—to keep the spirits out.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Edgar Allan Poe Museum

Richmond, Virginia

The 1740 Old Stone House where Poe’s relics live—and the raven still calls.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chimborazo Hospital site

Richmond, Virginia

The war’s largest hospital—76,000 patients on Church Hill.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Belle Isle

Richmond, Virginia

The island prison where 10,000 Union soldiers were held—1862-64.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Moses Myers House

Norfolk, Virginia

The 1792 Federal house of Norfolk’s first Jewish family.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Thoroughgood House

Virginia Beach, Virginia

The 1719 brick house—one of Virginia’s oldest surviving middling homes.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Saltville

Saltville, Virginia

The salt capital of the Confederacy—and the massacre site.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Southwest Virginia Museum

Big Stone Gap, Virginia

The 1895 stone mansion where the region’s history—and ghosts—are kept.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Devil’s Bathtub

Fort Blackmore, Virginia

The swimming hole the devil is said to use.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bunny Man Bridge

Clifton, Virginia

The railway underpass where the "Bunny Man" is said to hang victims.

Manassas National Battlefield

Manassas, Virginia

First and Second Bull Run—where the war began and returned, 1861-62.

Historic St. John's Church

Richmond, Virginia

Church associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Blackburn Inn

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton landmark with a published haunting reputation.

1 claim · 1 legend→

American Hotel

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton landmark with a published haunting reputation.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Martha Washington Inn

Abingdon, Virginia

1832 mansion-hotel that served as a Civil War hospital and—per lore—keeps a nurse.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Barter Theatre

Abingdon, Virginia

"State Theatre of Virginia" born in the Depression barter days—said to keep a founder ghost.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Devil Monkey country

Saltville, Virginia

The aggressive giant-primate reports of the Appalachians.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Luray Caverns

Luray, Virginia

The caverns with the "Stalacpipe Organ"—and a documented burial.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Skyline Caverns

Front Royal, Virginia

The cave with the anthodites—"orchids of the mineral world."

1 claim · 1 legend→

Grand Caverns

Grottoes, Virginia

America’s oldest show cave—touring since 1806.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Cohoke Light

West Point, Virginia

The Tidewater ghost light on the tracks at Cohoke.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Hollins University

Roanoke, Virginia

The women’s college with the "Tinker" ghost and the Quad lore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Cold Harbor Battlefield

Mechanicsville, Virginia

June 3, 1864—Grant’s charge that he regretted to the end.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Malvern Hill

Henrico, Virginia

July 1, 1862—the guns that ended the Seven Days.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Five Forks Battlefield

Dinwiddie, Virginia

April 1, 1865—the "Waterloo of the Confederacy" and Sheridan’s rise.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Petersburg National Battlefield

Petersburg, Virginia

Nine and a half months of siege—the war’s longest.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Kernstown Battlefield

Winchester, Virginia

Jackson’s only defeat—March 1862, and the return in 1864.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Stonewall Jackson Shrine

Guinea, Virginia

The outbuilding where Jackson died, May 10, 1863.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Lee Chapel

Lexington, Virginia

Lee’s tomb—and Traveller’s grave outside.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Belle Grove Plantation

Middletown, Virginia

The 1797 limestone manor on the Cedar Creek field—Hite’s house.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Montpelier

Orange, Virginia

Madison’s lifelong home—the Constitution’s quiet farm.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Gunston Hall

Mason Neck, Virginia

George Mason’s 1759 Potomac house—the Bill of Rights’ quiet home.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Tuckahoe Plantation

Richmond, Virginia

Thomas Jefferson’s boyhood home—the schoolhouse where he learned.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Red Hill

Brookneal, Virginia

Patrick Henry’s last home—where he died looking at the mountains.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Poplar Forest

Lynchburg, Virginia

Jefferson’s octagonal retreat—the private masterpiece.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Point of Honor

Lynchburg, Virginia

The 1815 Federal mansion above the James—Lynchburg’s finest view.

1 claim · 1 legend→

St. Luke’s Church

Smithfield, Virginia

1632—the oldest surviving brick church in English America.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Hermitage Museum

Norfolk, Virginia

The 1908 Arts & Crafts Tudor on the Lafayette—the Sloanes’ collection.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Norfolk

Norfolk, Virginia

The 1795 fort that guarded the harbor—still standing on the Elizabeth.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Martin’s Station

Ewing, Virginia

The 1769 station on the Wilderness Road—rebuilt on the frontier.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Gadsby's Tavern Museum

Alexandria, Virginia

Museum associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Bracey General Store

Bracey, Virginia

Store associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Peyton Randolph House

Williamsburg, Virginia

Historic house associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Rosewell Ruins

Gloucester, Virginia

Ruins associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Bruton Parish Church

Williamsburg, Virginia

Church associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Historic Kenmore

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Historic house associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Cornwallis' Cave

Yorktown, Virginia

Cave associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Ambler Mansion Ruins

Jamestown, Virginia

Ruins associated with published local folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mary Baldwin University

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton landmark with a published haunting reputation.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Staunton Train Station

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton landmark with a published haunting reputation.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Spotts-Coffman House

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton landmark with a published haunting reputation.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Ubon Thai Victorian Inn

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton landmark with a published haunting reputation.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Thornrose Cemetery

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton landmark with a published haunting reputation.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Former Hospital

St. Albans Sanatorium

Radford, Virginia

Lutheran boys’ school turned TB sanatorium turned paranormal venue.

Wayside Inn

Middletown, Virginia

"America’s oldest continuously operating inn"—and its own ghost shelf.

Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield

Spotsylvania, Virginia

The Bloody Angle—twenty hours of the war’s worst fighting, May 1864.

McLean House

Appomattox, Virginia

The parlor where Lee signed—and the house the souvenir hunters stripped.

Stonewall Jackson House

Lexington, Virginia

The only house Jackson ever owned—where he lived as a VMI professor.

Emancipation Oak

Hampton, Virginia

The oak where the Proclamation was first read in the South—1863.

St. John’s Church (Hampton)

Hampton, Virginia

The 1728 church that survived the burning of Hampton—twice.

Jackson Ward

Richmond, Virginia

The "Harlem of the South"—Black Wall Street before the phrase.

Lynnhaven House

Virginia Beach, Virginia

The 1725 brick house on the Lynnhaven—"the Wishart house."

Natural Tunnel

Duffield, Virginia

The 850-foot limestone tunnel the railroad still uses.

Birthplace of Country Music

Bristol, Virginia

The 1927 Bristol Sessions—where country music was born.

Grayson Highlands

Mouth of Wilson, Virginia

The wild ponies and the balds—Virginia’s high country.

Virginia Creeper Trail

Abingdon, Virginia

The 34-mile rail-trail from Whitetop to Abingdon.

Breaks Interstate Park

Breaks, Virginia

The "Grand Canyon of the South"—the Russell Fork gorge.

Octagon Mansion History Museum

Wytheville, Virginia

Historic mansion with recently reported spirit identities.

Old City Cemetery, Roanoke

Roanoke, Virginia

Cemetery with a Lady in White story recorded in1994.

Arlington House, Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Oatlands Plantation

Leesburg, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Loudoun County Courthouse

Leesburg, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Sully Historic Site

Chantilly, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Petersburg Court House

Petersburg, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Moncure Conway House

Falmouth, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Downtown Norfolk Waterfront

Norfolk, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Birch Slave Pen

Alexandria, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Leesylvania

Woodbridge, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Spotsylvania County Courthouse Jail

Spotsylvania, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Brentsville Courthouse and Jail

Brentsville, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Leonard Black, Rev., Burial Site

Petersburg, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Aquia Landing

Stafford, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Rippon Lodge

Woodbridge, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Suffolk, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Evergreen

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

African Methodist Society (Emanuel AME)

Portsmouth, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Melrose Farm

Warrenton, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Appomattox Plantation

Hopewell, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

James A. Fields House

Newport News, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Tangier Island

Tangier, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Buckland Farm

Gainesville, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Kitty Payne Site, Rappahannock County Jail

Washington, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

The Old Jail (Fauquier History Musem)

Warrenton, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Belle Grove Plantation Escape Site

Middletown, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Fort Monroe: Freedom’s Fortress

Hampton, Virginia

The fortress where "contraband" became freedom—the 1861 decision that opened the door to emancipation.

Alexandria Freedmen’s Cemetery

Alexandria, Virginia

The freedmen’s cemetery—where the contraband dead were buried and forgotten.

Bruin’s Slave Jail

Alexandria, Virginia

The Alexandria slave pen—where Bruin held the coffles.

Conn’s Ferry

Leesburg, Virginia

The ferry—where the fugitives crossed the Potomac.