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Status · Operating

Still operating

1,959 dossiers across 55 jurisdictions carry this filing — heaviest in Virginia (112), New York (105) and Ohio (90). Working places carrying a second reputation on file — the filing says nothing about what the staff will tell you.

1,959 dossiers55 jurisdictions93% open to visitors
Hotel
High confidence

Hotel Monte Vista

Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff hotel with room-service ghost folklore.

6 claims · 5 legends→
Historic Plantation
High confidence

The Myrtles Plantation

St. Francisville, Louisiana

Historic plantation in St. Francisville; research record.

5 claims · 4 legends→
Mountain
High confidence

Brown Mountain

Morganton, North Carolina

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

5 claims · 2 legends→
Folklore Area
High confidence

Flatwoods Wild Man report area

Flatwoods, West Virginia

Town-area setting of a reported 1919 wild-man encounter.

5 claims · 3 legends→
Restaurant
Medium

The Pirates’ House

Savannah, Georgia

1753 sailors’ tavern where men vanished into the rum tunnel.

5 claims · 3 legends→
Site
Medium

Paulding Light

Watersmeet, Michigan

The mystery light in the woods—since 1966, the debate continues.

5 claims · 3 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery

Midlothian, Illinois

Cemetery associated with documented cultural history.

4 claims · 4 legends→
Government Residence
High confidence

White House

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Presidential residence with a firsthand 1946 unexplained-noise account.

5 claims · 3 legends→
Cemetery
High confidence

Union Cemetery

Easton, Connecticut

Cemetery research record.

4 claims · 4 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Copper Queen Hotel

Bisbee, Arizona

Mining-town hotel with several reported apparitions.

4 claims · 3 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Crescent Hotel

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Hotel in Eureka Springs; research record.

4 claims · 3 legends→
Unexplained Light Viewing Area
High confidence

Marfa Mystery Lights Viewing Area

Marfa, Texas

Unexplained light viewing area in Marfa; research record.

4 claims · 2 legends→
Lighthouse
Medium

Seguin Island Light Station

Georgetown, Maine

Active offshore lighthouse with keeper folklore and firsthand caretaker reports.

4 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

The Driskill

Austin, Texas

Hotel in Austin; research record.

4 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Congress Plaza Hotel

Chicago, Illinois

1893 World’s Fair hotel with a mobster reputation and sealed-room lore.

4 claims · 2 legends→
Historic House
High confidence

LaLaurie Mansion

New Orleans, Louisiana

Historic house in New Orleans; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Shanley Hotel

Napanoch, New York

Rebuilt nineteenth-century hotel hosting investigations, with multiple attributed guest reports.

4 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
High confidence

Constantine Theater

Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Theater in Pawhuska; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Railroad Corridor
Medium

Gurdon Light

Gurdon, Arkansas

Railroad corridor in Gurdon; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→
River
High confidence

White River Monster Folklore Area

Newport, Arkansas

River in Arkansas; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Historic Settlement
Medium

Koreshan Unity Settlement

Estero, Florida

Surviving members transferred settlement land to Florida in 1961.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Jerome Grand Hotel

Jerome, Arizona

Former hospital associated with apparition reports.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

The Stanley Hotel

Estes Park, Colorado

Historic hotel linked to horror literature.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Stull Cemetery

Stull, Kansas

Tiny churchyard branded a "gateway to hell" by internet folklore.

4 claims · 1 legend→
Road
Medium

Saddle Road

Hilo, Hawaii

Cross-island road appearing in pork-carrying and hitchhiker stories.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Thomas House Hotel

Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

4 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
High confidence

Menger Hotel

San Antonio, Texas

Hotel in San Antonio; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Cave
High confidence

Historic Bell Witch Cave

Adams, Tennessee

Cave in Adams; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Museum Ship
High confidence

USS Lexington Museum (CV-16)

Corpus Christi, Texas

Museum ship in Corpus Christi; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Bridge
Medium

Stuckey's Bridge

Meridian, Mississippi

The iron bridge where the murderous innkeeper was hanged.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Theater
Medium

Wendy Williamson Auditorium

Anchorage, Alaska

University auditorium whose official page records several ghost traditions.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Hotel Alex Johnson

Rapid City, South Dakota

Hotel associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Mansion
High confidence

Lemp Mansion

St. Louis, Missouri

Mansion associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic House
High confidence

Lizzie Borden House

Fall River, Massachusetts

1892 crime site operating as a museum and overnight accommodation.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
High confidence

The Read House

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Hotel in Chattanooga; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Tavern
High confidence

Old Talbott Tavern

Bardstown, Kentucky

Tavern in Bardstown; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Hassayampa Inn

Prescott, Arizona

Inn associated with honeymoon ghost folklore.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Railroad Bridge
Medium

Pope Lick Trestle

Louisville, Kentucky

Trestle of the "Goatman" legend—where the real danger is the train.

4 claims→
Historic Inn
Medium

Kehoe House

Savannah, Georgia

1892 ironmaster’s mansion B&B haunted by the Kehoe children.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Marshall House

Savannah, Georgia

1851 hotel that served as a Civil War hospital and yellow-fever ward.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

Los Angeles, California

1927 film-colony hotel haunted—per lore—by Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Hotel San Carlos

Phoenix, Arizona

1928 hotel haunted by Leone Jensen, who leapt from the roof in 1928.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Manresa Castle

Port Townsend, Washington

1892 Victorian "castle" hotel with a jilted-bride legend.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic Mansion
Medium

Thornewood Castle

Lakewood, Washington

English Tudor manor shipped brick-by-brick from England—Stephen King filmed Rose Red here.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic Mansion
Medium

Villa Paula

Miami, Florida

1926 Cuban-consulate mansion with a scent-of-roses ghost.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Governor Mansion
Medium

La Fortaleza

San Juan, Puerto Rico

The oldest executive mansion in the Americas—built as a fortress, haunted per lore.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Museum
Medium

Jean P. Haydon Museum

Pago Pago, American Samoa

Territorial museum in a 1917 naval building—its small ghost file is local staple.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hospital
Medium

Napa State Hospital

Napa, California

1875 asylum on the hill—still operating, still haunted per lore.

3 claims · 2 legends→

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