A haunted weekend in Washington, Washington, D.C.
6 dossiers open to visitors, drawn from the 31 on file for Washingtonand ordered so a sensible line emerges — about 2 mi end to end as the pins sit.
The line, in order
- 1The Octagon Househistoric house museum
3 claims · 2 legends on file — legend conflict + named ghost legend lead
↓ 0.4 mi to the next stop
- 2Hay-Adams Hotelhotel
2 claims · 2 legends on file — named ghost legend + phantom smell lead
↓ 0.6 mi to the next stop
- 3Petersen Househistoric house
1 claim on file — reported anomalies lead
↓ next pin shares the block
- 4Ford’s Theatretheater
2 claims · 1 legend on file — apparition + reported anomalies lead
↓ 0.7 mi to the next stop
- 5Old Stone Househistoric house
1 claim · 1 legend on file — cold spots lead
↓ next pin shares the block
- 6Frederick Douglass National Historic Sitehistoric site
no claims filed yet — the record holds the place
Before you drive
Every stop on this line is flagged open to the public in the archive — the other25 dossiers on file for Washington didn't make the route: wrong access status, no usable coordinates, or past the sixth pin. "Open" is a filing, not an invitation — hours, tour schedules and ownership change, so confirm each stop on its official listing before you go.
Distances are straight-line between the archive's recorded coordinates — some are city-level approximations that stack several pins on one block, and the real walk runs longer. The hour-a-stop figure is a planning assumption, not a schedule; guided tours run on their own clocks.
And the standing rule: never trespass. No access note on this site overrides a fence, an owner or a posted sign — the file stays filed either way.