I often get asked the question, where do I need to go on vacation that is haunted?! Here are my top 5 for all 50 states. Please remember, these are my favorites. You will notice that many lists have the same locations, this should tell you there is something to the stories.
~Jamie Pearce
Author/Founder Historic Haunts Investigations
Florida
1. Robert the Doll, Key West
2. St. Augustine Lighthouse, St. Augustine
3. May Stringer House, Brooksville
4. Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista
5. Don Cesar Hotel, St. Petersburg Beach
Louisiana
1. Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville
2. Oak Alley Plantation
3. Lularie Building, New Orleans
4. Dauphine Orleans, New Orleans
5. Marie Laveau's Grave, New Orleans
Georgia
1. Andersonville Prison
2. Pirate's House, Savannah
3. Fort Pulaski, Savannah
4. Moon River Brewing Company, Savannah
5. Jekyll Island Hotel, Jekyll Island
South Carolina
1. Fort Sumter, Charleston
2. Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, Charleston
3. Poogan's Porch, Charleston
4. White Point Gardens, Charleston
5. Battery Carriage House, Charleston
North Carolina
1. Grove Park Inn, Asheville
2. Biltmore Estate, Asheville
3. USS North Carolina, Wilmington
4. Black Pelican OBX
5. Brown Mountain Lights
Virginia
1. Poe Museum, Richmond
2. Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg
3. Capital Building, Colonial Williamsburg
4. University of Virginia, Charlottesville
5. Monticello, Charlottesville
Washington DC
1. White House
2. Capitol Building
3. Hay Adams
4. Octagon House
5. Patterson House
Maryland
1. Poe House, Baltimore
2. Edgar Allan Poe's Grave, Baltimore
3. Admiral Fell Inn, Baltimore
4. Dr. Samuel Mudd's House, Waldorf
5. Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore
Pennsylvania
1. Poe House, Phildelphia
2. Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia
3. Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg
4. Independence Hall, Philadelphia
5. Jennie Wade House, Gettysburg
Alabama
1. Sloss Furnace, Birmingham
2. Bear Creek Swamp, Prattville
3. USS Alabama, Mobile
4. Kate Shepard House B&B, Mobile
5. Bryce Hospital, Northport
Mississippi
1. King's Tavern, Natchez
2. McRaven, Vicksburg
3. Myrtle Grove Cemetery, Lumberton
4. Grand Opera House, Meridian
5. Deason Home, Ellisville
Massachusetts
1. Lizzie Borden House, Fall River
2. Maplecroft, Fall River
3. House of Seven Gables, Salem
4. Danvers State Hospital, Danvers
5. Bunker Hill, Boston
Rhode Island
1. Nathanael Greene Home, Coventry
2. Belcourt Castle, Newport
3. Seaview Terrace, Newport
4. Breakers Mansion, Newport
5. Biltmore Hotel, Providence
Connecticut
1. Norwich State Hospital, Norwich
2. Seaside Sanatorium, Waterford
3. Fairfield Hills State Hospital, Newton
4. Union Cemetery, Easton
5. Dudleytown, Cornwall
New Hampshire
1. Isle of Shoals, Portsmouth
2. Kimball Castle, Gilford
3. Alton Town Hall, Alton
4. University of New Hampshire
5. Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods
Delaware
1. Dead President's Tavern, Wilmington
2. Fort Delaware, Delaware City
3. Deer Park Tavern, Newark
4. Bellevue Hall, Wilmington
5. Rockwood Mansion, Wilmington
New Jersey
1. Jersey Devil, Pine Berrens
2. Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, Parsippany
3. Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, Trenton
4. Devil's Tower, Alpine
5. Seabrook Wilson House, Bayshore
New York
1. 9/11 Site
2. Buffalo Central Terminal, Buffalo
3. Rolling Hills Asylum, East Bethany
4. Belhurst Castle, Geneva
5. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow
Maine
1. Portland Head Lighthouse, Portland
2. Nubble Lighthouse, York
3. Kennebec Arsenal, Augusta
4. York Harbor Inn, York
5. Coach Stop Inn, Bar Harbour
West Virginia
1. Hilltop Hotel, Harpers Ferry
2. Harpers Ferry
3. Lake Shawnee Abandoned Amusement Park,
4. North Bend Rail Tunnel 19
5. West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville
Ohio
1. The Ridges, Athens
2. Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield
3. Fairport Harbor Lighthouse, Fairport Harbor
4. Moonville Tunnel, McArthur
5. Franklin Castle, Cleveland
Indiana
1. University of Notre Dame, South Bend
2. Willard Library, Evansville
3. Hannah House, Indianapolis
4. French Lick Springs Hotel
5. Bridge, Avon
Illinois
1. Bachelors Grove Cemetery
2. SMC Cartage Co. Site, Chicago
3. Wrigley Field, Chicago
4. Eastland Disaster Site, Chicago
5. Illinois Executive Mansion
Missouri
1. Lemp Mansion, St. Louis
2. Jesse James Farm, Kearney
3. Ravenwood, Bunceton
4. "Exorcist House", St. Louis
5. Governor's Mansion
Kentucky
1. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Louisville
2. Camp Taylor, Louisville
3. Kentucky State Penitentiary, Eddyville
4. Old Talbott Tavern, Bardstown
5. Bobby Mackey's Music World, Wilder
Tennessee
1. Delta Queen, Chattanooga
2. Graceland, Memphis
3. Greenwood Cemetery, Chattanooga
4. Orpheum Theatre, Memphis
5. Carnton Plantation, Franklin
Arkansas
1. Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs
2. Empress of Little Rock B&B
3. Basin Park Hotel, Eureka Springs
4. Magnolia Hill B&B, Helena
5. State Capitol
Wisconsin
1. Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee
2. Grand Opera House, Oshkosh
3. Hotel Hell, Maribel
4. St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield
5. Octagon House, Fond du lac
Minnesota
1. Wabash Street Caves, St. Paul
2. James Gable House
3. Fitzgerald Theatre, St. Paul
4. Washington Street Bridge, Minneapolis
5. Palmer House Hotel
North Dakota
1. Chateau De Mores, Medora
2. San Haven Sanatorium, Dunseith
3. N.D. State University, Fargo
4. St. Joseph's Hospital, Dickinson
5. Totten Trail Historic Inn, St. Michaels
South Dakota
1. Hotel Alex Johnson, Rapid City
2. Homestake Opera House, Lead
3. Mount Rushmore Brewing Co. Hill City
4. Orpheum Theatre, Sioux Falls
5. Bullock Hotel, Deadwood
Montana
1. Little Big Horn
2. Grand Union Hotel, Fort Benton
3. Copper King Mansion, Butte
4. Bolder Hot Springs
5. Montana Territorial Prison, Deer Lodge
Colorado
1. Molly Brown House, Denver
2. Stanley Hotel, Estes Park
3. Hotel Jerome, Aspen
4. Hotel Colorado, Glenwood
5. Colorado Prison Museum, Cannon City
Utah
1. Devereaux Mansion, Salt Lake City
2. Ben Lomond Hotel, Ogden
3. Mountain Meadows Massacre, Veyo
4. Rock Canyon
5. Rio Grande Depot, Salt Lake City
Oklahoma
1. Steve Lion Inn, Guthrie
2. Belvidere Mansion, Claremore
3. Gilcrease Museum
4. Cherokee Strip Museum
5. Fort Washita, Durant
Texas
1. Spaghetti Warehouse, Houston
2. Jefferson Hotel, Jefferson
3. Presidio La Bahia, Goliad
4. Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells
5. Animal Industries Building, College Station
New Mexico
1. Roswell
2. Laposada Hotel, Santa Fe
3. Luna Mansion, Los Lunas
4. Dawson Cemetery, Cimarron
5. Santa Fe State Penitentiary
Nevada
1. The Flamingo, Las Vegas
2. Area 51
3. Hoover Dam
4. Boot Hill Cemetery, Pioche
5. Silver Queen Hotel, Virginia City
California
1. Hotel Del Coranado
2. Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
3. Alcatraz, San Francisco
4. Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles
5. Queen Mary
Oregon
1. Witches Castle, Portland
2. Shanghai Tunnels, Portland
3. Highway 101, Cannon Beach
4. Oregon Vortex, Gold Hill
5. Lafayette Cemetery
Washington
1. Thornwood Castle, Lakewood
2. Kells Irish Pub, Seattle
3. Campbell House, Spokane
4. Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham
5. Oxford Saloon, Snohomish
Iowa
1. Villisca Axe Murder House, Villisca
2. Squirrel Cage Jail, Council Bluffs
3. Franklin Hotel, Strawberry Point
4. Edinburgh Manor, Scotch Grove
5. Malvern Manor, Malvern
Kansas
1. Amelia Earhart Birthplace, Atchison
2. Sallie House, Atchison
3. Beaumont Hotel, Beaumont
4. Sentinel Hill
5. Eldridge Hotel, Lawrence
Vermont
1. Golden State Inn B&B, Proctorsville
2. Marble Inn, Fairhaven
3. Hartness House Inn, Springfield
4. Norwich University, Northfield
5. Brattleboro Retreat Tower, Brattleboro
Idaho
1. Owyhee Plaza, Boise
2. Idanha Hotel, Boise
3. Old Idaho State Penitentiary, Boise
4. Egyptian Theatre, Boise
5. Shoshone Indian Ice Caves, Shoshone
Alaska
1. Badarka Road, Chugiak
2. Historic Anchorage Hotel
3. Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage
4. Red Onion Saloon, Skagway
5. Alaskan Triangle
Hawaii
1. Manoa Falls
2. Pearl Harbor, Oahu
3. Wahiawa Botanical Gardens, Oahu
4. Nu'uanu Pali Hwy. Oahu
5. Iolani Palace
Michigan1. Waugoshance Lighthouse2. Detroit Masonic Temple3. Traverse City State Hospital4. Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island5. Greenfield Village
Arizona1. Copper Queen, Bisbee2. Birdcage Theatre, Tombstone3. Jerome Grand Hotel4. Palace Saloon, Prescott5. Fox Theatre, Tucson
Wyoming1. Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone2. Plains Hotel, Cheyenne3. Occidental Hotel, Buffalo4. Wonder Bar, Casper5. Irma Hotel, Cody
Nebraska1. Alliance Theatre, Alliance2. Devil's Canyon3. Black Hill, Decatur4. Seven Sisters Road, Nebraska City5. Corner Stone Mansion B&B
~Jamie Pearce
Author/Founder Historic Haunts Investigations
Florida
1. Robert the Doll, Key West
2. St. Augustine Lighthouse, St. Augustine
3. May Stringer House, Brooksville
4. Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista
5. Don Cesar Hotel, St. Petersburg Beach
Louisiana
1. Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville
2. Oak Alley Plantation
3. Lularie Building, New Orleans
4. Dauphine Orleans, New Orleans
5. Marie Laveau's Grave, New Orleans
Georgia
1. Andersonville Prison
2. Pirate's House, Savannah
3. Fort Pulaski, Savannah
4. Moon River Brewing Company, Savannah
5. Jekyll Island Hotel, Jekyll Island
South Carolina
1. Fort Sumter, Charleston
2. Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, Charleston
3. Poogan's Porch, Charleston
4. White Point Gardens, Charleston
5. Battery Carriage House, Charleston
North Carolina
1. Grove Park Inn, Asheville
2. Biltmore Estate, Asheville
3. USS North Carolina, Wilmington
4. Black Pelican OBX
5. Brown Mountain Lights
Virginia
1. Poe Museum, Richmond
2. Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg
3. Capital Building, Colonial Williamsburg
4. University of Virginia, Charlottesville
5. Monticello, Charlottesville
Washington DC
1. White House
2. Capitol Building
3. Hay Adams
4. Octagon House
5. Patterson House
Maryland
1. Poe House, Baltimore
2. Edgar Allan Poe's Grave, Baltimore
3. Admiral Fell Inn, Baltimore
4. Dr. Samuel Mudd's House, Waldorf
5. Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore
Pennsylvania
1. Poe House, Phildelphia
2. Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia
3. Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg
4. Independence Hall, Philadelphia
5. Jennie Wade House, Gettysburg
Alabama
1. Sloss Furnace, Birmingham
2. Bear Creek Swamp, Prattville
3. USS Alabama, Mobile
4. Kate Shepard House B&B, Mobile
5. Bryce Hospital, Northport
Mississippi
1. King's Tavern, Natchez
2. McRaven, Vicksburg
3. Myrtle Grove Cemetery, Lumberton
4. Grand Opera House, Meridian
5. Deason Home, Ellisville
Massachusetts
1. Lizzie Borden House, Fall River
2. Maplecroft, Fall River
3. House of Seven Gables, Salem
4. Danvers State Hospital, Danvers
5. Bunker Hill, Boston
Rhode Island
1. Nathanael Greene Home, Coventry
2. Belcourt Castle, Newport
3. Seaview Terrace, Newport
4. Breakers Mansion, Newport
5. Biltmore Hotel, Providence
Connecticut
1. Norwich State Hospital, Norwich
2. Seaside Sanatorium, Waterford
3. Fairfield Hills State Hospital, Newton
4. Union Cemetery, Easton
5. Dudleytown, Cornwall
New Hampshire
1. Isle of Shoals, Portsmouth
2. Kimball Castle, Gilford
3. Alton Town Hall, Alton
4. University of New Hampshire
5. Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods
Delaware
1. Dead President's Tavern, Wilmington
2. Fort Delaware, Delaware City
3. Deer Park Tavern, Newark
4. Bellevue Hall, Wilmington
5. Rockwood Mansion, Wilmington
New Jersey
1. Jersey Devil, Pine Berrens
2. Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, Parsippany
3. Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, Trenton
4. Devil's Tower, Alpine
5. Seabrook Wilson House, Bayshore
New York
1. 9/11 Site
2. Buffalo Central Terminal, Buffalo
3. Rolling Hills Asylum, East Bethany
4. Belhurst Castle, Geneva
5. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow
Maine
1. Portland Head Lighthouse, Portland
2. Nubble Lighthouse, York
3. Kennebec Arsenal, Augusta
4. York Harbor Inn, York
5. Coach Stop Inn, Bar Harbour
West Virginia
1. Hilltop Hotel, Harpers Ferry
2. Harpers Ferry
3. Lake Shawnee Abandoned Amusement Park,
4. North Bend Rail Tunnel 19
5. West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville
Ohio
1. The Ridges, Athens
2. Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield
3. Fairport Harbor Lighthouse, Fairport Harbor
4. Moonville Tunnel, McArthur
5. Franklin Castle, Cleveland
Indiana
1. University of Notre Dame, South Bend
2. Willard Library, Evansville
3. Hannah House, Indianapolis
4. French Lick Springs Hotel
5. Bridge, Avon
Illinois
1. Bachelors Grove Cemetery
2. SMC Cartage Co. Site, Chicago
3. Wrigley Field, Chicago
4. Eastland Disaster Site, Chicago
5. Illinois Executive Mansion
Missouri
1. Lemp Mansion, St. Louis
2. Jesse James Farm, Kearney
3. Ravenwood, Bunceton
4. "Exorcist House", St. Louis
5. Governor's Mansion
Kentucky
1. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Louisville
2. Camp Taylor, Louisville
3. Kentucky State Penitentiary, Eddyville
4. Old Talbott Tavern, Bardstown
5. Bobby Mackey's Music World, Wilder
Tennessee
1. Delta Queen, Chattanooga
2. Graceland, Memphis
3. Greenwood Cemetery, Chattanooga
4. Orpheum Theatre, Memphis
5. Carnton Plantation, Franklin
Arkansas
1. Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs
2. Empress of Little Rock B&B
3. Basin Park Hotel, Eureka Springs
4. Magnolia Hill B&B, Helena
5. State Capitol
Wisconsin
1. Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee
2. Grand Opera House, Oshkosh
3. Hotel Hell, Maribel
4. St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield
5. Octagon House, Fond du lac
Minnesota
1. Wabash Street Caves, St. Paul
2. James Gable House
3. Fitzgerald Theatre, St. Paul
4. Washington Street Bridge, Minneapolis
5. Palmer House Hotel
North Dakota
1. Chateau De Mores, Medora
2. San Haven Sanatorium, Dunseith
3. N.D. State University, Fargo
4. St. Joseph's Hospital, Dickinson
5. Totten Trail Historic Inn, St. Michaels
South Dakota
1. Hotel Alex Johnson, Rapid City
2. Homestake Opera House, Lead
3. Mount Rushmore Brewing Co. Hill City
4. Orpheum Theatre, Sioux Falls
5. Bullock Hotel, Deadwood
Montana
1. Little Big Horn
2. Grand Union Hotel, Fort Benton
3. Copper King Mansion, Butte
4. Bolder Hot Springs
5. Montana Territorial Prison, Deer Lodge
Colorado
1. Molly Brown House, Denver
2. Stanley Hotel, Estes Park
3. Hotel Jerome, Aspen
4. Hotel Colorado, Glenwood
5. Colorado Prison Museum, Cannon City
Utah
1. Devereaux Mansion, Salt Lake City
2. Ben Lomond Hotel, Ogden
3. Mountain Meadows Massacre, Veyo
4. Rock Canyon
5. Rio Grande Depot, Salt Lake City
Oklahoma
1. Steve Lion Inn, Guthrie
2. Belvidere Mansion, Claremore
3. Gilcrease Museum
4. Cherokee Strip Museum
5. Fort Washita, Durant
Texas
1. Spaghetti Warehouse, Houston
2. Jefferson Hotel, Jefferson
3. Presidio La Bahia, Goliad
4. Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells
5. Animal Industries Building, College Station
New Mexico
1. Roswell
2. Laposada Hotel, Santa Fe
3. Luna Mansion, Los Lunas
4. Dawson Cemetery, Cimarron
5. Santa Fe State Penitentiary
Nevada
1. The Flamingo, Las Vegas
2. Area 51
3. Hoover Dam
4. Boot Hill Cemetery, Pioche
5. Silver Queen Hotel, Virginia City
California
1. Hotel Del Coranado
2. Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
3. Alcatraz, San Francisco
4. Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles
5. Queen Mary
Oregon
1. Witches Castle, Portland
2. Shanghai Tunnels, Portland
3. Highway 101, Cannon Beach
4. Oregon Vortex, Gold Hill
5. Lafayette Cemetery
Washington
1. Thornwood Castle, Lakewood
2. Kells Irish Pub, Seattle
3. Campbell House, Spokane
4. Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham
5. Oxford Saloon, Snohomish
Iowa
1. Villisca Axe Murder House, Villisca
2. Squirrel Cage Jail, Council Bluffs
3. Franklin Hotel, Strawberry Point
4. Edinburgh Manor, Scotch Grove
5. Malvern Manor, Malvern
Kansas
1. Amelia Earhart Birthplace, Atchison
2. Sallie House, Atchison
3. Beaumont Hotel, Beaumont
4. Sentinel Hill
5. Eldridge Hotel, Lawrence
Vermont
1. Golden State Inn B&B, Proctorsville
2. Marble Inn, Fairhaven
3. Hartness House Inn, Springfield
4. Norwich University, Northfield
5. Brattleboro Retreat Tower, Brattleboro
Idaho
1. Owyhee Plaza, Boise
2. Idanha Hotel, Boise
3. Old Idaho State Penitentiary, Boise
4. Egyptian Theatre, Boise
5. Shoshone Indian Ice Caves, Shoshone
Alaska
1. Badarka Road, Chugiak
2. Historic Anchorage Hotel
3. Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage
4. Red Onion Saloon, Skagway
5. Alaskan Triangle
Hawaii
1. Manoa Falls
2. Pearl Harbor, Oahu
3. Wahiawa Botanical Gardens, Oahu
4. Nu'uanu Pali Hwy. Oahu
5. Iolani Palace
Michigan1. Waugoshance Lighthouse2. Detroit Masonic Temple3. Traverse City State Hospital4. Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island5. Greenfield Village
Arizona1. Copper Queen, Bisbee2. Birdcage Theatre, Tombstone3. Jerome Grand Hotel4. Palace Saloon, Prescott5. Fox Theatre, Tucson
Wyoming1. Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone2. Plains Hotel, Cheyenne3. Occidental Hotel, Buffalo4. Wonder Bar, Casper5. Irma Hotel, Cody
Nebraska1. Alliance Theatre, Alliance2. Devil's Canyon3. Black Hill, Decatur4. Seven Sisters Road, Nebraska City5. Corner Stone Mansion B&B
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