Cody, WY
Buffalo Bill Cody's 1902 hotel retains its ornate cherrywood bar and is the subject of recurring reports of unexplained activity.
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Cody, WY
Buffalo Bill Cody's 1902 hotel retains its ornate cherrywood bar and is the subject of recurring reports of unexplained activity.
Buffalo, NY
This former church and funeral home is now both a neighborhood history museum and one of Buffalo's established paranormal destinations. Visitors can take scheduled guided museum tours, while longer overnight investigations are available separately by reservation.
Bardstown, KY
Bardstown's old jail operated from the eighteenth century until 1987 before portions of the complex became a bed-and-breakfast. Guests can sleep in rooms surrounded by original jail architecture and decades of stories involving executions, prisoners and reported paranormal activity.
Williston, ND
This historic former library now operates as an arts center with galleries and classes. It also appears in North Dakota Tourism's ghost-story collection, where investigators and visitors have reported unexplained activity; treat those accounts as local lore rather than fact.
Chicago, IL
The preserved Hull-House complex combines reform-era history with long-running stories of apparitions and the mansion's famously unsettling Devil Baby legend.
Napier Township, PA
The stone Jean Bonnet Tavern dates to the eighteenth century and served travelers along the historic Forbes Road and Lincoln Highway corridor. The owners openly document generations of ghost stories involving apparitions and unexplained activity, while the building continues to operate as a tavern and inn.
Jefferson, TX
A historic East Texas hotel that openly embraces its reputation for reported apparitions, strange noises and paranormal investigations.
Gettysburg, PA
Twenty-year-old Jennie Wade was killed inside this house by a stray bullet during the Battle of Gettysburg, making her the battle's only civilian fatality killed by direct fire. The preserved house operates as a museum and has also accumulated stories of apparitions, voices and other paranormal activity.
Kingsville, MD
This one-lane covered bridge dates to the 1860s and still carries traffic across Little Gunpowder Falls. Local legends attach hanging apparitions, stalled vehicles and stranger creature stories to the bridge, but it remains an active narrow roadway, so do not stop a vehicle inside it or block traffic.
Jerome, AZ
Jerome's former hospital now operates as a hotel and is one of Arizona's most persistent haunted-hotel destinations. Stories of apparitions and unexplained sounds are part of the property's reputation, but OddWay should present them as reported lore.
Beaumont, TX
An 1840s pioneer home and family cemetery that has hosted organized paranormal investigations and haunted-history programming.
Salem, MA
The Merchant hotel occupies the eighteenth-century Joshua Ward House, built on land once associated with Salem sheriff George Corwin. George Washington later stayed here. Ghost stories have accumulated around the property, but it remains an operating hotel rather than a paranormal attraction.
Ketchikan, AK
This scheduled walking tour uses downtown Ketchikan and Creek Street to tell local ghost stories, Alaska Triangle lore and regional creature legends. It is an operating, bookable experience rather than an invitation to enter abandoned property, with current tours meeting at The Rock monument.
Binghamton, NY
Built in 1898 for the family behind the patent-medicine company that produced Swamp Root, Kilmer Mansion has accumulated reports of voices, footsteps, lights switching on and unexplained touches. The restored mansion opens for scheduled tours, events and paranormal programs rather than unrestricted daily access.
Ralpho Township, PA
The Haunted Mansion in Ralpho Township is the classic dark ride at Knoebels Amusement Resort, not a standalone haunted house. Riders travel through old-school spooky sets, practical effects and monsters whenever the ride is operating during the park's season.
Santa Fe, NM
The historic resort incorporates the former Staab mansion, where long-running hotel lore describes the apparition of Julia Staab. It is an operating hotel, so the paranormal story should be presented as tradition and public access kept to normal guest/visitor areas.
Marietta, OH
The current Lafayette Hotel opened in 1918 after fire destroyed the earlier Bellevue Hotel at the riverfront site. Guests and staff have reported phantom footsteps, unexplained lights and apparitions including a former manager and a woman in dark clothing, while the building continues to operate as a normal hotel and public hospitality business.
Lake Geneva, WI
Guided ghost walks use downtown Lake Geneva's historic streets, hotels and lakefront stories as the setting for local legends, unexplained events and darker pieces of community history. Tours operate on scheduled dates, giving travelers a structured way to explore the city's paranormal folklore.
Rock, WV
The amusement park opened in 1926 and closed in the 1960s after multiple deaths, leaving behind a Ferris wheel, swings and other decaying structures that have since become the center of extensive paranormal lore. The property is private and visits are only permitted through scheduled tours, events or investigations—do not enter without an appointment.
New Orleans, LA
The Royal Street mansion is tied to the notorious 1834 fire that exposed abuse of enslaved people in Delphine LaLaurie's household, later generating generations of ghost stories. It is private property; view only from the public sidewalk and do not disturb occupants.
Marquette, MI
The Landmark Inn is a restored historic hotel in downtown Marquette that has accumulated several long-running ghost stories. The best-known is the legend of the "Lilac Lady," while other accounts involve unexplained calls and activity in upper-floor spaces; the inn remains a normal year-round hotel, restaurant and lounge rather than a dedicated ghost attraction.
Syracuse, NY
The ornate theater opened in 1928 and has developed a long-running ghost story involving a woman named Clarissa, said to have fallen to her death and later appeared inside the building wearing white. It remains an active performance venue, with behind-the-scenes tours and paranormal investigations offered on selected dates or by arrangement.
Loudonville, OH
Landoll's Mohican Castle runs guided haunted-history walks that lead visitors through the property, nearby Heyd Cemetery and a replica nineteenth-century cabin. The experience combines documented local history with the area's ghost stories and is offered only on scheduled dates, so advance booking is required.
St. Louis, MO
The mansion of St. Louis's once-powerful Lemp brewing family is tied to a series of deaths and suicides that helped create one of the city's best-known haunted-house legends. The restored property operates as an inn and event venue and periodically offers ghost-focused experiences.