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Hotels, theatres, prisons and back roads with a reputation.
Roodhouse, IL
217 Terror is a seasonal Illinois haunted attraction that bundles several themed walk-through haunts into one ticket. Live actors, dark sets and different horror environments make it a dedicated October scare stop operating only on select dates.
Midlothian, IL
A tiny abandoned pioneer cemetery deep in the forest preserve, famous for decades of phantom-house, ghost-car, and apparition stories.
Chicago, IL
One of the few structures to survive the Great Chicago Fire, later wrapped into local ghost stories involving a spectral hanging figure.
Rock Island Arsenal, IL
The 1830s home of fur trader George Davenport stands on Arsenal Island, where his 1845 murder became part of local ghost lore.
Chicago, IL
One of Chicago's best-known haunted hotels, tied to decades of ghost stories, unexplained sightings, and dark tales surrounding its long history.
Galena, IL
Illinois' oldest operating hotel hosted Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant and carries a substantial body of guest and staff ghost lore.
Burbank, IL
Haunted Trails Burbank is a year-round Halloween-themed family entertainment center with miniature golf, go-karts, arcade games, rides and other activities. Despite the spooky branding, it is not a haunted house and is specifically designed as family entertainment.
Joliet, IL
Haunted Trails Joliet is a year-round family entertainment center with a Halloween theme, offering attractions such as go-karts, miniature golf, laser tag, rides and an arcade. It is not a seasonal scare haunt, so travelers should expect an amusement center rather than a paranormal or horror experience.
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.
Cairo, IL
A 14-room 1869 mansion preserves ornate Victorian interiors and furnishings from Cairo's prosperous river-port era, with local ghost lore attached.
Alton, IL
A long-vacant 1869 mansion undergoing restoration has become one of the Alton area's best-known paranormal-tour locations.
Alton, IL
The 1914 former hotel and mineral-bath complex now houses shops and paranormal events, with extensive lore attached to its basement pool and old rooms.
Mount Carroll, IL
A former hotel converted by artist Jim Warfield into an eccentric handmade haunted house full of secret passages, mechanical gags, and surreal rooms.
Chicago, IL
A British-style pub near the Biograph is associated with stories of phantom footsteps, shadowy figures, and other alleged paranormal activity.
Justice, IL
The cemetery gates are inseparable from the legend of Resurrection Mary, the hitchhiking ghost said to disappear near Archer Avenue.
Rockford, IL
A remarkable Swiss-inspired Victorian home whose preserved rooms, family artifacts, and long-running ghost stories make it unusually atmospheric.
