A field guide to haunted America
Every place has a story.
Some don’t stay buried.
Ghost stories, cursed history, and the exact spots they happened — across all 50 states.
Explore by state
Haunted places near you
Enter your town — we’ll surface the closest hauntings.
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The Birthday Ghost of Medora’s Fudge and Ice Cream Depot
Most ghost stories keep no calendar. The one attached to the Fudge and Ice Cream Depot in Medora, North Dakota,…
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The Woman in Blue and Trollwood Park’s Buried Cemetery
Trollwood Park in north Fargo reads, at first glance, as unremarkable: twenty-eight acres of mown grass, swings, slides, gazebos and…
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Deering Estate: A Stone House With No Stove, and Its Ghosts
Charles Deering lived on this stretch of Biscayne Bay shoreline for only five years, and he died in a bedroom…
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Shadows in the Stacks: Bismarck’s Liberty Memorial Building
Stone, symmetry and a state’s grief: the Liberty Memorial Building in Bismarck was raised in 1931 as North Dakota’s tribute…
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The Old Armory in Williston: Built on 200 Shares of Stock
Drill practice in Williston used to happen wherever there was room: a field, an open lot, whatever the weather allowed.…
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The Bloodiest Cabin in Arizona: Brunckow’s Cabin Ghosts
Stories about the Brunckow’s Cabin ghosts were already in print while Tombstone was still a boom town, which makes this…
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Jingling Keys in the Lobby: LA’s Silent Movie Theatre
On Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, the Silent Movie Theatre spent decades as one of the few places in California…
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Sophia Eberlen and the Ghosts of Harvey Public Library
Small-town libraries rarely come with a body count attached to their foundations, but the Harvey Public Library in North Dakota…
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Ax Murder Legend of Mystery Manor in Omaha
The hauntings stretch beyond tricks and gimmicks, and the spirits of William Hall, his unfortunate wife Greta, and her avenging…
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Public Hospital of 1773: Ghosts of America’s First Asylum
Williamsburg, Virginia keeps two versions of the same building: the one that burned and the one that stands today. The…
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A Hand on His Ankle: Inside the Bell Witch Cave
Robertson County holds a modest limestone passage that has picked up an outsized reputation: the Bell Witch Cave, a karst…
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C&O Canal Ghosts: Haunted House Bend to Paw Paw Tunnel
Boat crews on the Grand Old Ditch kept careful track of tolls, waybills and fines, and they also kept a…
