A directory of the macabre

Haunted houses & legendary sites

Across America: seasonal scream parks open this season, and legends & lore from real places — sourced, not invented. Private homes stay lore-only.

1,855Venues

53States / regions

12Legend packs

95Historic / both

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Hudson Valley, New York

Hudson Valley & Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow and neighboring Tarrytown sit on the east bank of the Hudson where Washington Irving set The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820). The Old Dutch Church…

Long Island, New York

Long Island & Amityville-Adjacent Lore

Amityville entered national folklore after the 1974 DeFeo family murders and the 1975–77 Lutz haunting claims that became The Amityville Horror book and films.…

New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans: French Quarter & Cemetery Lore

New Orleans concentrates hotel lore, Creole mansion stories, and above-ground cemetery traditions in a compact tourism core. St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is among…

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah Historic District & Bonaventure

Savannah's National Historic Landmark District packs squares, inns, and cemetery parks that support one of the South's densest ghost-tour scenes. Bonaventure…

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Battlefield & Inns

Gettysburg National Military Park preserves the July 1863 Civil War battlefield, among the most visited historic landscapes in the United States. Civilian…

Salem / Danvers, Massachusetts

Salem & the Witch Trials Landscape

In 1692–93, witchcraft accusations centered on Salem Village (today's Danvers) and trials in Salem Town led to nineteen hangings and the pressing death of…