Abigail's Grille & Bar (Pettibone Tavern)

Built in 1780 by Jonathan Pettibone Jr. as a stop on the Boston-to-Albany turnpike, this tavern hosted travelers including George Washington and John Adams before being rebuilt in 1803. Later operated for decades as a Chart House restaurant, it's now Abigail's Grille & Bar. Its long-running legend holds that innkeeper Abigail Pettibone was killed by her husband with an axe after he came home early from a whaling voyage and found her with another man — though local records actually show the historical Abigail Pettibone died of old age before the building was even rebuilt in 1803, a detail most versions of the story leave out. Staff and guests still report a cold chill near the second-floor women's restroom, sightings of a woman's figure, lights switching on and off, and furniture that seems to move on its own.