278 places found

Wilmington, Delaware
Philadelphia wool merchant Hanson Robinson built this estate as a summer retreat, originally called Woolton Hall. William du Pont bought it…

Elkridge, Maryland
Belmont Manor in Elkridge is a Georgian plantation house built in 1738, now owned by Howard County and used for weddings, events and…

Nashville, Tennessee
Belmont Mansion on the Belmont University campus was built in the 1850s as the Italianate villa of Adelicia Acklen, one of the wealthiest…

Asheville, North Carolina
The Biltmore Estate in Asheville is a 250-room French Renaissance-style chateau completed in 1895 for George W. Vanderbilt and still owned…

Independence, Missouri
The Bingham-Waggoner Estate in Independence is a historic house dating to 1852 that was once home to the artist George Caleb Bingham and…

Birdsville, Georgia
At Birdsville Plantation, visitors and caretakers describe children's laughter at night and doors that open and close on their own.…

Galveston, Texas
The Bishop's Palace, built in 1892 as the Gresham House for Colonel Walter Gresham, is a Victorian castle on Galveston's Broadway designed…

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Black Point Estate on Geneva Lake is a Queen Anne summer mansion built in 1888 by the Chicago beer baron Conrad Seipp, with 13 bedrooms and…

Smyrna, Delaware
Built around the turn of the 19th century in Smyrna's Historic District, this house belonged to the prominent Blevins family before passing…

Grantville, Georgia
Once a bed & breakfast at 2 Post Street, Bonnie Castle has since closed its doors to overnight guests but kept its haunted reputation.…

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Charleston ghost-tour writers list Boone Hall among the area's haunted places, with reports of apparitions and sounds near the cabins and…

Fort Pierce, Florida
Florida East Coast Railway engineer William T. Jones built this neoclassical and Georgian-style home in 1909 using a $6,000 railroad injury…

Glendale, California
Leslie C. Brand — the man usually called the father of modern Glendale — built El Miradero between 1903 and 1904 at the foot of the Verdugo…

Thornton, Colorado
Brittany Hill occupies a mansion built in the late 1800s and now operates as an event venue and restaurant. Local telling holds that the…

Coffeyville, Kansas
Completed in 1904 at a reported cost of $125,000, the three-story, 16-room Brown Mansion in Coffeyville was built for businessman W.P.…

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Brumder Mansion near downtown Milwaukee is a brick mansion built in 1910 that now operates as a bed and breakfast with a 55-seat…

Woodstock, Illinois
Built in 1865 by George and Sylvia Stickney, this Bull Valley mansion was designed without right angles, reflecting the couple's practice…

Roswell, Georgia
Docents and visitors at Bulloch Hall describe lights flickering inside the house after it has closed, figures in Civil War-era clothing at…

Carrollton, Kentucky
The Butler-Turpin House at General Butler State Resort Park in Carrollton is a Greek Revival house built in 1859 that was home to several…

Casa Grande, Arizona
Café de Manuel has served Mexican food from the same family's recipes on North Pinal Avenue since 1995, in a building that began as a…

Union, New Jersey
The Caldwell Parsonage in Union is a Revolutionary-era house and museum of the Union Township Historical Society, built to replace the home…

Franklin, Tennessee
Carnton Plantation in Franklin was the home of the McGavock family and became a field hospital after the Battle of Franklin on November 30,…

Evansville, Indiana
Built in 1848-49 for philanthropist Willard Carpenter — who also built and endowed Willard Library — this Greek Revival house at 405…

Franklin, Tennessee
Visitors and staff at the Carter House describe the spirits of Confederate Captain Tod Carter, his sister Annie and even a phantom…