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Berlin, Connecticut
This traprock ridge, with cliffs over 200 feet high overlooking Meriden, gets its brooding name from a 1636 incident: a member of the…
Ashland, Oregon
Lithia Park is Ashland's creekside park of ponds, trails and old trees, laid out in the early 1900s. Travel Oregon lists it among the…
Custer County, Idaho
Deep in the central Idaho wilderness, Loon Creek was the site of an 1869-70 gold rush that drew hundreds of miners to the area. Local…
Savannah, Georgia
Laid out in 1837 on Bull Street and named for President James Madison, the square holds a statue of Sergeant William Jasper, a defender of…
Manassas, Virginia
Manassas National Battlefield Park preserves the grounds of the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861 and the Second Battle in August…
Honolulu, Hawaii
Manoa Falls Trail, a lush hiking path deep in Manoa Valley, is said to be one of the most haunted trails on O'ahu. Hikers report hearing…
Marfa, Texas
The Marfa Lights are glowing orbs reported over the Mitchell Flat south of Highway 90 in West Texas, with accounts traced in local…
New Edinburg, Arkansas
Visitors to Marks' Mills Battleground State Park have reported the sound of gunfire and marching soldiers carrying through the trees. On…
West Point, Georgia
Built in the early 1870s by James Eichelburger McCosh, this grist mill ground corn and wheat for area farms on Wehadkee Creek until it…
Poncha Springs, Colorado
Above Mears Junction, on the old Denver and Rio Grande "Chile Line," a water tank once let trains refill their boilers before the climb…
New Lenox, Illinois
A 406-acre section of Messenger Woods was designated an Illinois Nature Preserve in 1994 and 1999, protecting a mix of forest, prairie,…
Joliet, Illinois
At Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, visitors to the surviving arsenal buildings and grounds report the sound of cars that can't be seen…
Wabash, Indiana
On December 17-18, 1812, American troops under Lt. Col. John Campbell attacked Miami villages along the Mississinewa River near present-day…
O'ahu, Hawaii
Mokuleia Beach Park is one of several O'ahu sites where the Night Marchers have reportedly been seen. Visitors have also described a…
Anderson, Indiana
Mounds State Park preserves ten earthworks built by the Adena and Hopewell peoples starting around 160 BCE, considered sacred ground by the…
Moundville, Alabama
Built between roughly 1120 and 1650 CE on the Black Warrior River, Moundville was once the second-largest Mississippian city in North…
Gilroy, California
A girl in a long white dress is said to ride a horse through the fog over the hills of Mount Madonna and vanish, and visitors have…
Marion County, Florida
Ocala National Forest is home to the "Dark Man," a modern Florida legend describing a tall, shadowy figure in a long, hooded coat seen…
Logan, Ohio
Hocking Hills State Park, with its gorges, caves and waterfalls, is on TourismOhio's haunted list. Old Man's Cave is named for Richard…
Olustee, Florida
At Olustee Battlefield, visitors and Civil War reenactors describe orbs and the apparitions of soldiers on the battlefield, especially…
Petersburg, Virginia
Pamplin Historical Park is a 424-acre site with a National Historic Landmark battlefield from the 1865 Union breakthrough at Petersburg,…
Augusta, Georgia
Pendleton King Park sits on the former Bugg Plantation, purchased before 1842 by Judge John P. King and donated to the city of Augusta by…
Perryville, Kentucky
The Battle of Perryville, fought on October 8, 1862, was the largest Civil War battle fought in Kentucky, with thousands of casualties in a…
Dallas, Georgia
At Pickett's Mill, visitors and staff report gunfire and voices carrying across the field at dusk, and figures glimpsed moving between the…