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Jamestown, California
The Willow's reputation comes from fire: in the decade to 1985 the hotel was struck by five fires nobody could explain, one in 1975 nearly…
Proctor, Vermont
Wilson Castle is a red-brick castle-style mansion in Proctor, open for seasonal tours and known as a haunted house in Vermont media. Staff…
San Jose, California
Sarah Winchester came to the Santa Clara Valley in 1886 after losing her infant daughter, Annie, and then her husband, William Wirt…
Helena, Montana
The Windbag Saloon and Grill on Last Chance Gulch occupies a former brothel building, run in turn by madames including Ida Levy and Dorothy…
Windham, Connecticut
Local legend ties this 1783 inn — originally three stories, reduced to two after it began to buckle around 1850, and converted to…
Americus, Georgia
Built in 1892 as a luxury destination for celebrities and politicians escaping northern winters, the Windsor Hotel is known for towers,…
Appleton, New York
Marjim Manor is a Lake Ontario winery in a historic house. The owner tells of the original owner accidentally shooting his son at three…
Granite, Colorado
Winfield sprang up in 1881 after prospectors found gold flecks in the creek, reached about 1,500 people by 1890, and declined after the…
Madison, Wisconsin
The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison is a Beaux-Arts landmark completed in 1917 and one of the largest capitols in the country. Messenger…
Salem, Massachusetts
The Witch House, also called the Jonathan Corwin House, is the only building still standing in Salem with a direct tie to the 1692 witch…
Wolf Creek, Oregon
Wolf Creek Inn, opened in 1883 as a stagecoach stop on the road between Portland and Sacramento, is the oldest continuously operating hotel…
Baker Creek, Idaho
The Wood River mining district drew thousands of fortune hunters after silver-lead ore was discovered near Galena Summit in 1879, and Baker…
Dover, Delaware
Built in 1790, Woodburn was bought by the State of Delaware in 1965 to serve as the governor's official residence. Its earliest documented…
Kent County, Delaware
Locals say that on clear, well-lit nights around the full moon, you can still see figures walking out over the water along the vanished…
Woodland, California
The Woodland Opera House first opened in 1885 and was destroyed in 1892 by a fire that started in an alley behind it and burned through…
Alexandria, Virginia
Rangers, staff and visitors at Woodlawn are said to have heard phantom footsteps in empty hallways, a harp playing a melody from about two…
Cañon City, Colorado
Woodpecker Hill, on the grounds of the Colorado Territorial Prison in Cañon City, is the burial ground for inmates who died in custody or…
Washington, Washington DC
The Woodrow Wilson House in Kalorama was home to the former president and his wife Edith from 1921 until his death there in 1924, and is…
Memphis, Tennessee
The Woodruff-Fontaine House in Memphis's Victorian Village is a French Second Empire mansion built in 1871 for the carriage maker and later…
Woodstock, Illinois
Orson Welles learned much of his early craft on the Woodstock Opera House stage as a student at the nearby Todd School for Boys in the late…
Butte, Montana
The World Museum of Mining is a 22-acre open-air museum on the site of the Orphan Girl mine above Butte, with a collection of relocated…
Jackson, Wyoming
The Wort Hotel on Jackson's town square, built in 1941 and rebuilt after a fire, is a Historic Hotels of America member. Its hotel blog…
Williamsburg, Virginia
The Wren Building at William & Mary, begun in 1695, is the oldest college building in the United States and was used as a hospital during…
Atlanta, Georgia
Author and folklorist Joel Chandler Harris, best known for collecting and publishing the Brer Rabbit and Uncle Remus tales, lived in this…