Haunted Places in Columbus, GA

Explore 4 haunted places in Columbus, GA — landmarks, museums, haunted houses and more, each with its ghost story, address, and sources.

• Crybaby BridgeLandmark · Columbus, GADeep in the wooded northern reaches of Columbus, Whitesville Road narrows from two lanes to gravel before it reaches three weathered wooden bridges, the last of which locals have called Crybaby Bridge for generations.
• National Civil War Naval Museum at Port ColumbusMuseum · Columbus, GABuilt along the Chattahoochee River, the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus houses the salvaged hulls of Confederate warships, including the CSS Jackson and the gunboat CSS Chattahoochee, alongside flags, weapons, and the uniforms of sailors who died at sea.
• Rankin HouseHouse · Columbus, GABuilt for Scottish-born planter and hotelier James Rankin, this high-style Italianate mansion rose between 1860 and 1870, its construction interrupted by the Civil War before it became the finest home in the city.
• Springer Opera HouseTheater · Columbus, GAOpened in 1871 and now a National Historic Landmark, the Springer Opera House drew the great tragedian Edwin Booth to its stage in the 1870s, where his celebrated turn as Hamlet helped rebuild a career shadowed by his brother John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin.