Haunted Inns
49 haunted inns mapped across 26 cities, each with its ghost story, address, and sources.
- 17Hundred90 InnInn · Savannah, GAOne of the oldest inns in Savannah, the 17Hundred90 keeps its most famous guest in Room 204.
- 1842 InnInn · Macon, GAJudge John Jones Gresham, a Macon attorney, jurist, and two-time mayor, raised the Greek Revival mansion on College Street in 1842 as a forever home for his family, living there until his death in 1900.
- 1886 Crescent Hotel & SpaInn · Eureka Springs, ARBilled as 'America's Most Haunted Hotel,' the Crescent opened in 1886.
- 1905 Basin Park HotelInn · Eureka Springs, AROpened July 1, 1905, the seven-story Basin Park rises against a limestone bluff downtown, built on the site of the earlier Perry House.
- Andrew Jackson HotelInn · New Orleans, LAThe site at 919 Royal Street began as a Spanish colonial boarding school for boys, many of them orphaned by yellow fever, before the great fires that swept the French Quarter in 1794 reduced it to ash and, by legend, claimed five young boys trapped inside.
- Battery Carriage House InnInn · Charleston, SCTucked behind the 1843 Stevens-Lathers mansion on Charleston's Battery, this brick carriage house opened as an inn in 1970 under the Drayton-Hastie family and earned a reputation as the city's most haunted lodging.
- Bourbon Orleans HotelInn · New Orleans, LAIn the heart of the French Quarter, the Bourbon Orleans rose from the Orleans Ballroom and Theatre, a center of Creole society where lavish balls filled the room beneath its chandeliers.
- Casablanca Inn on the BayInn · St. Augustine, FLBuilt in 1914 as the Matanzas Hotel, this Mediterranean Revival inn sits on the bayfront in St.
- Cashtown InnInn · Gettysburg, PABuilt in 1797 as a stagecoach stop on the turnpike west of Gettysburg, the Cashtown Inn took its name from an early innkeeper who accepted only cash.
- Connor HotelInn · Jerome, AZDavid Connor built this brick hotel and saloon on Main Street, rebuilding in 1898 after fire twice razed the structure as it had much of early Jerome.
- Curry Mansion InnInn · Key West, FLThis grand Victorian mansion was begun under William Curry, a shipwreck salvager said to be Key West's first millionaire, and reworked into its present form by his son Milton around 1905.
- East Bay InnInn · Savannah, GAEdward Padelford raised this restrained brick building with its cast-iron façade in 1852, when it stood among the cotton warehouses lining Savannah's bluff above the river.
- Eliza Thompson HouseInn · Savannah, GACotton merchant Joseph Thompson built this Greek Revival home in 1847 for his wife Eliza and their seven children, making it the first house on Jones Street, long celebrated as one of the most beautiful streets in America.
- Elkhorn Lodge and Guest RanchInn · Estes Park, COTracing to an 1874 cabin and developed by the James family into a hunting-and-fishing lodge, the Elkhorn is one of the oldest continuously operating guest ranches in the Rocky Mountain region and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
- Ellis HotelInn · Atlanta, GAOpened in 1913 and advertised as "absolutely fireproof," the 15-story Winecoff Hotel on Peachtree Street became the site of the deadliest hotel fire in U.S.
- Emily Morgan HotelInn · San Antonio, TXBuilt in 1924 as the Gothic-style Medical Arts Building, this tower stood directly across from the Alamo and operated for decades as a medical center, housing doctors' offices and a small hospital before conversion to a hotel in 1984.
- Farnsworth House InnInn · Gettysburg, PABuilt as a log house around 1810 with a brick addition in 1833, the building sat squarely in the line of fire during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, when Confederate sharpshooters climbed into its attic garret and fired toward Union positions on East Cemetery Hill — leaving more than a hundred bullet scars still visible in its south wall today.
- Foley House InnInn · Savannah, GAWhen the Foley House was renovated, workers found a human skeleton bricked up inside a wall, the body, legend says, of a man the original owner killed and hid.
- Ghost City Inn Bed & BreakfastInn · Jerome, AZBuilt around 1890 as a boarding house for middle mine management during Jerome's copper boom, this Main Street building has served over the decades as a private home for the Garcia family for over 50 years, then a restaurant, a spiritual retreat, a funeral home, and an art gallery before becoming a bed and breakfast in 1994.
- Hamilton-Turner InnInn · Savannah, GAThis Second Empire mansion on Lafayette Square was once the grandest home in the city, and the first with electric lights.
- Hawthorne HotelInn · Salem, MAOpened in 1925 and named for Salem's own Nathaniel Hawthorne, this six-story Colonial Revival hotel on Washington Square has long been the city's grand address, said to stand near land once tied to the witch-trial accused Bridget Bishop.
- Hotel Galvez (Grand Galvez)Inn · Galveston, TXOpened in 1911 and nicknamed the "Queen of the Gulf," the Galvez is best known for the ghost of Room 501, called Audra or the "Lovelorn Bride." Local lore says a young woman in the 1950s rented the room while awaiting her fiance, a mariner sailing into the Port of Galveston.
- Hotel MacomberInn · Cape May, NJBuilt in 1916, this grand shingle-style hotel on Beach Avenue is best known for the "Trunk Lady" of Room 10.
- Hotel MonteleoneInn · New Orleans, LAFounded in 1886 when Sicilian immigrant Antonio Monteleone bought a small hotel at the corner of Royal and Iberville streets, the Hotel Monteleone grew into one of the French Quarter's grand landmarks, family-owned through five generations and beloved by writers from Faulkner to Capote.
- Jekyll Island Club ResortInn · Jekyll Island, GABuilt in 1887 as the winter retreat of America's wealthiest families, the Jekyll Island Club drew Morgans, Rockefellers, Pulitzers, and Vanderbilts to its riverfront verandas, a Gilded Age enclave so exclusive that members were said to control a sixth of the world's wealth.
- Kehoe HouseInn · Savannah, GAThis grand Queen Anne mansion was home to the large Kehoe family, and legend holds that two of their children died within its walls.
- Linden Row InnInn · Richmond, VALinden Row Inn occupies seven Greek Revival row houses built in the mid-1800s on a downtown block layered with Edgar Allan Poe history.
- Lizzie Borden HouseInn · Fall River, MAOn August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were killed with a hatchet in this Greek Revival home; Andrew's daughter Lizzie was tried and acquitted, leaving the case unsolved.
- Marrero's Guest MansionInn · Key West, FLCigar maker Francisco Marrero built this Victorian mansion to bring his beloved Enriquetta to the island, where they married and raised eight children.
- Menger HotelInn · San Antonio, TXOpened in 1859 beside the Alamo, the Menger is the oldest continuously operating hotel west of the Mississippi and one of the most documented haunted hotels in America, said to host dozens of spirits.
- Olde Harbour InnInn · Savannah, GAOnce a row of cotton warehouses along the river bluff, the Olde Harbour Inn keeps a gentle ghost the staff call Hank.
- Riverview HotelInn · St. Marys, GABuilt in 1916 on the banks of the St.
- Southern Oaks InnInn · Lavonia, GACharles P.
- St. Francis InnInn · St. Augustine, FLBuilt in 1791 by Gaspar Garcia, a sergeant in Spain's Cuban infantry regiment, the St.
- The Baldpate InnInn · Estes Park, COHoneymooners Gordon and Ethel Mace homesteaded this mountainside in 1911 and opened the Baldpate Inn in 1917, naming it after the mystery novel Seven Keys to Baldpate.
- The Clinkscale (Mile High Inn)Inn · Jerome, AZBuilt in 1899 on the ashes of a burned-out building, this Main Street structure was given thick fire-resistant walls and later became associated with Jerome madam Jennie Banters, one of the territory's wealthiest businesswomen.
- The Gunter HotelInn · San Antonio, TXThe Gunter, opened in 1909, is tied to one of San Antonio's most chilling unsolved crimes.
- The Jefferson HotelInn · Richmond, VAOpened in 1895 as Lewis Ginter's grand showpiece and designed by Carrere and Hastings, the Jefferson is a Beaux-Arts landmark once famous for live alligators kept in its marble pools.
- The Marshall HouseInn · Savannah, GAThe Marshall House has welcomed guests since 1851, but it spent the Civil War as a Union hospital and, by some accounts, a place where amputations were performed.
- The Merchant HotelInn · Buford, GAWhen the Merchant Hotel opened in downtown Buford in the early 1890s, it was the nicest and only lodging between Atlanta and Gainesville; travelers stepped off the train at the depot across the street, climbed to the second-floor lobby, and took home-cooked meals on the veranda.
- The Myrtles PlantationInn · St. Francisville, LABuilt circa 1796 by General David Bradford and now a bed-and-breakfast, the Myrtles is routinely called one of America's most haunted homes.
- The Omni Grove Park InnInn · Asheville, NCThe Pink Lady is Asheville's most famous ghost, reported at this 1913 stone resort for nearly a century.
- The Partridge InnInn · Augusta, GAPerched on Augusta's Summerville hill, the Partridge Inn began in 1836 as a private residence and grew into a sprawling Southern hotel after Morris Partridge converted it in 1892, its long verandahs and white columns earning it a place among the Historic Hotels of America.
- The Southern MansionInn · Cape May, NJBuilt in 1863 by Philadelphia industrialist George Allen and designed by architect Samuel Sloan, this opulent bracket-style estate served as the Allen family's summer home for over 80 years.
- The Stanley HotelInn · Estes Park, COBuilt in 1909 by Stanley Steamer inventor F.O.
- The Tremont HouseInn · Galveston, TXHoused in the 1879 Leon H.
- Windsor HotelInn · Americus, GAOpened in 1892, the Windsor Hotel rose over downtown Americus as a red-brick Victorian palace of towers, balconies, and a three-story atrium lobby, drawing politicians and celebrities fleeing northern winters.
- Windward HouseInn · Cape May, NJA circa-1905 Edwardian seaside cottage on Jackson Street now run as a bed-and-breakfast inn, Windward House is said to be haunted by a spirit the owners call Bridgette, an Irish girl described as appearing in a dress of shiny gold fabric.
- Worley Homestead InnInn · Dahlonega, GABuilt in 1845, this antebellum home in Dahlonega became the Worley family's homestead in 1865, just after Captain William J.