Haunted Hotels
Discover the most haunted hotels in America, from historic inns and grand resorts to legendary properties known for ghost sightings, eerie encounters, and chilling paranormal stories. This haunted hotels list explores the history, hauntings, and real life legends behind some of the most infamous hotels to stay in the United States. Whether you’re planning a ghost hunting trip or just love haunted travel and lore, these haunted hotels offer some of the creepiest overnight experiences in the country.
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The Lavender in Room 310: St. James Hotel in Red Wing
Wheat money built the St. James Hotel in Red Wing, and more than a century later the building is still trading on two things:…
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Lady in Blue: Baker City’s Geiser Grand Hotel
Three stories of Italianate brick on a corner in eastern Oregon, topped by a clock tower and lit from inside by one of the…
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Room 1015 and the Visiting Teams: The Haunted Skirvin Hotel
Few American hotels have had their reputation shaped quite so publicly by professional athletes. The haunted Skirvin Hotel, properly the Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City,…
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Shoes on the Stairs: Flemington’s Union Hotel
For most of two centuries the brick front at the center of Main Street in Flemington, New Jersey watched everything important happen across the…
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Lily’s Lavender Gown and the Haunted Franklin Hotel
Strawberry Point is a small town in northeast Iowa with an outsized fiberglass strawberry on its main street and a two story brick hotel…
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Princess Carolyn and Room 314 at the Mount Washington Hotel
Set against the Presidential Range in Bretton Woods, the Mount Washington Hotel is the kind of building that looks staged even when you are…
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After the Fire: Tucson’s Pioneer Hotel, Arizona
Explore the history and charm of the Pioneer Hotel, Arizona! Known as a pillar of hospitality since 1929, this timeless gem boasts vintage flair,…
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Eight Feet of Floodwater: The Providence Biltmore
Few buildings in Rhode Island have been resurrected as many times as the Providence Biltmore, the 1922 tower on the southern corner of Kennedy…
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Snowbound Octagon: Alyeska Resort Ghost Stories, Girdwood
Ski Alaska long enough and you will hear the Alyeska Resort ghost stories: a skier glimpsed on a run that has already closed for…
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The Lady in White of the Haunted Terrace Inn, Michigan
Northern Michigan has no shortage of old summer hotels, but few of them carry a ghost story as firmly attached as the one told…
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Haunted Horseshoe Las Vegas: The 1980 MGM Grand Fire Site
Ask about a haunted Horseshoe Las Vegas and you are really asking about a building that no longer carries the name it had on…
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Carl in Room One: The Brook Forest Inn, Colorado
Up a canyon road west of Denver, in a scattering of houses that never quite became a town, the Brook Forest Inn has been…
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The Outlaw and the Dog: Saint James Hotel in Selma
Few buildings in the Black Belt have gone from Union headquarters to abandoned shell to boutique lodging and back into business, but the Saint…
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Healing Springs to Hotel Hell: The Maribel Caves Hotel
The Maribel Caves Hotel sits above the Devil’s River in Maribel, Wisconsin, a three-story stone shell that locals and ghost hunters long ago renamed…
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Norman Baker’s Castle in the Air: Crescent Hotel Eureka Springs
Set on a ridge above a town that built its whole reputation on spring water, the Crescent Hotel Eureka Springs is a limestone pile…
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Room 217: The Stanley Hotel’s Explosion and Its Ghosts
Five miles from the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park, the Stanley Hotel sits on a granite shelf above Estes Park, Colorado, a white…
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Marble, Tiffany Glass and the Haunted Gadsden Hotel
Ask around about the haunted Gadsden Hotel and the conversation almost always narrows to a single door number. The five-story hotel sits in Douglas,…
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Twenty Dead in 1978: The Haunted Coates House Hotel
Six stories of brick and stone still hold the corner of 10th Street and Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri, and the reputation of the…
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Built on Corwin’s Lot: The Joshua Ward House, Salem
Stand on Washington Street in Salem, Massachusetts and the Joshua Ward House reads as a merchant’s brag: three stories of brick, four chimneys, a…
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Room 256: Dr. Jacocks and the Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill
The Carolina Inn sits at the edge of the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a red brick building with…
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Room 11 and Rosie: Inside Virginia City’s Silver Queen Hotel
Virginia City still looks like the boomtown it was, and the Silver Queen Hotel is one of the reasons why. Built in 1876 on…
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The Flying Brick: Inside Nevada’s Haunted Goldfield Hotel
Four floors of gray granite and red brick still hold down the corner of Crook and Columbia in Goldfield, Nevada, and the haunted Goldfield…
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Room 19, Judy and the Haunted Jefferson Hotel in Texas
A block back from the Big Cypress Bayou, in a small East Texas river town that once shipped cotton downstream toward New Orleans, the…
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Room 932 and the 1989 Fire: Hotel Bethlehem Ghosts
Any list of Hotel Bethlehem ghosts starts with a room number, but the building itself is the better story. This 125-room hotel stands on…
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Door 13 and the Drained Pool: Queen Mary Ghosts, Long Beach
Tied up at Pier H in Long Beach, California, the RMS Queen Mary has now spent far more of her life as a hotel…
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The Bellboy in Room 306: Hotel Monte Vista, Flagstaff
Immerse yourself in history at the Hotel Monte Vista! Experience authentic 1920s charm, enjoy captivating ghost stories, unwind at unique cocktail lounges and find…
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Dancing to an Empty House: The Haunted Amargosa Opera House
Out on the edge of the Mojave, where California State Route 127 crosses the road into Death Valley, a U shaped block of adobe…
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Room 408 at the Hotel Sorrento, Seattle’s First Hill Landmark
The Hotel Sorrento sits on the crest of First Hill in Seattle, Washington, a seven-story Italian-styled block that has been taking in travelers since…
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Room 501 and the Grand Galvez Ghosts of Galveston
Uncover the mystique of Grand Galvez in our latest blog post. From its opulent history to exclusive amenities, the Grand Galvez is not just…
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Suite 501 and Count Pourtales: Broadmoor Hotel Ghosts
Explore the luxurious charm of Broadmoor Hotel, set amidst the picturesque mountains of Colorado. With its award-winning golf course, indulgent spa services, and world-class…
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Hank Williams and the Haunted Redmont Hotel in Birmingham
Dive into luxury at Redmont Hotel, a vintage haven boasting state-of-the-art amenities. Unwind in chic rooms or savor gourmet delights at our on-site restaurants,…
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Jerome Grand Hotel: Ghosts of the United Verde Hospital
Explore the mystique of the Jerome Grand Hotel! With a rich mining history, spine-tingling ghost tales, and breath-taking views, this blog recounts an unparalleled…
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Concrete Tepees on Route 66: The Wigwam Village Motel
Dive into a unique road trip adventure at the Wigwam Village Motel! Its iconic cone-shaped units provide a retro glimpse into America’s past, combining…
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Room 311 and the Tutwiler Hotel Ghosts of Birmingham
Experience Southern charm at its finest at Birmingham’s Tutwiler Hotel. This blog post unveils the iconic hotel’s rich history, top-notch service, plush comforts, and…
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The Dude Rancher Lodge Ghost Who Unlocks Stuck Doors
Most of the stories about the Dude Rancher Lodge ghost describe something helpful rather than something frightening. Staff at this 1950 motor inn in…
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Roses, Broken Glass and Julia Staab: La Posada Hotel
If you believe the stories that surround the La Posada Hotel, Julia’s ghost still haunts the 19th-century mansion. A janitor first spotted her in…
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The Woman in the Yellow Dress: Red Lodge’s Pollard Hotel
The Pollard Hotel has been taking guests in Red Lodge, Montana, since 1893, which makes it older than most of the streets around it.…
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The Headmistress of Room 410: San Francisco’s Queen Anne Hotel
Dive into the luxury and mystery of San Francisco’s historic Queen Anne Hotel. Renowned for its Victorian charm, personalized service, and rumored resident ghosts,…
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Notoriety on Main Street: the Cecil Hotel, Los Angeles
Explore the infamous Cecil Hotel’s cryptic past in this blog post! From mysterious disappearances to eerie ghost sightings, there’s a chilling tale at every…
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The Girl in the Blue Dress: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Dive into the glamorous history of Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in our latest post! Unearth its age-old links with star-studded spectacles, claims to haunted rooms,…
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Hotel Colorado: Bell Tower Suites and a Sealed Room
The Hotel Colorado sits across the Colorado River from the hot springs that made Glenwood Springs famous, a cream-brick pile with twin bell towers…
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Belle of the Southwest: The Haunted Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas NM
One of the oddest mysteries of the Campbell House Museum is the still-unexplainable appearances of a half-dollar coin and a single penny. This has…
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Fatty Walsh and the Biltmore Hotel Ghosts of Coral Gables
Coral Gables built itself a landmark in ten months, and the Biltmore Hotel ghosts that guests talk about today are a byproduct of everything…
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Gratz Park Inn: The Old Lexington Clinic’s Restless Guests
A doctor’s waiting room is an unusual foundation for a ghost story, but that is what lies underneath the Gratz Park Inn in Lexington,…
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Room 502: Kate Morgan and the Hotel del Coronado Ghosts
Stories of Hotel del Coronado ghosts all circle back to one November night in 1892, when a young woman who had checked in alone…
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Hotel Parq Central: The Railway Hospital Guests Sleep Inside
Guests who check into Hotel Parq Central in Albuquerque are sleeping inside a hospital. That is not a marketing conceit: the building went up…
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Seelbach Hilton Ghosts: General Fisk and Capone’s Tunnels
The Seelbach Hilton ghosts are talked about in Louisville the way the hotel’s marble and its bourbon list are talked about: as part of…
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Room 310 and the Hotel Jerome Ghosts of Aspen
Brick, three storeys and unmissable on East Main Street, the Hotel Jerome has been Aspen’s front parlour since the silver boom, and the stories…
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Walrus Heads and a Fifth-Floor Window: Seattle’s Arctic Club
Look up from the corner of Third Avenue and Cherry Street in downtown Seattle and twenty-seven terra cotta walruses stare back. Seattle’s Arctic Club,…
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Built for Steamboat Money: The Grand Union Hotel, Fort Benton
The Grand Union Hotel stands on the Fort Benton levee in Montana, a three storey brick pile facing the Missouri River, and it was…
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The Lady in Red and the Mizpah Hotel of Tonopah
Tonopah sits in the high desert between Reno and Las Vegas, a town that exists because someone found silver there, and the Mizpah Hotel…
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Queen of the Mines: The Haunted Geiser Grand Hotel
Two reputations run side by side inside this eastern Oregon landmark. One is documented in newspapers, postcards and the National Register: a mining-boom palace…
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Five Floods and Four Ghosts: Keosauqua’s Mason House Inn
The Mason House Inn stands in Keosauqua, a small bend-in-the-river town in southeast Iowa, and it has been taking in travellers since 1846. It…
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Gold Rush Doorway: Inside Seattle’s Cadillac Hotel
Brick, four floors, and a long memory: the Cadillac Hotel in Washington has spent more than a century watching the Pacific Northwest reinvent itself,…
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Room 904 and the Marble Bar: Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel
A wedge of sandstone and red granite sits where 17th Street, Broadway and Tremont Place refuse to meet at right angles, and inside it…
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Queen Victoria’s Cherry Back Bar: The Irma Hotel
The Irma Hotel sits in the middle of Cody, Wyoming, a town that carries the name of the man who built the place: William…
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Bullet Holes in the Shiloh Saloon: The Virginian Hotel
Wyoming has plenty of buildings that outgrew their towns, but few do it as bluntly as the Virginian Hotel in Medicine Bow. Three and…
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Haunted Baker Hotel: Mineral Wells’ 14-Story Spa Ruin
Fourteen stories of Spanish Colonial Revival brick standing empty for nearly half a century will attract stories, and the haunted Baker Hotel in Mineral…
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Room 812: The Lady in White at the Hotel Alex Johnson
Eight stories of dark brick rise above Rapid City’s downtown, and for nearly a century the Hotel Alex Johnson has been the tallest thing…
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The Haunted Occidental Hotel and the Girl Called Emily
The haunted Occidental Hotel sits at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains in Buffalo, Wyoming, on ground the Bozeman Trail once ran through, and…
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Parkersburg’s Blennerhassett Hotel and the Ghost Called Helen
The Blennerhassett Hotel has been standing at the corner of a Parkersburg street since 1889, back when West Virginia oil and gas money was…
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Bullock Hotel Deadwood: History and Reported Hauntings
The Bullock Hotel Deadwood stands at the corner of Wall Street and Main Street in Deadwood, South Dakota, and it is the oldest hotel…
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Ben Lomond Hotel Ogden: History and Reported Hauntings
The Ben Lomond Hotel is the name most people in Ogden, Utah still use for the eleven story landmark at 2510 Washington Boulevard, even…
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Oak Alley Plantation: History, Hauntings and Ghost Stories
Oak Alley Plantation is located at 3645 Highway 18, also known as Great River Road, in Vacherie, Louisiana 70090. The Oak Alley Foundation lists…