America is filled with incredible places to stay. But many of them—hotels and historic manors alike—are rumored to be home to more than just the living.
LessThe Hull House is the reported location of the infamous “Devil Baby,” born in the early 1900s and produced by the union of a Catholic woman and an atheist man. Some today still believe the Devil Baby was real, and that the twisted face of a deformed child can be seen grinning from the upper windows of the Hull House. The site is currently a museum dedicated to its founder.
Come stay at this haunted Gettysburg inn and learn about the various ghosts that reside there. This inn is near the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, and the trauma left an imprint on the building—both physical and spiritual. Various rooms in the Inn are reported to be extremely haunted, including the cellar and a few of the bedrooms.
This hotel was the inspiration for Stephen King’s The Shining, after the author stayed the night in room 217 back in the 1970s. The Stanley Hotel has been called the Disneyland for ghosts, and has hosted plenty of investigative teams. They’ve explored room 217, now wildly popular with tourists—as well as the vortex staircase, the concert hall, the fourth floor, and the ice house—looking for evidence of the paranormal and they’ve found it.
Built in the 1900s, the Mount Washington Hotel overlooks a glorious landscape rich in history and hauntings. The owner and his wife were the first to die at the hotel, and some say they’ve never left. Some of the architecture of the hotel was meant to keep the ghosts away, like the number of steps between floors, but Carolyn knew the hotel well and had no problem traversing the different floors and visiting guests.
Once belonging to the infamous Winchester family, of firearms fame, the house is architecturally beautiful and rumored to be very haunted. Sarah Winchester, the widow of William Wirt Winchester, built the house to appease the ghosts of those killed by the famous Winchester rifle.
This quaint farmhouse was the site of a grizzly unsolved murder in the early 1900s. Unsurprisingly, the house is long-rumored to be haunted by the former occupants. The museum that operates today reflects the buildings deep dark history. Visitors can take a tour through the house, and hear the story of the Moore family in all of its gory glory.
One of the most recognizable buildings in America, the White House has its own share of hauntings. Strange sightings include the ghost of Abigail Adams doing laundry, to the land’s original owner David Burns stalking the halls. Mary Todd Lincoln allegedly held séances there to contact her dead son Willie, and her husband is rumored to haunt the bedroom that bears his name.
The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa is thought to be one of the most haunted hotels in America. The Crescent has gone through many changes, including time as a hospital. And the ghosts inside it span every era of that storied history.