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America's Most Reported Haunted Establishments

Ranked by the number of distinct haunting reports and legends documented in the Still Open America record.

Still Open America does not certify paranormal activity as real. These rankings measure the number of distinct haunting reports and legends documented in our records. A listed investigation means an investigation occurred; it does not mean the claimed evidence was independently verified.

Most Reported Haunted Bars & Saloons

#1
Merchant's Cafe & Saloon
Seattle, WA
7 reported haunting activities · 1 known investigation
Otto guarding the safe · Children in the basement · Woman in the downstairs restrooms · Lady of Merchant's Cafe · Haunted portrait of the dancing girl · Male presence on the upper floors · Unexplained moving objects and activity
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#2
Pioneer Saloon
Goodsprings, NV
6 reported haunting activities · 2 known investigations
Paul Coski at card tables · Footsteps and doors after closing · Old miner at the bar · Weeping and shadows near the bathrooms · Carole Lombard searching the saloon · Ruby and an unidentified woman
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#3
The Slippery Noodle Inn
Indianapolis, IN
6 reported haunting activities · 3 known investigations
George in the basement · Sarah and other women upstairs · Cowboy or shadowy male figure · Basement whispers, cold spots, and uneasy sensations · Unexplained activity throughout the building · Bodies and bones in the dirt-floored basement
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#4
Arnold's Bar and Grill
Cincinnati, OH
8 reported haunting activities
Woman in a dark blue dress on the upper floors · Children playing upstairs · Roses scent on the second floor · Activity in the Bathtub Room · Glasses and bottles moving behind the bar · Doors, lights, faucets, and knocks without a visible cause · Cook Steve Black seen after his death · Former owner Jim Christakos in the kitchen-to-bar route
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#5
The Silver Dollar Saloon
Leadville, CO
6 reported haunting activities
Apparitions in the back room and telephone booth · Heavy footsteps and stomping in the bar and basement · Televisions and doors operating by themselves · Noose swinging in the early morning · Little girl in the basement · Horace and Baby Doe Tabor at the bar
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#6
The Cranbury Inn
Cranbury, NJ
5 reported haunting activities
Stagecoach victim disrupting renovations · Doors slamming and objects moving · Miss Mac in the second-floor fireplace room · Woman who died when the inn rented rooms · Cold spots, orbs, and disembodied voices
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#7
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar
New Orleans, LA
4 reported haunting activities
Shadowy man identified as Jean Lafitte · Glowing red eyes at the fireplace · Whispering woman upstairs · Cold spots, tobacco scent, and moving glassware
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#8
Ye Olde Trail Tavern
Yellow Springs, OH
4 reported haunting activities
Woman in blue in the tavern · Sad woman upstairs · Blonde young woman on the lower level · Objects move or strike without explanation
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#9
Captain Tony's Saloon
Key West, FL
2 reported haunting activities
Lady in Blue apparition · Unexplained activity in the women's restroom
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Most Reported Haunted Hotels & Inns

#1
Bullock Hotel / Bully's Restaurant & Bar
Deadwood, SD
8 reported haunting activities · 1 known investigation
Seth Bullock apparition · Helpful man guiding a lost child · Cigar smoke, roses, and lilac scents · Names called, shoulder taps, and whistling · Footsteps, shadow figures, and room disturbances · Moving objects in Bully's and Seth's Cellar · Sarah and her mother in Seth's Cellar · Photographic anomalies and the Room 211 cloud figure
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#2
The Magnolia Hotel
Seguin, TX
8 reported haunting activities · 3 known investigations
Shadow figures and apparitions · Children's-room ball and light activity · Doors slamming and cold breezes · Footsteps, voices, and other unexplained sounds · Distinctive transient smells · Faust Room presence · James Campbell near the old cabin · Sam Wood's whistles and wall knocks
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#3
Wolf Creek Inn
Wolf Creek, OR
8 reported haunting activities · 1 known investigation
Jack London apparition and voice · Female stagecoach driver apparition · Little girl in the halls and grounds · Room Eight concentration of activity · Doors, chairs, and objects moving · Flying baking pan in the kitchen · Piano music, footsteps, and empty-room voices · Vampire-like creature on the grounds
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#4
Concord's Colonial Inn
Concord, MA
7 reported haunting activities · 1 known investigation
Gray figure in Room 24 · Lights, television, whispers, and slamming door in Room 24 · Soldier and nurse apparitions in Room 24 · Woman at a guestroom desk · Little girl in the hallway near Room 24 · Redcoat soldier at the bar · Older woman and man with a top hat in the sitting room
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#5
St. James Hotel
Cimarron, NM
7 reported haunting activities · 2 known investigations
Hostile presence in Room 18 · T.J. Wright attributed to Room 18 · Mary Lambert in Room 17 and the halls · Rose perfume in Room 17 · Cigar smoke and cold spots upstairs · Cowboy apparition behind the bar mirror · The Imp in the hotel
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#6
The Elms Hotel & Spa
Excelsior Springs, MO
7 reported haunting activities · 1 known investigation
Prohibition-era man at the lap pool · Child activity at the lap pool · 1920s maid on the third floor · Distressed woman searching for a child · Shaking chandeliers and ballroom figures · Bed indentations and fourth-floor poltergeist activity · Voices, screams, shadows, and late-night sounds
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#7
Omni Mount Washington Resort
Bretton Woods, NH
1 reported haunting activity · 2 known investigations
The Princess in Room 314
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#8
Hotel del Coronado
Coronado, CA
7 reported haunting activities
Kate Morgan apparition · Room 3327 electrical and object disturbances · Cold breezes, scents, voices, and footsteps in Room 3327 · Gift-shop merchandise flying or falling · Mysterious initials and touches · Children running in halls and stairways · Fifth-floor Room 502 activity
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#9
Jean Bonnet Tavern
Bedford, PA
7 reported haunting activities
Frontier-era man at the bar · Doors and objects moving on their own · Unseen touches, footsteps, and cold spots · Little girl in white upstairs · Woman's footsteps, humming, and rustling skirts · Rocking chair in Room 3 · Skeleton and execution legends
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#10
RMS Queen Mary
Long Beach, CA
7 reported haunting activities
John Pedder at Door 13 · Jackie at the former first-class pool · Woman in white near the pool and Queen's Salon · Stateroom B340 disturbances · Walter J. Adamson in B340 · Child voices and playroom activity · Unexplained figures and sounds in ship corridors
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#11
Congress Plaza Hotel
Chicago, IL
6 reported haunting activities
Woman in Room 441 · Peg Leg Johnny throughout the hotel · Boy on the twelfth floor · Victorian woman in the Gold Room · Disembodied hand in the walls · Unexplained music and disturbances in the Florentine Room
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#12
Menger Hotel
San Antonio, TX
6 reported haunting activities
Sallie White in the Victorian wing · Theodore Roosevelt at the Menger Bar · Captain Richard King in the King Ranch Room · Woman in blue knitting in the lobby · Unseen kitchen worker moving utensils · Mirror faces, rapping, and levitating beds
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#13
The Driskill Hotel
Austin, TX
6 reported haunting activities
Jilted bride in Room 525 · Child and bouncing ball on the grand staircase · Colonel Jesse Driskill in the lobby and bar · Woman crying on the fourth floor · Man with a pocket watch in the elevator · Former housekeeper arranging lobby flowers
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#14
DeSoto House Hotel
Galena, IL
5 reported haunting activities
Lady in Black entering the sealed doorway · Third-floor footsteps and unseen presence · Presence at the bed in Room 333 · Phantom cigar smoke · Bright orb or ball of light on the third floor
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#15
Geiser Grand Hotel
Baker City, OR
5 reported haunting activities
Lady in Blue in Room 302 and on the staircase · Late-night phantom party sounds · Young girl laughing in the halls · Cowboy sightings and jingling spurs · Flapper women at the Palm Court balcony
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#16
Hotel Colorado
Glenwood Springs, CO
5 reported haunting activities
Bobbie's perfume and sounds in the dining room · Woman in Room 661 closing windows · Victorian girl playing with a ball · Walter's cigar smoke in the lobby · Empty elevator rides
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#17
Hotel Monteleone
New Orleans, LA
5 reported haunting activities
Maurice Begere on the 14th floor · Elevator stops on the 14th floor · Locked restaurant doors opening and closing · Playful child shadows and laughter · William 'Red' Wildemere in the hotel halls
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#18
King George II Inn
Bristol, PA
5 reported haunting activities
Top-hatted dancing ghost · Doors opening and slamming · Moving barware, furniture, and wall pictures · Babies crying upstairs · Revolutionary-era soldiers in the inn
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#19
Logan Inn
New Hope, PA
5 reported haunting activities
Emily in Room 6 · Little girl near the canal and parking lot · Revolutionary-era soldier apparitions · Man seen in Room 6 mirror · Basement voices and hallway disturbances
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#20
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Baltimore, MD
5 reported haunting activities
Molly with a red ball on the nineteenth floor · Phantom couple dancing in the Versailles Room · Elevators stopping on the nineteenth floor · Unseen presences and disturbances in guest rooms · Child handprint in a penthouse wall
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#21
Palace Hotel
San Francisco, CA
5 reported haunting activities
Lady in Red in guest corridors · Warren G. Harding seen on the eighth floor · Phantom shoulder taps at the Pied Piper Bar · French girl asking for soup in the kitchen · Noisy locked dining rooms
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#22
Gold Hill Hotel & Saloon
Gold Hill, NV
4 reported haunting activities
Rosie's Room 4 presence · William's Room 5 tobacco scent and apparition · Miner apparitions and voices · Child voices and apparitions
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#23
The Historic Davenport
Spokane, WA
4 reported haunting activities
Woman in 1920s clothing at the mezzanine · Vanishing bellhop in elevators · Phantom cigar smoke in the lobby · Louis Davenport in bathrobe and slippers
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#24
The Omni Grove Park Inn
Asheville, NC
4 reported haunting activities
Pink Lady apparition or pink mist · Room 545 electrical and object disturbances · Unseen touches and cold drafts · Knocking, ringing phone, and moaning sounds
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#25
Hotel Phillips Kansas City, Curio Collection by Hilton
Kansas City, MO
3 reported haunting activities
Woman in Room 1513 · Knocking and tapping in Room 913 · Objects moving in guest rooms
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#26
The Read House
Chattanooga, TN
3 reported haunting activities
Annalisa Netherly in Room 311 · Ghostly soldiers on the fourth floor · Unseen presence in the lobby and ballroom
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#27
General Warren
Malvern, PA
2 reported haunting activities
Marching soldiers and disembodied footsteps · Television turning upside down
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#28
Old Faithful Inn
Yellowstone National Park, WY
2 reported haunting activities
Headless bride descending from the Crow's Nest · Phantom footsteps and running in empty hallways
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Most Reported Haunted Restaurants

#1
The '76 House
Tappan, NY
6 reported haunting activities · 5 known investigations
Cold seat and falling objects at table two · Coins and dimes around table two · Apparition at table eleven · Unexplained activity in the former André prison area · Shadowy figures and anomalies in guest photographs · Moving chairs, disappearing tablecloths, and overturned wine bottles
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#2
White Horse Tavern
Newport, RI
5 reported haunting activities
Colonial man by the fireplace and upstairs bathroom · Crying little girl near second-floor restrooms · Unseen shoulder taps and disembodied voices · Heavy footsteps and moving dishes or objects · Woman appearing in the dining room
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#3
The Pirates' House
Savannah, GA
4 reported haunting activities
Phantom sailor in the dining rooms · Voices, moans, and yelling from the Rum Cellar · Heavy footsteps and moving glassware · Victorian woman and young boy apparitions
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#4
Gadsby's Tavern
Alexandria, VA
2 reported haunting activities
Female Stranger apparition in Room 8 and the ballroom · Unexplained candle in Room 8
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Most Reported Haunted Theaters

#1
Croswell Opera House
Adrian, MI
6 reported haunting activities · 1 known investigation
Shadow figure in the balcony · Woman in white in the auditorium · Man in period clothing with a chest wound · Charles Croswell and his son · Footsteps, voices, and unexplained theater sounds · EVPs and anomalous photographs
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#2
Bardavon 1869 Opera House
Poughkeepsie, NY
4 reported haunting activities
Roger the stagehand near the curtains · Apparitions and an uneasy presence in the auditorium · Disturbances in the basement coal-bin room · Young actress in the theater
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#3
Historic Park Theatre
Estes Park, CO
1 reported haunting activity
Ralph Gwynn in the tower and projection room
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Other Haunted Establishments

#1
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Frankfort, KY
6 reported haunting activities · 2 known investigations
Older man resembling Albert Blanton · Footsteps, voices, and names called · Warehouse C warning voice · Little girls near Stony Point and the property grounds · Phantom lights and activity at the gift shop · Cold spots and phantom touch during investigations
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#2
Estes Brothers Grocery
Moose Pass, AK
1 reported haunting activity
Friendly ghost at the former roadhouse bar
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