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Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

Al Qasr Al Ghamedh (Al Qassimi Palace)

Abandoned palace in Ras Al Khaimah, with a reputation as being haunted, now restored and open as a private museum.
Old Tonopah Cemetery.
cemeteries

Atlas Obscura’s Guide to America’s Most Haunted Cemeteries

Not all the dead rest easy. These 13 American cemeteries have the ghost stories to prove it.
Holyn Thigpen October 9, 2026
The Clown Motel’s “IT” room.
murder

The Best Haunted Hotels to Book for a Spooky Getaway

From an inn with secret cellars to a clown motel next to a graveyard, these 12 hotels don’t just have history — they have houseguests who never checked out.
Holyn Thigpen September 30, 2026
The McMike Mansion offers paranormal tours with a medium.
abandoned

Is Alton, Illinois America’s Most Haunted Small Town?

With haunted mansions, churches, hotels, and parking lots, this small port town on the Mississippi River has become a pilgrimage site for fans of all things paranormal.
Walpole called the house his “little plaything ... the prettiest bauble you ever saw” and sought to imbue it with “gloomth” and wonder.
castles

14 Real Places That Haunt the Pages of Literature

Tour the real-world locations that gave iconic horror books their nightmares.
Holyn Thigpen September 24, 2026
The mansion has been featured on TV shows like “Ghost Adventures.”
cemeteries

Who Knew Illinois Had This Many Spooky Places?

Beyond Illinois’s famous haunted houses are lonely cemeteries, unusual monuments, and Spiritualist homes with generations of folklore.
Helsinki, Finland

The Fire Captain's Stone

Moved after its owner's death, this granite seat left the house with a haunting on its hands.
Robert the Doll
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The Atlas Obscura Guide to Halloween Travel

For people who want a real story that’s scarier than the ghost story.
By Atlas Obscura August 13, 2026
Brooksville, Florida

May-Stringer House

This Victorian mansion is part heritage museum, part architectural oddity, and part ghost story.
Itinerary

A Haunted Road Trip Through New England

New England’s most macabre history—in driving distance.
Holyn Thigpen
Vicksburg, Mississippi

McRaven Tour Home

Built in 1797, this is Mississippi’s most haunted house.
Marshall, Michigan

National House Inn

Michigan's oldest operating hotel predates the state itself.
Altoona, Pennsylvania

Baker Mansion

Once home to a wealthy ironmaster, this 19th-century mansion now holds unique relics from Blair County's past, and perhaps the spirits of its former occupants.
Borås, Sweden

Haunted Museum of Borås

Sweden’s first haunted museum showcases cursed dolls, mirrors, and relics said to carry lingering spirits.
Pere Cheney, Michigan

Pere Cheney Cemetery

All that remains of a vanished Michigan lumber town, remembered for tragedy, plague, and a witch’s curse.
Northport, Maine

Temple Heights Spiritual Camp

A rustic getaway where visitors connect with the departed.
Swiftwater, Pennsylvania

Haunted Candle Shoppe of the Poconos

A candle shop hiding a haunted basement once used as a monkey research lab.
Muscatine, Iowa

The Blue Angel of Greenwood Cemetery

A cobalt-lit cemetery statue that has inspired decades of local legends.