Place fileNew York
Morris-Jumel Mansion
Manhattan’s oldest surviving house is now a public museum in Roger Morris Park. Its Revolutionary-era history and stories surrounding Eliza Jumel have made it a…
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Place fileBuffalo, New York
The Richardson Hotel and Olmsted Campus
This operating hotel occupies the restored core of Buffalo’s former state asylum, part of the National Historic Landmark Richardson Olmsted Complex. Its dramatic architecture and…
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Place fileBrooklyn, New York
Spook-A-Rama at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park
A classic indoor dark ride at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park in Coney Island, taking guests through old-school haunted scenes. The ride operates with the park’s…
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Place fileSylvan Beach, New York
Sylvan Beach Amusement Park
A lakeside amusement park whose vintage Laffland dark ride adds a classic haunted-house stop to its midway. The park publishes seasonal operating dates and ride…
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Saranac Laboratory Museum
Historic Saranac Lake preserves the former tuberculosis research laboratory as a museum. Exhibits explore the Adirondacks’ cure-cottage era and medical history; this is an offbeat…
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Place fileNew York
Fraunces Tavern
A historic Lower Manhattan tavern, restaurant and museum at the site associated with George Washington’s farewell to his officers. Its long history also appears in…
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White Horse Tavern
A historic West Village bar closely associated with poet Dylan Thomas. Stories of his lingering presence appear in New York haunted-restaurant roundups, although the popular…
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The Ear Inn
This long-running tavern occupies the historic James Brown House near the former Hudson River waterfront. New York ghost lore associates the bar with a mischievous…
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One if by Land, Two if by Sea
A candlelit West Village restaurant known for persistent ghost stories and its former carriage-house setting. Claims that Aaron Burr owned the building are disputed, so…
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Landmark Tavern
An 1868 Hell’s Kitchen tavern with tales of a former upstairs tenant, a soldier and other reported apparitions. The building remains a working pub and…
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Place fileNew York
Hotel Chelsea
The historic Chelsea hotel is famous for its artists, writers and musicians, as well as a large body of New York ghost lore. It is…
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The Algonquin Hotel
A historic Midtown hotel celebrated for the Algonquin Round Table. Some city ghost-story lists connect the hotel with lingering literary presences, especially Dorothy Parker; these…
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