Haunted Hotels in America: 503 Haunted Places You Can Actually Stay

America’s haunted hotels range from Gold Rush saloons and Civil War hospitals to grand railroad hotels and a retired ocean liner. Every one in this guide is a working place you can book, and each has its own rated guide with the ghost stories, the rooms to ask for and the sources behind them. Start with the finder below, or see our ranking of the 50 most haunted hotels in America.

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Map of haunted hotels in America

Every hotel in our guides. Tap a pin for the hotel’s score and guide. The map follows the finder, so pick a state or filter above to narrow it down.

The most haunted hotels in America

Out of every hotel in our guides, these ten top our ranking of the most haunted hotels in America. The full list ranks 50, with the story behind each one and how to book it.

1. The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado
2. 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
3. The Queen Mary, Long Beach, California
4. The Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville, Louisiana
5. Lizzie Borden House, Fall River, Massachusetts
6. Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, California
7. The Menger Hotel, San Antonio, Texas
8. Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, Louisiana
9. Farnsworth House Inn, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
10. Lemp Mansion, St. Louis, Missouri

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Haunted hotel rooms you can book

Some of the most famous haunted rooms in the country can be booked by name or requested when you book. Our guide covers 28 of them, with the story behind each room and exactly how to get it.

• Room 217, The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park
• Rooms 218 and 419, 1886 Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs
• Stateroom B340, The Queen Mary, Long Beach
• Room 3327, Hotel del Coronado, Coronado
• Room 315, Copper Queen Hotel, Bisbee

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Haunted hotels by state

Each state guide rates, maps and filters every haunted hotel in that state, with city guides for the places with the most.

Heading north? See our guide to 17 haunted hotels in Canada.

Ghost hunts at haunted hotels

At these hotels and inns, Haunted Rooms opens the building after dark for a ghost hunt with our team, and many offer an Overnight VIP option so you can sleep in the rooms the stories are about.

• Belle Grove Plantation Bed & Breakfast, King George, Virginia
• Captain Grant's, 1754, Preston, Connecticut
• Cashtown Inn, Cashtown, Pennsylvania
• Fairweather Inn, Virginia City, Montana
• General Stanton Inn, Charlestown, Rhode Island
• The Gettysburg Academy Bed & Breakfast, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• The Haunted Shanley Hotel, Napanoch, New York
• Miss Molly's Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas
• Old Jail Inn, Rockville, Indiana
• Ringling House Bed & Breakfast, Baraboo, Wisconsin
• The Tarpon Inn, Port Aransas, Texas
• Thomas House Hotel, Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee

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Haunted hotels FAQ

What is the most haunted hotel in America?

There's no single answer, but the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park tops our ranking, followed by the 1886 Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, the Queen Mary in Long Beach and the Myrtles in Louisiana. All of them score 5 out of 5 in our guides: decades of consistent reports, named ghosts and rooms, real history and rooms you can book.

Which state has the most haunted hotels?

In our guides, California has the most haunted hotels you can actually stay in (33), followed by Texas and Florida (30 each). New Orleans has the highest concentration of any single city.

Can you book a specific haunted room?

Often, yes. 196 of the hotels in our guides will let you book or request the haunted room itself, such as Room 217 at the Stanley or Room 3327 at the Hotel del Coronado. Use the Haunted room bookable filter above, and book well ahead for October, when the famous rooms sell out first.

Can you go ghost hunting at a haunted hotel?

Yes. Haunted Rooms runs ghost hunts at 12 historic hotels and inns, and many include an Overnight VIP option so you can sleep in the building after the investigation. Many other hotels in our guides run their own ghost tours.

Are haunted hotels safe to stay in?

Yes. Every hotel in our guides is a working, licensed hotel, inn or bed and breakfast. Most guests sleep soundly; the stories are part of the history, and these hotels welcome curious visitors.

How do you rate haunted hotels?

Every hotel gets a Haunted Rooms Score out of 5, built from its haunted reputation, its history and how easy it is to have a haunted stay there. Reputation counts double. We can't measure ghosts, so the score measures what we can check, and each guide lists its sources.

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