Fort De Soto Park

Built between 1898 and 1906 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and named for Hernando de Soto, this coastal fortification never saw combat — its real toll came from disease, accident, and the harsh conditions of a turn-of-the-century military post. Now a Pinellas County park, it's considered one of the most haunted sites in the Tampa Bay area. Visitors report voices at night around the old fort, footsteps in the southernmost powder room, and disembodied voices coming from a decommissioned bunker at sunset; some describe the phantom rounds of soldiers still on patrol.