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San Francisco, California
Alcatraz operated as a federal penitentiary from 1934 to 1963. Its bloodiest episode was the Battle of Alcatraz, from May 2 to 4, 1946: an…
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
All Saints Waccamaw Church on Pawleys Island has the grave of Alice Flagg, a flat stone marked only "ALICE" under a large oak. The…
Acworth, Georgia
On October 5, 1864, roughly 3,200 Confederate troops under General Samuel French attacked the Union garrison holding the Western and…
Monticello, Arkansas
The architect Sylvester Hotchkiss built this Queen Anne house on North Main Street in 1906 for Joe Lee Allen and his family. In December…
Earlimart, California
Allensworth was founded in 1908 by Lieutenant Colonel Allen Allensworth, who was born enslaved and became the highest-ranking Black officer…
Allerton Park, Illinois
Robert Allerton (1873-1964) built this mansion and its formal gardens starting in 1899, later donating the estate to the University of…
Alliance, Nebraska
The building that houses the Alliance Theatre began as the Charter Hotel in 1903 and became a movie theater in 1938. Nebraska tourism and…
Hill City, South Dakota
The Alpine Inn is a long-running restaurant in a historic building on Main Street in Hill City. Travel South Dakota's list of haunted…
Alton, New Hampshire
Alton Town Hall is a red-brick municipal building from 1894 with a clock tower on Monument Square. New Hampshire haunted-places lists…
Death Valley Junction, California
Guests at the Amargosa Hotel describe a child crying at night in Room 24 when no children are staying, strange activity in Room 22,…
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Amelia Gayle Gorgas, widow of the Confederate ordnance chief and later university president Josiah Gorgas, became the University of…
Fernandina Beach, Florida
After Congress funded the move in 1838, the Cumberland Island Lighthouse was dismantled brick by brick, shipped across the river, and…
Kohler, Wisconsin
The American Club in Kohler was built in 1918 to house immigrant workers for the Kohler Company and is now a luxury resort and Historic…
Madison, Indiana
Chartered in 1919 and located at 707 Jefferson St., this is one of Indiana's largest American Legion posts; originally named for Jefferson…
Dawsonville, Georgia
Amicalola takes its name from the Cherokee word for "tumbling waters," describing the 729-foot waterfall the park was built around. The…
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Established in 1912 for the Ammon homestead area, Ammon Cemetery sits about 2.5 miles east of town on Sunnyside Road and remains an…
Ellisville, Mississippi
Visitors, DAR members and local news have reported rocking chairs that rock on their own, footsteps like heavy boots walking through the…
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
The Amos J. Blake House in Fitzwilliam was built in 1837 as a combined store and family home and is now a museum run by the Fitzwilliam…
New Castle, Delaware
Built in 1738 and also known as the Dr. Finney House, the Amstel House has stood through disease outbreaks, a change of national control,…
Palmer, Illinois
One of two Christian County cemeteries nicknamed "Cemetery X" — the more famous version is Thomas Anderson Cemetery near Clarksdale,…
Andersonville, Georgia
Camp Sumter, the Confederacy's largest and most notorious prisoner-of-war camp, operated here from February 1864 to May 1865. Built for…
Andersonville, Georgia
Andersonville National Cemetery was established on July 26, 1865, to receive the dead of Camp Sumter, the Confederate prison where more…
New Orleans, Louisiana
Guests at the Andrew Jackson Hotel report hearing children playing in the hallways and in their rooms, finding belongings moved and TVs…
Savannah, Georgia
Cotton merchant Andrew Low built this Italianate mansion on Lafayette Square in 1848; his daughter-in-law Juliette Gordon Low, founder of…