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0La Playa Carmel
Carmel, California
Alleged to be haunted either by the ghost of a family member who drowned in the bay or by one of the original mistresses. It is not known precisely who the ghost is but many claim to see her and feel her presence.
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0Carmel Mission
Carmel, California
The mission was built directly adjacent to an ancient American Indian burial ground. There are several ghosts haunting the mission, including the ghost of a dog that is heard but not seen. The ghost of one of the of the original founder's Father Serra can be seen walking around with ...
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0Tor House and Hawk Tower
Carmel, California
Robinson Jeffers, poet and builder of the granite house and tower, is said to linger here. The site was featured on the TV show Ghost Adventures. The Tor House is open for tours by appointment on Fridays and Saturdays, but photos may be taken only once a year, at the ...
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Restaurant 1833 - Stoke's Adobe
Monterey, California
3.2 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Formerly Stokes Adobe and now Restaurant 1833, the adobe structure built by the Mexicans in the 1830s is said to be haunted. Said to happen in the early morning hours, footsteps walk through the upstairs when no one is there, and a child's cries ring out from the same area. ...
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Colton Hall
Monterey, California
3.3 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Colton Hall, built by Navy Chaplain Walter Colton (later a mayor and a judge), was the first public building constructed under the American flag. It was the site of the 1849 California Constitutional Convention as well as an execution spot: Convicted criminals were hanged from the second-floor porch balcony. Perhaps ...
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Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo
Monterey, California
3.3 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo, originally built in 1770, has been in operation for more than two centuries, but as legend has it, it wasn't haunted until the 1920s. According to witnesses, the Royal Presidio Chapel is home to some spirits: A priest's apparition has been seen, lighted candles ...
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Stevenson House
Monterey, California
3.4 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Stevenson House museum was an 1800s boarding house where author Robert Louis Stevenson once stayed (and it's now named for him). It is believed to be haunted by Manuela Giradin, who owned and ran the establishment. In 1879, Manuela's husband died of typhoid fever, and her two grandchildren came down ...
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Hotel Del Monte - Herrmann Hall
Monterey, California
4 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Hotel Del Monte was a luxury resort hotel from 1880 until 1942, when it was leased to the Navy to be used as a school to train electronic technicians during World War II. After the war, the building became the Naval Postgraduate School, the main building of which is called ...
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Blue Sky Lodge
Carmel Valley, California
12.1 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Guests in the upper suites have said the rooms get very cold at night and they describe a feeling of uneasiness in the master bedrooms.
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0Point Sur Lighthouse
Monterey, California
17.3 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This lighthouse, which has been featured on the TV show Ghost Adventures, is said to be haunted by many victims of shipwrecks that have occurred off the coast over the years.
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Old Stage Road
Salinas, California
21.9 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Old Stage Road is the center of a local legend about a woman who was walking along the road and was raped and decapitated by a man who stopped to offer her a ride. Her apparition is said to walk along the road holding her head.
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Chualar Road
Salinas, California
23.6 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
At the end of Chualar Road at night, some say a ghostly woman walks along the roadside. She disappears as you drive past her. A report by a motorcyclist said he was thrown off the bike by something unseen, blacked out, and awoke to see a woman with black hair ...
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Veteran's Memorial Building
Watsonville, California
26.4 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This historic venue is rumoured to be haunted by the apparition of a little boy in antiquated clothes, who has been seen running across the main stage of the building during events. This spook has also been attributed to moving the curtains during performances, as well as bouncing a ...
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Dusty Treasures Antiques and Collectibles
Watsonville, California
27.1 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Housed in an 1899 mansion, this old-fashioned antiques store is rumoured to be haunted. Visitors have reported the sound of keys being pressed on a typewriter when no one is around, as well as disembodied footsteps, ghostly laughter and doors slamming shut on the second floor. The apparition of ...
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Surf Bistro and Bakery
Santa Cruz, California
28.8 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This bistro is haunted according to diners and staff. Activity reported here includes pictures being moved by unseen hands, a ghostly male voice and the apparition of a disheveled old man. The resident spook is believed to be a Canadian freight train hopper, who frequented a prior establishment on ...
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Bayview Hotel Bed and Breakfast
Aptos, California
29.2 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The former owner, his wife, and two of their friends are thought to be here after they all died in a car accident. Numerous apparitions are seen here (all of which wear out of date clothing), electric items turn on and off by themselves, footsteps are heard, and the smell ...
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Rispin Mansion
Capitola, California
29.3 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The abandoned Rispin Mansion, originally built in 1922 by a real-estate baron, is the centerpiece for many local legends and ghost stories. Once grand, it has been burned, graffitied, and left to fall to ruin.
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Adolph's Restaurant - Fuji Restaurant
Santa Cruz, California
29.9 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The former Adolph's Restaurant, and now Fuji Restaurant, is said to be haunted. Workers have seen several apparitions, and some historians have supposed they may them stem from a murder that happened here around 1900.
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Graham Hill Road Cemetery - Santa Cruz Memorial Cemetery
Santa Cruz, California
30.5 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Graham Hill Road Cemetery, aka Santa Cruz Memorial Cemetery, is said to be haunted by apparitions, faces in headstones, dark shadows, and orbs. Some reports say if see a white figure coming toward you, get out of the way, because this is not a friendly ghost.
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UC Santa Cruz - Porter College
Santa Cruz, California
31.3 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
University of California Santa Cruz - Porter College has several sites rumored to be haunted. In the A Building, the apparition of a student who committed suicide has been seen, as well as others. On the B Building's 1st Floor, there are strange noises and voices, objects that fly across ...
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Mount Madonna County Park
Watsonville, California
33.7 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Locals say that for decades, around the mansion ruins, the spirits of former owner Henry Miller and his daughter have been seen riding horseback. The daughter was killed when she broke her neck in a riding accident. A ghostly girl also has been reported walking in the night, wearing a ...
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Gilroy Gardens - Bonfante Gardens
Gilroy, California
35.1 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Formerly Bonfante Gardens but now called Gilroy Gardens, the garden-themed family amusement park is said to be haunted. Workers at this park say they have seen its carousel turn on and start running by itself at night. The carousel is located in Claudia's Garden.
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Los Coches Adobe
Soledad, California
35.2 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Here you may see a ghostly lady in black walking the grounds, and hear the screams of trapped miners coming from the old well.
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Chitactac-Adams County Park
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
36 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Said to be on the site of an ancient Native American burial ground, the park contains trails where visitors can view ancient rock carvings. Some folks have reported that when they drove past the park at night, their car air-conditioners suddenly turned on and blew a blast of cold air.
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The Old Gilroy Hotel
San Jose, California
36.8 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Here you may catch a glimpse of a ghost or two. A young woman in her 20s and a little girl are said to haunt here. The woman is usually seen at the top of the stairs, while the little girl prefers the hallway. Many other strange sounds and electrical ...
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0Brookdale Lodge - Brookdale Inn and Spa
Brookdale, California
39.5 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Reportedly haunted by the niece of the former proprietor who is alleged to have drowned in the creek that runs through the dining room. People claim to have seen her ghost running through the dining area, sitting by the fireplace crying and other times at various places. One ...
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644 N Santa Cruz Avenue
Los Gatos, California
47.1 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This office building that was once a private home is haunted by a ghost nicknamed Julius. He has been known to play with a calculator, roll a chair across the floor, open and close filing cabinets, and monkey with the phones. Cold spots have been felt here as well.
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0Winchester Mystery House
San Jose, California
52.7 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The eccentric Sarah Winchester, builder of the Winchester Mystery House, is said to have built the rambling mansion to protect her from the ghosts of all the people who were were killed by her late husband's famous Winchester line of rifles. In a strange turn of events, is she who ...
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Mission San Antonio De Padua
Jolon, California
52.9 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Mission San Antonio De Padua was built in 1771 and is believed to be haunted by many ghosts. One is a monk whose apparition holds a candle and walks in the courtyard; another is a 7-year-old girl with cancer who got permission to be buried under the Mission's arch (her ...
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Quimby Road Jogger
San Jose, California
54.4 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
A ghostly jogger is said to run along Quimby Road at around midnight.
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0Sunnyvalle Toys 'R Us
Sunnyvale, California
56.4 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This retail store is said to be haunted by a ghost of a man named Johnson, John, or Johann. Psychics who have investigated say he was an 1880s ranch hand and preacher who died of axe wounds while working in an orchard. Employees report that objects jump off the shelves ...
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Mount Hamilton Grandview Restaurant
Mount Hamilton, California
56.6 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The lights have been known to flicker or even come on by themselves at this restaurant, even when no one is in the building. Also, the ghost of a young girl has been reported standing on the balcony that looks out over Silicon Valley.
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California's Great America
Santa Clara, California
58.3 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
At California's Great America, aka Paramount's Great America, a ghost of a boy who was killed on a ride is said to haunt the area where the ride once stood. Many other spots at this amusement park are also said to be haunted as well. For example, a man's ghost ...
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Agnews Insane Asylum Site
Santa Clara, California
58.5 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
In the Great Earthquake of 1906, over 100 patients were killed and buried on this site. The hospital itself was said to be a place full of negative residual energy from shock treatment leaving the patients catatonic. Guests have been shoved and report the feeling of being watched. Objects have ...
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Quality Inn and Suites Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale, California
58.6 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The full body apparition of a man is reportedly seen throughout the hotel.
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Quality Inn and Suites at NASA Ames
Mountain View, California
59.3 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
1.) During a trip in 2014, while almost asleep, something jumped on my bed. After rapidly turning on a light, no-one or anything was there. 2.) A colleague was staying at the same hotel (same year). While sitting on his room bed, he said he felt as if at least three ...
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Rengstorff House
Mountain View, California
61.2 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Rengstorff House was originally built by German immigrant Henry Rengstorff on Stierlin Road in the 1860s, but was moved to its current location to be restored and turned into a museum. The 16-room mansion with beautiful period furnishings, a widow's walk and a garden was occupied by the Rengstorff family ...
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Ohlone Burial Grounds
Fremont, California
67.5 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Reports say these grounds just down the road from Mission San Jose are fenced off, but a plaque designates the site as an Ohlone burial ground. Here, witnesses say they have photographed orbs, believed to be spirits of Ohlone Indians who died at the mission and were buried here.
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Lord Bradley's Inn
Fremont, California
67.5 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
People claim to have seen apparitions in old-fashioned clothing throughout the building and hear footsteps and odd noises late at night.
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0Mission San José
Fremont, California
67.6 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Mission San Jose was founded in 1797, and although it is now a museum and sightseeing site, it once suffered an earthquake. Witnesses have described various incidences of paranormal activity including unexplained sounds, cold spots, eerie feelings, and even apparitions of Native Americans.
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Zaballa House
Half Moon Bay, California
68.8 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
People claim that room 6 is haunted with strange noises and alarms going off. Guests on review websites claim the walls are thin which could explain the "haunting" reports.
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Water Dog Lake
Belmont, California
69.3 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The ghost of the water dog is a local legend. Some say the water dog killed a boy who was walking around the lake alone. Others don't believe it, and they say, according to a newspaper story, the boy was killed by a murderer who dumped the body at the ...
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Niles Canyon Road
Fremont, California
71.6 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
A woman in a white dress was ran over sometime in the 1920's. Some people have seen a woman in a bloddy white gown walking along this road and hikers using the secret sidewalk have supposedly gone missing trying to aid this woman. Submitted by Chris Berglund
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Bronco Billy's Pizza
Union City, California
72.4 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The building this branch of the local pizza restaurant is housed in is one of the oldest in town, and dates back to before the city was established. The back room of the place is supposedly where most of the supernatural activity is confined to. Submitted by Callum Swift
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0Moss Beach Distillery
Moss Beach, California
74 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This restaurant on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean was originally built in 1927 as a speakeasy, but turned into a restaurant in 1933. It is said to be haunted by the Blue Lady, who folks say died near the restaurant. The story has been seen on TV's Unsolved Mysteries. ...
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Prim Boutique
Pleasanton, California
76.4 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Hi, my name is Sara White. I currently work at Prim Boutique in downtown Pleasanton. This past weekend we had a ghost walk (people walk around downtown and visit the shops/restaurants that are haunted & receive history on the ghost/ghost's story). Prim Boutique participated in the ghost walk because ...
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Blue Agave Club and Restaurant
Pleasanton, California
76.5 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This Mexican restaurant is housed in one of the oldest residence's in town, and is rumoured to be haunted by a variety of spirits. The building use to house offices, and workers would report desk chairs rolling around of their own accord and papers mysteriously going missing. A ...
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0The Rose Hotel
Pleasanton, California
76.6 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Lights turning on and off, a full body apparition of a male ghost, heavy items being moved without explanation and other ghostly happenings make up the main features of this California haunted hotspot.
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Pleasanton Hotel
Pleasanton, California
76.7 miles from Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This former hotel is now a restaurant with tenants living on top. It is not a functioning hotel. Reportedly haunted by a prostitute who was murdered there in the late 1800's.
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