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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Buxton, North Carolina
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is said to be haunted by a ghost cat, a ship's vanished crew, and a man named Bob. The large black-and-white cat has come around for the past 100 years, rubbing on people and then vanishing. It is thought to have been a past light keeper's ...
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Fort Raleigh
Manteo, North Carolina
47.1 miles from Buxton, NC
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is known for its Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in what is now the U.S., established in the 1580s. Roanoke is thought to have run out of supplies and failed sometime around 1590, and by the time ships arrived with supplies, the colony had ...
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Somerset Place
Creswell, North Carolina
60.4 miles from Buxton, NC
The Somerset Plantation house and its grounds are believed to be haunted by the former lady of the house, who screams and cries. Folks in the know say she is mourning the death of her son, who drowned in an irrigation canal.
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Cousin Martha's Bed and Breakfast
Beaufort, North Carolina
73.9 miles from Buxton, NC
According to "Haunted Inns of the Southeast," guests and staff regularly hear "giggling and footsteps" in the upper floor of the house, when no one else is around. (Seems only to be expected at an inn that sells a trademarked line of spice products called "Satan's Breath"!)
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Elizabeth Inn - Sabiston House
Beaufort, North Carolina
74.1 miles from Buxton, NC
Built by Capt. Sabiston in the 1850s, it is believed he still haunts the place to this day. The Elizabeth Inn is unfortunately now closed.
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Nell Cropsey House
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
80 miles from Buxton, NC
The Nell Cropsey House is a private home that is known for its namesake ghost, the beautiful Nell Cropsey. She moved here with her parents in 1898. She became engaged to the sheriff's son Jim Wilcox, but in 1901, she vanished from the house. Jim was arrested on suspicion of ...
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Harvey Mansion Historic Inn
New Bern, North Carolina
85.2 miles from Buxton, NC
Established in the early part of the 1800's it is one of the last remaining original buildings in the town. People claim that a woman in period dress glides through the dining room and through walls of the restaurant located in this Inn. Some people also say that ...
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Attmore-Oliver House
New Bern, North Carolina
85.4 miles from Buxton, NC
Originally built in 1790, the Attmore-Oliver House is reported to be haunted by poltergeists, possibly stemming from the last private owner or from deaths during a long-ago smallpox epidemic. The large historic home, normally used for Society functions, is open for tours by appointment.
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