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0Conyers House
Sperryville, Virginia
15.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAA man named Sim Wright lived here from 1924 to 1964, with his wife Martha. It is said that he still haunts the inn to this day.
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Black Horse Inn
Warrenton, Virginia
17.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAA variety of ghost stories surround this former Civil War hospital. From a laughing nurse, to a ghostly tapping that people say sounds like dancing, to a possible humbug of a ghost who delights in toppling Christmas trees; the Black Horse Inn has more than it's share of ...
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0The Inn At Willow Grove
Orange, Virginia
17.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAStrange things are afoot at the Inn at Willow Grove. Folks have reported hearing noises from vacant rooms and mysterious footsteps. The apparitions of Confederate soldiers also have been witnessed sitting under a large tree in front of the inn.
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0Mayhurst Inn
Orange, Virginia
19.6 miles from Culpeper County, VAAt this 1859 inn, folks have reported some strange happenings. There is a general feeling of being watched, and in the Madison Room, some have found the windows to open by themselves.
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Civil War Museum - Exchange Hotel
Gordonsville, Virginia
27.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe Civil War Museum at the Exchange Hotel is rumored to house some residents who died over a century ago. The hotel became a hospital in 1862, and was considered America’s first triage hospital. One of the ghosts here is believed to be a Union corporal who was the last ...
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0The Grey Horse Inn
The Plains, Virginia
27.6 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe Grey Horse Inn is no longer in operation; the owners of the historic inn retired and sold the property to private owners in 2011. Reports say that on the property a ghostly scene replays of a Confederate soldier being killed.
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Fall Hill Plantation
Fredericksburg, Virginia
27.7 miles from Culpeper County, VAFall Hill Plantation is a private residence haunted by a Native American Sioux princess named Katina who was engaged as a nanny for the Thorton family who lived here in the 1770s. Witnesses have described Katina's apparition as well as moving shadows, disembodied voices, electrical anomalies, and doors opening by ...
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Brentsville Courthouse Historic Centre
Bristow, Virginia
28.4 miles from Culpeper County, VABrentsville Courthouse Historic Centre, explored on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, is said to be haunted. The complex includes an 1822 courthouse and jail, 1830 farmhouse, 1875 church, 1928 one-room schoolhouse and the Brentsville Tavern archeological site. Knocking sounds and apparitions have been reported in the jail, as well ...
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0The Lafayette Inn
Stanardsville, Virginia
29.2 miles from Culpeper County, VARumor has it that a phantom bloodstain in the foyer returns daily from a Confederate soldier who long ago committed suicide after the stress of learning his wife had been unfaithful with a Yankee soldier. The soldier's ghost is said to wander the halls at night with a pistol, still ...
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0Historic Kenmore Plantation
Fredericksburg, Virginia
29.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis 1752 mansion is haunted by the husband of George Washington's sister, Betty. Colonel Fielding Lewis, who died in the 1780s, spent many an hour in the upstairs bedroom worrying about money. His ghost can be seen in Revolutionary-era attire poring over his documents. His footsteps have been heard as ...
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Chatham Manor
Fredericksburg, Virginia
29.7 miles from Culpeper County, VAChatham Manor was a plantation overlooking the Rappahannock River, began in 1768 by William Fitzhugh. It had a dairy, icehouse, barns, stables, fish hatchery, orchard, mill and even a horse racetrack. Many famous historic figures have had ties here, visiting for elaborate parties. The home has been the site of ...
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0Aquia Church
Stafford, Virginia
29.9 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis church, built in the mid-1700s, and its cemetery are said to be popular spots with the haunts. The old graveyard has tombstones dating back to the 1730s.
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Central Park Aquatics Center
Manassas, Virginia
30.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAHaving worked at Central Park Aquatics for almost a year now, I and any of the other employees can tell you, hands down, this place is haunted. We hear voices when the building is empty, things move around, and we hear our diving blocks being adjusted. I've worked here ...
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Deep Creek Vintage
Fredericksburg, Virginia
30.9 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe former plantation manor housing the store was built about 1750 and enlarged until the 1860s. Its ghosts, of which there are many, have been heard and seen. Typical activity includes footsteps, knocking, soft voices and singing, and people (especially women with long hair) being touched. More rarely, objects ...
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0Olde Towne Inn
Manassas, Virginia
31.9 miles from Culpeper County, VAA ghost called Miss Lucy is said to haunt rooms 51 through 54. She is rumored to levitate guests and frequent the tavern.
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0Manassas National Battlefield
Manassas, Virginia
32.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAHistoric Manassas National Battlefield Park contains an unfinished railroad ordered by Robert E. Lee. The Civil War-era railroad site is said to be popular with the spirit set, as several accounts of paranormal activity surrounding the area have been reported.
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Castle Hill Manor
Keswick, Virginia
33.3 miles from Culpeper County, VACastle Hill Manor is a privately owned historic mansion said to be haunted by a female ghost who wears perfume and sometimes appears in a room known as the pink bedroom. Former owner Amelie Rives is suspected to linger here in spirit as well.
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Hickory Grove Chapel
Haymarket, Virginia
33.7 miles from Culpeper County, VAThere are a lot of stories about this little white building that has been left to rot for the past 4-5 decades on Logmill Road in Haymarket, Virginia. Some call it the "Old White Chapel," others the "Hickory Grove Chapel". At least one person says it was never ...
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Weems Botts Museum
Dumfries, Virginia
34.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAWeems–Botts House Museum is dedicated to the history of Dumfries and the two people who lived here: Mason Locke "Parson" Weems and attorney Benjamin Botts. Weems (1759-1825) was a clergyman and author, the first biographer of George Washington, who created the cherry tree story ("I cannot tell a lie, I ...
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The Loft Gallery
Occoquan, Virginia
40 miles from Culpeper County, VAA haunting experience happened at The Loft Gallery in the 1990s when a painting flew off a wall. Then, one early morning in October 2006, an artist saw a glowing mist float through the gallery. Witnesses also report footsteps, creaking floors, and doors closing when no one is there.
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Occoquan Inn
Occoquan, Virginia
40 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe apparition of a Native American man has been seen in the Occuquan Inn, built in 1810. Legend has it that the man was enamored of the owner's wife, and he was shot when the owner caught him sneaking down the stairs one night. His ghost has been seen in ...
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Lamb's Creek Church
King George, Virginia
40.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe historic Lamb's Creek Church dates back to the 1700s, and legend tells of a ghostly woman in white who appeared kneeling at the chancel rail to two Confederate soldiers.
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Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre
Lorton, Virginia
40.9 miles from Culpeper County, VAAt the Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre, the ghosts in residence like to rearrange chairs and place settings or manifest as lights that glide around backstage.
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TWA Flight 514 Crash Site
Bluemont, Virginia
41.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAParanormal investigators were called to the forested area by passer-by's who reported hearing screams and seeing glowing apparitions moving around the forest at the crash site. Visitors have reported weird activity associated with a large limestone rock located at the site, and people have reported been pushed by unseen entities. (Submitted ...
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Wayside Theatre
Middletown, Virginia
41.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAWayside Theatre is believed to be the forever home to a ghost of a former caretaker who perished in a fire. His activity centers on the back-porch costume storage, the basement, and the balcony. Seat CC1 is often found to be mysteriously lowered.
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0Wayside Inn
Middletown, Virginia
41.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAWayside Inn is reported to be the oldest inn in the U.S. that is still in operation. Room 14 is rumored to be haunted and is the source of the most unusual happenings in the inn. However, witnesses have seen and heard strange things all over the inn.
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Belle Grove Plantation
Middletown, Virginia
41.4 miles from Culpeper County, VABelle Grove Plantation, built between 1794 and 1797, was once the home of Revolutionary War veteran Major Isaac Hite, Jr. (President James Madison’s brother-in-law) and was the headquarters of General Philip Sheridan during the Battle of Cedar Creek. It is believed to be haunted by an apparition of a woman ...
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George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
42.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe crew team at George Mason University has reported seeing the ghost of an old man near the docks or dam. Legend has it that he's Old Man Johnson, a deceased area rower who, in the 1970s, found his wife having an affair. The distraught man went out rowing and ...
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Oatlands Plantation
Leesburg, Virginia
42.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAOatlands Plantation was once a 3,500-acre wheat and wool producer with over seven dozen slaves. Now a historic site of only 260 acres, the 1804 manor house museum is rumored to be home to a few spirits. Doors are said to randomly lock on their own, and witnesses and paranormalists ...
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0Monticello
Charlottesville, Virginia
42.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAPeople believe that Jefferson has never left his beloved Monticello and they claim to see Jefferson's ghost wandering the grounds and also to hear whistling, something that Jefferson was prone to doing as he toured the property.
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Piero's Corner Italian - Carlos O'Kelley's
Fairfax, Virginia
43.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis location was once a "Carlos O'Kelley's" restaurant. Now it is an Italian place called "Piero's Corner." Back when it was Carlos O'Kelley's, it was said that a dishwasher who worked there hanged himself in the building and haunted the premises from then on. Numerous waitstaff reported ...
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The Old Mansion - Bowling Green Farm
Bowling Green, Virginia
45 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe ghost of Colonel John Waller Hoomes, who built this house in 1670, haunts his old home, some say. His daughter Sophia has been witnessed around the property as well, usually riding in a coach to visit her father's home. And one more ghost who resides here is a Mrs. ...
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Cost Plus World Market
Culpeper County, Virginia
47 miles from Culpeper County, VAI use to work at this store years ago and can tell you (and I'm sure you can ask other people who have worked there) that this place is truly haunted. When I worked over night here or worked a closing shift there were many strange happenings. There was always ...
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0Woodlawn
Alexandria, Virginia
47 miles from Culpeper County, VAHistoric Woodlawn was originally built in 1805 for Martha Washington’s granddaughter Nelly Parke Custis and her husband Major Lawrence Lewis. Now a museum, the place is rumored to be haunted by some of its many generations of former residents.
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Abram's Delight
Winchester, Virginia
48.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAAbram's Delight was the residence of five generations of the Hollingsworth family, beginning with Abraham Hollingsworth in the mid-1700s. It is now a historic museum complex and is rumored to be haunted by Mary, the daughter of David Hollingsworth, and perhaps one other gentleman ghost. The gentleman appears as a ...
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Cork Street Tavern
Winchester, Virginia
49.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe restaurant building here dates back to 1827, and Cork Street Tavern by name to 1985. Two ghosts are said to reside here, John and Emily. John Mann's spirit wears a long black frock coat, and Emily's voice is often heard calling John's name. The ghosts play tricks by moving ...
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Mills House
Beaverdam, Virginia
49.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAMysterious fires broke out at the Mills House in January 2014, destroying it. The place was a historic home to bachelor farmer Buster Mills, the last of the Mills family who lived there; he died after a stroke in 1989. Locals remember Buster talking about "haints" in the home's front ...
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Virginia Quilt Museum
Harrisonburg, Virginia
49.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis 1856 antebellum home was formerly known as the Warren-Sip House, and during the Civil War, it served as a hospital for wounded soldiers. Visitors to the current museum have reported sighting the apparition of a Confederate soldier on the second floor of the building. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0Ball's Bluff Battlefield
Leesburg, Virginia
50.2 miles from Culpeper County, VABall's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park and National Cemetery is a 223-acre park that contains a Civil War battlefield and the third-smallest U.S. National Cemetery. The 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff took place here, and 54 soldiers are buried in the cemetery. The park, which offers tours and over 7 miles ...
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By the Side of the Road Bed and Breakfast
Harrisonburg, Virginia
51.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis historic b&b was built just a bit after the American Revolution, and it was used a Civil War hospital in 1864. It is said that when the area was burned by Union soldiers, the flame-retardant building just wouldn't catch fire, so it became a sort of haven during the ...
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Marwood Mansion
Potomac, Maryland
53.7 miles from Culpeper County, VAWitnesses in this former house of the Gore family say they have seen the bathroom window open by itself, the toilet flushing, and steam coming from the tub, as well as eerie sounds from the basement. An apparition of the family's butler has been seen on the steps and around ...
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The John Douglass Brown House - Fawcett-Reeder House
Alexandria, Virginia
53.8 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe John Douglass Brown House, aka Fawcett-Reeder House, was built in 1772 and was allegedly visited by George Washington during his lifetime. Around the colonial home, witnesses claim to have seen apparitions of ghostly Revolutionary War-era soldiers.
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Lee-Fendall House
Alexandria, Virginia
54 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe Lee-Fendall House museum, once used as a Revolutionary War hospital, is said to be haunted by female apparition in period clothing, a woman and child who appear on the back stairs, and the sound of an antique telephone. The site has been featured on an episode of TV’s Ghost ...
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Gadsby's Tavern
Alexandria, Virginia
54 miles from Culpeper County, VAGadsby's Tavern was built in the 1770s and reportedly was visited by many of the country's founding fathers. According to rumor, the tours through the historic site do not include one of its rooms, which is closed tight. Why? It's said that a lovely ghost resides there. Legend has it ...
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Ramsay House
Alexandria, Virginia
54 miles from Culpeper County, VARamsay House is used as a visitor information center, and originally was named for William Ramsay, Scottish merchant and city founder. Witnesses claim to have seen apparitions in 18th-century clothing in the building's basement.
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Old Post Chapel
Arlington, Virginia
54.6 miles from Culpeper County, VAMany Arlington National Cemetery burials started in this old military chapel, in use since the 1930s. Witnesses have reported unexplained voices and footsteps, locked doors have been known to open by themselves, and at least once, a soldier went into a room to find all the cabinets wide open. A ...
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Clara Barton National Historic Site
Glen Echo, Maryland
55.1 miles from Culpeper County, VAClara Barton National Historic Site, home of the famous wartime nurse for the last 15 years of her life, is said to be haunted. Folks have reported apparitions and it is believed that Clara herself still lingers here in spirit.
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Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, Virginia
55.2 miles from Culpeper County, VACole Hall at the est.-1880 Bridgewater College is rumored to be haunted by its namesake, Dr. Charles Knox Cole. Built in 1929 by Cole's daughter, Mrs. Virginia Garber Cole Strickler, the hall is an auditorium, and Mr. Cole's ghost is said to attend the plays shown there. The ghost sits ...
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Halcyon House
Washington, District of Columbia
56 miles from Culpeper County, VABuilt by first Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert in 1787, Halcyon House was sold in 1900 to Albert Clemens, a nephew of Mark Twain. Clemens, who died in 1938, believed that perpetually altering the house would extend his life, so it changed quite a bit over the decades in ...
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0Bremo Plantation
Bremo Bluff, Virginia
56.1 miles from Culpeper County, VAOne house here is said to be haunted by Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke, wife of John Hartwell Cocke, War of 1812 brigadier general and the builder of the plantation estate.
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Old Long Bridge - 14th Street Bridge
Washington, District of Columbia
56.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAGeneral Edward Braddock's 1755 expedition to capture Fort Duquesne was attacked, killing or wounding 900 men, in what is now known as the Battle of the Monongahela. Rumor has it that on the anniversary of Braddock's departure near the bridge or along the nearby bluffs, the ghostly sounds of military ...
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Old Stone House
Washington, District of Columbia
56.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe 18th-century home is reported to be one of the oldest buildings in D.C. It's believed to be home to at least four spirits, who knock things off shelves and perform other mischievous tricks. One spirit is said to be an "unfriendly male" who has scared many a visitor.
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Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, Virginia
56.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAAt Randolph-Macon College, three places are rumored to be haunted. At Mary Branch, a girls' dorm, at least two ghosts are said to reside. Doors open and close by themselves, and objects are moved or disappear. In the SAE Fraternity House, witnesses have described strange noises and apparitions of soldiers ...
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Oxon Hill Cemetery
Oxon Hill-Glassmanor, Maryland
56.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis cemetery is located off Oxon Hill Road, catty corner to Levi's Barbecue, behind the Post Office. About 10 years ago my husband and I were hanging out with a group of homeless people. We would go to wherever they set up camp and just sit around and drink and ...
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M Street Bridge
Washington, District of Columbia
56.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAVisitors to the bridge should keep a lookout for two ghosts. One is a phantom stagecoach, which locals saw from the early 19th century to the early 20th century; the other is a drummer boy who had been knocked off-balance by a strong breeze and drowned. Witnesses say they have ...
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0The Octagon House
Washington, District of Columbia
56.9 miles from Culpeper County, VABuilt by Colonel John Tahoe in 1799, the historic Octagon House was used as The White House during former president Madison's term. One ghost here is the spirit of Colonel Tahoe's pregnant daughter, who died when she threw herself from the top banister. She committed suicide after finding out her ...
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Woodrow Wilson House
Washington, District of Columbia
57 miles from Culpeper County, VAAt this museum, both staff members and visitors have reported seeing President Woodrow Wilson's apparition sitting in his rocking chair. Also reported have been the sound of a man with a shiffling gait walking with a cane and the sound of a man sobbing.
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Fort McNair
Washington, District of Columbia
57.1 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe ghost of Mary Surrat, convicted in a plot to assassinate President Lincoln, has been seen here, presumably trying to convince fort guests of her innocence. Building 21 has an unknown spirit lingering in spirit form. Workers here have heard footsteps in the attic and have felt something behind them ...
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Lafayette Square - Presidents Park
Washington, District of Columbia
57.1 miles from Culpeper County, VAPresident's Park, a.k.a. Lafayette Square, is said to be haunted by Philip Barton Key II, son of Francis Scott Key. As legend has it, in 1958 Philip Key had an affair with the wife of one of his friends, Daniel Sickles. In his rage, Sickles shot Key, who was unarmed, ...
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0Blair House
Washington, District of Columbia
57.1 miles from Culpeper County, VANow a complex of four connected townhouses and the official state guest housing for the President of the United States, the historic Blair House was built in 1824 for Joseph Lovell, eighth Surgeon General of the United States Army. It is said that the ghost of President Woodrow Wilson has ...
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Walsh Mansion - Embassy of Indonesia
Washington, District of Columbia
57.1 miles from Culpeper County, VAFormerly the Walsh Mansion and now the Embassy of Indonesia, this 1903 mansion is believed to be haunted by Evalyn Walsh McLean, daughter of original builder Thomas J. Walsh. The mansion had 60 rooms, including a theater and a ballroom. Evalyn Walsh married publishing heir Edward Beale "Ned" McLean, whose ...
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0The White House
Washington, District of Columbia
57.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAA number of mysterious happenings have been reported in the White House. President Abraham Lincoln's apparition is seen in the Lincoln Bedroom and all over the White House, President Andrew Jackson is seen in the Rose Bedroom, and President William Henry Harrison is heard in the attic. Abigail Adams is ...
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Decatur House
Washington, District of Columbia
57.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe ghost of war hero Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr., is said to peer out the second-story window of his 1819 house or walk out its back door. Decatur was killed just 14 months after moving here, in a duel between himself and former friend James Barron. Ghostly weeping also can ...
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0Hay–Adams Hotel
Washington, District of Columbia
57.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAAllegedly haunted by the ghost of Marian (Clover) Hooper Adams who lived in the residence that occupied this site prior to the hotel being constructed. Mrs. Adams committed suicide by ingesting potassium cyanide. People claim to see and smell distinct scents that they attribute to her, including the smell ...
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0Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
Washington, District of Columbia
57.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis 1925 is known for its beautiful inlaid gold decor, and also for its resident ghost. When Calvin Coolidge won the U.S. presidency, he was expected to go to his Inaugural Ball at the Mayflower Hotel. However, his son Calvin Jr. had just died of an infection, and the devastated ...
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0Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, District of Columbia
57.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis mammoth upscale 1930 hotel is home to its fair share of haunts. In 1930, a rich family, one of the hotel's finiancial backers, moved into Room 864. Reports say that one night their nanny awoke feeling ill, suddenly collapsed, and died. A few days later their adopted daughter Helen ...
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St. John's Episcopal Church
Washington, District of Columbia
57.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe 1816 church's President's Pew, reserved for the President of the United States, is where the hauntings are said to take place. So the story goes, when the old church bell tolls for the death of a notable person, six ghostly men in white robes appear at midnight in the ...
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0Treasury Annex
Washington, District of Columbia
57.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAA ghostly woman in a long white dress roams the second floor, seen by several employees working late. Also experienced have been unexplained footsteps and voices, and even a toilet flushing.
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Willard InterContinental
Washington, District of Columbia
57.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe grand hotel has had many famous guests, such as Abraham Lincoln, Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, General John J. Pershing, and Harry Houdini. Another renowned guest, once a U.S. president, is believed to still reside here. An apparition believed to be Ulysses S. Grant has been ...
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Cutts-Madison House - Dolley Madison House
Washington, District of Columbia
57.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe spirit of former First Lady Dolley Madison is said to reside at her home, built in 1822 by Richard Cutts, Dolley's brother-in-law. After her husband James Madison died in 1836, Dolley lived here until her death in 1849. Although the house's next owner Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes changed things ...
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National Theatre
Washington, District of Columbia
57.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAOpened in 1835 originally, the theater was demolished and rebuilt in 1923. Deceased actor John McCullough's spirit has appeared here in the role of Shakespeare's Hamlet. According to local stories, the actor was murdered here in the 1880s by another actor. The ghost has been seen as far back as ...
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Independence Avenue SW
Washington, District of Columbia
57.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis part of the avenue is believed to be haunted by the ghosts of slaves. It is the former site of two notorious slave markets: the Yellow House or Williams Slave Pen, now the FAA headquarters, and the nearby Robey Slave Pen, at the 7th Street corner. Locals have heard ...
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0St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia
57.6 miles from Culpeper County, VAParanormal experiences here have included groaning sounds, footsteps, cold spots, and strange noises. The site is still an operational hospital and trespassing is not permitted.
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0Ford's Theatre
Washington, District of Columbia
57.6 miles from Culpeper County, VAAt this historic theater where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, folks say John Wilkes Booth's footsteps still can be heard running up the back stairs to the Presidential Box.
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National Museum of Crime and Punishment
Washington, District of Columbia
57.8 miles from Culpeper County, VAOn display is the Tennessee electric chair, used on 125 men from 1916 to 1960. It is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the men whose lives it took.
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Mary Surratt's Boarding House - Wok and Roll
Washington, District of Columbia
58 miles from Culpeper County, VANotorious Lincoln conspirator Mary Surratt's former boarding house is now Wok and Roll, a Chinese restaurant, and it is said to be haunted by Mary Surratt's ghost. Witnesses have heard unintelligible murmurs, unexplained footsteps, muffled weeping and creaking floorboards.
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National Building Museum
Washington, District of Columbia
58 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe 1887 National Building Museum is said to be haunted by ghosts who appear in an unusual way. Formerly the "Pension Building," where pensions were processed for Civil War veterans, widows, and orphans, it has 15 Corinthian brick-and-plaster columns painted to resemble black onyx. Witnesses say the colors on the ...
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0United States Capitol
Washington, District of Columbia
58.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAAt the U.S. Capitol, folks say that late at night, the statues in the Statuary Hall come to life and move about the room. It is also said that a black cat appears in the basement just before a national disaster occurs. The ghost of a builder who died during ...
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Haunted Cottage - Booth House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
58.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAParanormal researcher Vince Wilson operates this cottage and attraction that offers ghost tours, paranormal research training, and seances. The school is said to educate pupils on the history of ghosts starting with the first known hauntings in ancient Babylonia. It is called the Booth House because John Wilkes Booth is ...
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Library of Congress
Washington, District of Columbia
58.4 miles from Culpeper County, VATales are told of a ghostly police officer who haunts the stacks at the famed Library of Congress, often helping those who become lost amid the vast collection. Appearing both in uniform and in casual clothes, the officer, who often even tells people his name, is deceased sergeant. Other strange ...
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Marine Barracks - 8th & I
Washington, District of Columbia
58.6 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe mysterious presence is said to linger around the lower parking garage, where a fatal accident involving a young child occurred. Some Marines have heard the child calling out early in the morning; others have seen a red ball rolling down a garage ramp.
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St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
59 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe heritage listed church is believed to be haunted by a ghostly reverend, who has been seen praying at the church altar late at night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
59.1 miles from Culpeper County, VAKnown for its battles during the Civil War, the national historic park is believed to be haunted by ghosts of its past. Many apparitions have been seen here, including a well-dressed man in a brocade vest who glares in a hostile way. A woman and child believed to be the ...
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Harpers Ferry Guest House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
59.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAThere are believed to be at least five apparitions that haunt this historic bed and breakfast. Guests have reported seeing the apparition of a hostile man in a brocade vest, who has been known to push guests around. Other apparitions seen include a woman in a grey dress, often accompanied ...
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Historic Hilltop House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
59.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAFolks must have been shocked to witness apparitions of soldiers marching through the rooms at this 1888 hotel. Reports say it is now closed, and its renovation is currently on hold.
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Gallaudet University - MSSD
Washington, District of Columbia
59.7 miles from Culpeper County, VAMSSD is the Model Secondary School for the Deaf. The ghost of a girl who committed suicide has been seen in the dorms, as well as another female spirit. Hoofbeats also have been felt through the campus, thought to be left over from Revolutionary War soldiers.
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Beall-Dawson House
Rockville, Maryland
59.7 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis restored 1815 home and museum site is haunted by an apparition. Speculators say it may be original builder Upton Beall, his wife Jane, or one of their daughters: Jane, Mathilda or Margaret. Some suppose it also could be a household slaves. Ghost tours are offered around Halloween.
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Brunswick Heritage Museum
Brunswick, Maryland
59.8 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis 1904 building now houses a railroad museum, and is allegedly haunted. Staff and paranormal investigators have reportedly encountered the apparition of a woman in a white dress, a ghostly curator who modifies exhibits and a spook who likes to tamper with a model railway. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0Kerby Hall - Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia
59.8 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis hall is rumored to be haunted by a student who died in the late 1960s. She has been seen in both the staircase and the 5th-floor lounge, as well as in some dorm rooms.
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Caldwell Hall - Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia
60.1 miles from Culpeper County, VAA ghost story told at this historic university explains some mysterious lights and an apparition that appears in Caldwell Hall's attic window. The spirit is said to belong to a priest who took a fatal fall from the window after discovering a book on exorcism.
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Surratt House Museum
Clinton, Maryland
60.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe historic 18th century inn and tavern building, now a museum, was once owned by Mary Surratt. Her son John sometimes met with friends there, one of whom was John Wilkes Booth. These meetings were said to be when the plot for the assassination of President Lincoln evolved. The guns ...
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Bladensburg Dueling Grounds
Colmar Manor, Maryland
62.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAWhen dueling was outlawed in the district limits, this area, now a park, became the spot where men could defend their honor. The apparition of Commodore Stephen Decatur, killed here in 1820, has been seen here, as well as other shadowy figures.
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Linden House Bed and Breakfast Plantation
Caret, Virginia
63.6 miles from Culpeper County, VAReports say that this historic bed-and-breakfast is no longer open for business. When it was, it was often visited by ghosts. The building was known to harbor mysterious aromas, and footsteps were often heard on the 3rd and 4th floors. Strange lights, orange and yellow in color, were said to ...
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Western State Hospital - Dejarnette Building
Staunton, Virginia
63.9 miles from Culpeper County, VAWestern State Hospital, a fancy resort-style asylum called Western State Lunatic Asylum in its early years, was originally built in the 1820s. In 1905 it was taken over by Dr. Joseph Dejarnette, under whose authority patients were tortured. When the hospital moved in the 1970s the building became the Staunton ...
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Brooker's Site
Mechanicsville, Virginia
65.1 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis was the site of a old house built in the mid to early 19th century. The house has been gone and the site of the house is now home to a United States post office. However, the house back in the mid 1800s owned 125 acres that today is ...
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Spook Hill
Burkittsville, Maryland
65.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis stretch of road near the battle site of Antietam is known for a mysterious phenomenon. Folks say that if you put your vehicle in neutral at the base of the hill, the ghosts of Confederate soldiers will push it back up the incline. Rumor has it that the ghosts ...
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Tuckahoe Plantation
Henrico, Virginia
65.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAThomas Randolph and son William Randolph III built the plantation in the 1700s, and it is reported to still be privately owned. Rumor has it that it's haunted by a female ghost who, in life, was forced to marry against her will. Believed to have died of a broken heart ...
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Waverly House
Richmond, Virginia
66.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAMany past tenants and residents of this stately home have reported sighting the apparition of a sad, elderly man on the stairs. He is believed to be Benjamin Green, a former resident of the house. Private residence, do not disturb. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Landon House
Frederick, Maryland
66.7 miles from Culpeper County, VABuilt in 1754, this home was used as a Civil War makeshift hospital after a deadly battle nearby. Witnesses have heard phantom screams, cries, and prayers, or the sounds of soldiers begging for help. In the basement, where slaves once were kept and abused, folks have reported cold spots, taps ...
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Apollo Theatre
Martinsburg, West Virginia
67.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe vaudeville venue built in 1913 is the home of a ghostly former manager. He has been seen standing outside the building smoking a cigar. His cigar smoke has been smelled by witnesses as well.
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Poor House Farm Park
Martinsburg, West Virginia
67.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe original stone house in the historic park is believed to be haunted. Witnesses say they have felt a heavy presence inside, during which it is difficult to breathe. Also, a soldier's apparition has been spotted on the park grounds.
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Antietam National Battlefield
Sharpsburg, Maryland
69.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis historic Civil War National Park battlefield from 1862, where many lives were lost, is said to be haunted by the ghosts of soldiers and the sounds of phantom gunfire and shouts, drum beats and war songs. Some visitors have presumed to be looking at reenactors playing a part in ...
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Barbara Fritchie House
Frederick, Maryland
70.4 miles from Culpeper County, VABarbara Fritchie, age 96, is the heroine of The Ballad of Barbara Fritchie, written by John Greenleaf Whittier in 1864. During the Civil War, she was a Union sympathizer who dared to wave her Union flag in the face of the Confederates and Stonewall Jackson. Some historians say the event ...
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Amelia Wildlife Management Area
Amelia Court House, Virginia
70.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAA ghostly "charred lady" is said to roam the wildlife reserve, but she has company, as other apparitions have been seen here as well. The spot has been a dumping place for murder victims as well as a party spot for teens.
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National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Frederick, Maryland
70.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAHere, objects have been known to move by themselves or mysteriously disappear, and strange sounds abound. Folks say the distinct sound of a cat scratching on a scratching post come from the executive director's office. It's a mystery, since the place was formerly an undertaking business, and a cat doesn't ...
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Schifferstadt
Frederick, Maryland
70.7 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe 1750s German Colonial house is now a museum, said to be haunted by original owners Joseph and Elias Brunner (or Bruner, by some reports). Witnesses have heard unexplained voices, speaking in the Brunners' native German, as well as footsteps walking throughout the house.
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Boonsboro, Maryland
71.3 miles from Culpeper County, VALegend has it that a ghost saved this 1730s historic inn from being destroyed by fire. It was the ghost of Madeline Dahlgren, owners say, who opened a door that normally remains shut, which allowed an employee to smell the smoke coming from a fire that had erupted in the ...
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Museum of the Confederacy
Richmond, Virginia
71.3 miles from Culpeper County, VAPart of this museum is the former White House of the Confederacy, containing Civil War artifacts, manuscripts, Confederate imprints (books and pamphlets) and photos--and that's not all: It also has a ghost. This portion of the museum is believed to be haunted by the spirit of Jefferson Davis' 5-year-old son.
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Governor's Mansion - Executive Mansion
Richmond, Virginia
71.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe Virginia Governor's Mansion, or Executive Mansion, is the oldest occupied governor's mansion in the U.S., serving since 1813. In the 1890s, the apparition of a lady was seen sitting at the window by then-governor Philip McKinney. She was seen later by a police officer, and since then has caused ...
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Julep’s
Richmond, Virginia
71.8 miles from Culpeper County, VAJulep's is a restaurant now, but in 1826 it was the weapon shop where Daniel Denoon, an apprentice gunsmith, was shot to death by shop owner James McNaught. Denoon's ghost is said to have inhabited the restaurant ever since 2003, when the new owners began a remodeling project that turned ...
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Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Richmond, Virginia
71.9 miles from Culpeper County, VABuilt around 1754 as a private home, the "little stone house" located a few blocks from Poe's boyhood home has housed a collection of Poe artifacts since the early 1900s. At about this time began the rumors of its hauntings. At least three ghosts are believed to reside or at ...
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Inn Boonsboro
Boonsboro, Maryland
72.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe historic inn dates back to 1790, and was recently restored after a catastrophic fire swept through the building in 2008. However, the resident ghost does not appear to left, as guests still report seeing a ghostly cat in their rooms at night, while others have heard the tinkling ...
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Lake Linganore
New Market, Maryland
73.1 miles from Culpeper County, VAOrbs and unexplained sounds have been reported in the woods around this lake, where rumor has it that a child drowns every year. Bubbles also have been seen rising to the surface.
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Old Hampshire County Jail
Romney, West Virginia
73.2 miles from Culpeper County, VABuilt in the late 1700s, the old jail has a legend attached. It seems that in the late 1800s a sheriff was shot to death by a gang of bandits on the staircase leading between the jail and the attached brick building, which was the jailer's family home. He was ...
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Haw Branch Plantation
Amelia Court House, Virginia
74.4 miles from Culpeper County, VAThe circa-1735 Haw Branch Plantation, first settled by Colonel Thomas Tabb and wife Rebecca Booker, is the site of many strange occurrences such as footsteps, nighttime sounds of heavy objects falling, and an unexplained rose perfume scent. A loud scream regularly comes from the attic, at about 6-month intervals, and ...
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Dead Mans Curve
Hagerstown, Maryland
76.2 miles from Culpeper County, VAStory goes that a doctor was killed here in an accident around the middle of the 19th century. Between then and around the 1930s locals swore they would frequently see the headless apparition of the doctor around this area.
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Duncan Hallow
Frederick, Maryland
78.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAA cabin was built by a hermit named Fred Quick on the property of a local farmer. One day his body was found dead in his cabin with his wife missing. Later in the 70's the owner of the farm found signs of satanic rituals being preformed in the ...
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Winton Country Club
Amherst, Virginia
82.5 miles from Culpeper County, VAWinton Country Club, constructed in 1769, was the home of Sarah Winston Syme Henry, mother of patriot Patrick Henry. Legend has it that when Patrick Henry visited during the American Revolution, he had to secrete himself from the enemy in a pile of hay here. Rumors also say that Sarah ...
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Cockey's Tavern
Westminster, Maryland
91 miles from Culpeper County, VAThis 1830's tavern is haunted by the apparition of a soldier, who has been heard marching up a flight of stairs to the second floor. The ghost has also been known to slam doors. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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