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0Railroaders Memorial Museum
Altoona, Pennsylvania
6 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
The Railroaders Museum is said to be haunted by a spirit named Frank, who has been seen all over the museum. Other apparitions have been noted as well, and employees have opened to find all the gift shop items removed from the shelves and set on the floor, and Big ...
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0Mishler Theatre
Altoona, Pennsylvania
6.2 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
This 1906 theater building, still in operation today, is said to be home to three ghosts: Mr. Isaac Mishler, a howling dog, and a female spirit who plays pranks in the restroom.
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The Devil's Elbow
Dysart, Pennsylvania
9.6 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
The Devil's Elbow is a dangerous curve along Wopsy Road that has a story about a ghostly white lady. Legend has it that she was a new bride on her honeymoon at the Wopsononock Hotel, which burned down long ago. As their carriage rounded the Devil's Elbow, there was an ...
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Phillips' Rangers Monument
Saxton, Pennsylvania
13.2 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
In 1780 during the Revolutionary war, a group of rangers were engaged in a battle against the Iroquois who were fighting on behalf of the British. The natives outnumbered the rangers some five to one and the Rangers eventually surrendered. After their surrender the Rangers were tied ...
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Grand Midway Hotel
Windber, Pennsylvania
26.8 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
This historic hotel has been in operation for over a century, but is now believed to be a private residence. The owners have been known to auction the rooms for a night, which is enough for some guests to leave the hotel in fear. Staff have reported a wild apparition ...
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0Jean Bonnet Tavern
Bedford, Pennsylvania
28.1 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
This tavern building was a French outpost in the 1740s and a war headquarters in the 1750s. It became a tavern in the 1760s, and was also used as a courtroom. Several people were hanged here, and it is said that their spirits walk restlessly throughout the place. Witnesses have ...
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0Omni Bedford Springs Resort
Bedford, Pennsylvania
30.4 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Folks say that the ghosts at this 1800s resort want to be in pictures. They show up as oddities on the photographic images taken all over the hotel.
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Penn State University
State College, Pennsylvania
37.8 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Several buildings at Penn State University are allegedly haunted, including Pattee Library, said to be visited by the spirit of Betsy Aardsma, stabbed to death in the stacks in 1969. Schwab Auditorium is haunted by a former university president (who, incidentally, also haunts the Botany department building) as well as ...
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Econolodge
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
42.5 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
I was an opening GM before when it had lost its flag from a Ramada. I was in the back of the back closet and there were just 2 people in the building the front desk person and I was getting food for the downtown pantry and trying to organize ...
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Green Gables Hotel and Restaurant
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
44.9 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Ghosts here include a woman who haunts the kitchen (especially the walk-in cooler). She is said to whisper "Turn off the lights" and move objects in the kitchen. Often seen on the second floor is the ghost of an African-American man who wears 1800s clothing. He is usually near the ...
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Academia Girl’s School
Port Royal, Pennsylvania
47.6 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Academia Girl’s School is the ruins of an 1800s building destroyed by fire. Many legends surround the place, including that a gardener set the fire to cover his tracks after raping and killing many students. Another says the girls at the school all died of a mysterious illness. The ghosts ...
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Fort Frederick Maryland
Big Pool, Maryland
59.8 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
A stone star fort in the Maryland Panhandle, Fort Frederick Maryland was built in the 1750s to defend Maryland from French and Indian raiders. During the American Revolution it was used as a prisoner of war camp for soldiers surrendered at Yorktown. It was a Federal outpost during the ...
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Penn State Mont Alto
Mont Alto, Pennsylvania
60.3 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
The land used to belong to Col. George Wiestling, a veteran of the Civil War who died in 1891. In 1903, the university was founded, but Wiestling is said to remain. A famous photograph taken in 1907 (one of the earliest ghost photos thought to be legitimate) shows a figure ...
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Beech Creek Furst Corner
Beech Creek, Pennsylvania
61.2 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
It's not only your eyes and ears that may detect haunted happenings here, but your nose may get in on the action too. Folks say at this restaurant you can smell ghostly cigar smoke from its old days. So the story goes, former owner Mr. Furst died in a fire ...
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Miller's Church
Hagerstown, Maryland
63.5 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Legend has it that the 1930s Catholic Miller’s Church was taken over by devil worshippers, and practitioners sacrificed young girls inside its walls. And then, the church suddenly burned down. All that's left is a parking lot and a big oak. And so the story goes, a couple was parked ...
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0Town Hall - Williamsport
Williamsport, Maryland
64.6 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Ghosts said to hang out here include former employee "Bus" Seymore, who is heard typing upstairs, and a little girl who sits in the conference room and has a "thing" for flashlights. Disembodied footsteps have been heard here as well. A spooky annual Halloween ghost walk concludes here.
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Johnathan Hager House Museum
Hagerstown, Maryland
64.6 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
The 1739 house is thought to be haunted by 2 families: The Hammonds, who lived here in the 1840s, and the Civil War-era Downins. Voices and footsteps have been heard, and the Downin children are thought to be the ones who move around a corncob doll, turn off the lights, ...
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Maryland Theatre
Hagerstown, Maryland
64.8 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
The 1915 Maryland Theatre, once a vaudeville and movie house, operated until 1973. In 1974 it caught fire and was rebuilt, and to this day presents cultural offerings to the public. It is believed to be haunted. The daughter of an early manager encountered the ghost of her father here, ...
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Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
65.6 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Carlisle Barracks is a military school that was attended by the likes of John J. Pershing and Dwight D. Eisenhower. It was originally a military post that began in the 1700s. Ghostly band music is said to come from the bandstand, tunes from around the turn of the century. The ...
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0Cashtown Inn
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
66 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
This 1797 inn was named because the original innkeeper, Peter Marck, would only accept cash as payment. It has been seen on TV's Ghost Hunters, and as a setting in the movie Gettysburg. Actor Sam Elliott reportedly stayed here during its filming. The ghosts here, possibly lingering from the nearby ...
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Fallingwater
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
67.4 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
A solitude woman is said to be seen staring out of the window of the master bedroom. She is believed to the first wife of Edgar Kaufmann, depressed by his unfaithfulness. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Poor House Farm Park
Martinsburg, West Virginia
69.4 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
The 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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0Fairfield Inn - The Mansion House
Fairfield, Pennsylvania
69.7 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Reported to be haunted by the ghosts of Civil War era soldiers who were treated and died in the Inn when it served as a hospital after the battle.
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Dead Mans Curve
Hagerstown, Maryland
69.9 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Story 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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Apollo Theatre
Martinsburg, West Virginia
70.7 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
The 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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Amity Hall
Duncannon, Pennsylvania
72.5 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Although the Amity Hall burned to the ground in the late 2000s, it was alleged to be extremely active with the haunts. A man was said to have killed his wife by stabbing her on the porch sofa, then killed his children and himself upstairs. Apparitions, black figures and flashes ...
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Allegheny-Kiski Valley Heritage Museum
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
72.8 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
A former volunteer named Jack is commonly seen in the basement. He is said to be seen mostly around the old gardening tools. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Summit Hose Company
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
73.1 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Voices and odd noises are heard, doors open by themselves, and shadows have been seen here. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0Sachs Covered Bridge
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
73.1 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Locals tell a harrowing story of something that may happen near here: A strange fog gathers quickly, and from out of the mysterious fog comes a ghostly battle.
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0Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
73.2 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
It is reported that two administrators had an experience with an elevator to another dimension. Instead of stopping at their desired floor, the elevator continued to the basement. When the door opened, they saw a thriving hospital scene, only without sound. Frightened, the two desperately finally managed to close the ...
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0The Gettysburg Hotel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
73.7 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
This old hotel, established in 1797, is haunted by Rachel, among other spirits. Rachel is believed to be the spirit of a Civil War nurse who seems to be looking for soldiers to help. Guests say she opens their drawers and removes the clothing from them. Other ghosts who reside ...
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0Tillie Pierce House Inn
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
73.9 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
You can't swing a dead cat in Gettysburg without hitting something haunted and the Tillie Pierce house is no exception. Tille Pierce is well known as she wrote a book in the aftermath of Gettysburg about her experiences during the battle. A teenager during the time of the battle, she ...
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0Farnsworth House Inn
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
73.9 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Reportedly haunted by over a dozen ghosts, including the most ubiquitous, a former nurse named Mary who is said to still attempt to comfort the ill and a young boy who was killed in an accident.
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0Jennie Wade House
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
74.1 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Jennie Wade was a seamstress and the only civilian to be directly killed in the Battle of Gettysburg when a stray bullet entered this house, where she was visiting her sister. At the house, now a tourist attraction, visitors can see a bullet hole in the door. Legend has it ...
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0Soldiers National Museum
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
74.1 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Rosa Carmichael is said to be the spirit who haunts this museum. According to locals, she operated an orphanage located at this very site during the Civil War era.
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Antietam National Battlefield
Sharpsburg, Maryland
74.2 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
This 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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Inn Boonsboro
Boonsboro, Maryland
74.6 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
The 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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Triangular Field
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
74.7 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Visitors to this site have reported hearing the harrowing sounds of battle, although nothing appears to be happening on the quiet field. It is also said that cameras will always fail to work at this site.
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0Devil's Den
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
74.8 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
At this historic site, a boulder-ridden hill and Gettysburg Battlefield location, ghostly soldiers are reported to be seen. It is said that these soldiers are from the battle's second day. One soldier who frequents the site has been described as having long gray hair and dirty, torn clothing of buckskin. ...
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Slaughter Pen
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
74.9 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
According to those in the know, this area is haunted by the ghost of a young girl who wears a white dress.
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0Little Round Top
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
75.1 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
According to reports, soldiers are still active at this site. Per one story, some Civil War re-enactors working on the film Gettysburg at this site were approached here by a Union soldier. They assumed he, like them, was an extra working on the film. He handed them some ammunition for ...
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National Emergency Training Center - St. Joseph's College
Emmitsburg, Maryland
75.7 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
The National Emergency Training Center was once St. Joseph's College, which until 1973 was a Catholic girls' school established in 1809. Witnesses at the former college claim to have seen the ghosts of Civil War nurses who were carrying buckets of amputated human limbs and heard the sounds of soldiers ...
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0Old South Mountain Inn
Boonsboro, Maryland
76.8 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Legend 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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0The Lightner Farmhouse
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
77.1 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
This farmhouse, built during the Civil War, was once even used as a war hospital. Around its grounds, ghosts have been spotted reliving the war.
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Old Hampshire County Jail
Romney, West Virginia
77.4 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Built 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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Allen’s Haunted Hayrides
Smock, Pennsylvania
77.7 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Psychics say that the energy here is high because there an Indian burial ground beneath the land. This may be the source of the glowing white figures that are reported, or the strange light manifestations. The hayrides are year-round so visit freely! (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0Culmerville Hotel - Zottola's Pub and Eatery
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
77.9 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
A spirit is said to reside in the former Culmervilel Hotel, now Zottola's Pub and Eatery.
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Riverside Cabaret
Port Trevorton, Pennsylvania
80.5 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Riverside Cabaret (previously called "Wild J's") has had several paranormal events that occur almost weekly. Orbs have been seen both live and recorded on CCTV. Several staff have reported an hearing a male voice talk to them, a woman's sobbing is constantly heard in the basement, and many ...
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0Bechtel Mansion Inn
East Berlin, Pennsylvania
81.5 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
This inn, housed in a 1897 building, has been visited by strange noises, residual smells, and a ghost named Flossie who is said to have died in the house in the 1920s. She has been seen on the turret's balcony. She also may be the one who makes objects mysteriously ...
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Bucktail Hotel
Marienville, Pennsylvania
81.5 miles from Hollidaysburg, PA
Guests staying at this 1937 hotel have reported a spook haunting the upstairs rooms. The entity is believed to be a poltergeist, as it has been known to move objects around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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