Connecticut
The Drowned Keeper of Penfield Reef Light — Fairfield, CT
Penfield Reef does not announce itself like a cliff or a headland. It lies low and treacherous in Long Island Sound off…
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U.S. Virgin Islands
The Prison Jumbies of Fort Christiansvaern — Christiansted, VI
On the Christiansted waterfront, where the sea moves with a blue calm that can seem almost theatrical beneath the Caribbean sun, Fort…
Wyoming
The Unquiet Cells of Wyoming Frontier Prison — Rawlins, WY
In Rawlins, Wyoming, where the wind comes down hard and clean across the high plains, the old prison stands with the patience…
South Dakota
The Bad Spirits of Sica Hollow — Sisseton, SD
In the northeastern shoulder of South Dakota, where the Coteau des Prairies rises in long, wooded swells above the prairie, there is…
New Hampshire
Ocean-Born Mary and the Pirate’s Treasure — Henniker, NH
There are houses that seem to stand with their backs turned to the present, their windows clouded not by age alone but…
Michigan
Captain Townsend’s Cigar Smoke at Seul Choix Point Light — Gulliver, MI
On the northern shore of Lake Michigan, near Gulliver, there is a place where the land reaches out into dangerous water and…
Indiana
The Grey Lady of Willard Library — Evansville, IN
In Evansville, Indiana, Willard Library stands with the solemn patience of a place built to outlast the hands that raised it. Its…
Oregon
Thelma Taylor’s Ghost Beneath the St. Johns Bridge — Portland, OR
Cathedral Park lies in the shadow of a bridge that does not merely cross the Willamette River, but seems to brood over…
Wisconsin
The Bleeding Grave of Kate Blood — Appleton, WI
In Appleton’s Riverside Cemetery, where the living come softly and the dead keep their long, weathered silence, there is a family plot…
Arkansas
The Bowie-Knife Ghost of the Old State House — Little Rock, AR
The Old State House stands in Little Rock with the gravity of a building that has listened too long. Before it became…
Colorado
Annabelle Stark Still Watches St. Elmo — St. Elmo, CO
High in Chaffee County, where the mountains rise with the stern patience of old witnesses, there is a place that seems less…
Montana
The Girl in the Window of Hotel Meade — Bannack, MT
Bannack had the look of a place that had been told to stand still and had obeyed too well. The street lay…