Tennessee
The Lady in White Along the Holston — Kingsport, TN
On the quiet edge of Kingsport, where the Holston River bends like a dark arm around the low ground, Rotherwood Mansion stands…
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Idaho
Footsteps in the Empty Halls of Albion Normal School — Albion, ID
By daylight, the old Albion State Normal School looked like something that had been left behind by mistake. Not abandoned, exactly. Albion…
Arkansas
The Actor Who Never Left the Footlights — Van Buren, AR
By day, the old King Opera House in Van Buren looked almost respectable. That was the trick of sunlight. It smoothed the…
Puerto Rico
The Coughing Ward Above Ponce — Ponce, PR
The road above Ponce climbs in patient bends, as if the mountain has all the time in the world and the city…
Kentucky
The House That Would Not Empty — Murray Station, KY
You could miss Murray Station Homestead if you drove too fast, and most people did. That was part of its arrangement with…
Pennsylvania
Footsteps After the Final Curtain at the Mishler Theatre — Altoona, PA
By eleven o’clock on most nights, downtown Altoona had finished pretending it was awake. The storefronts along Twelfth Avenue gave back only…
Nevada
The Widow in the Washoe Valley Mansion — Washoe Valley, NV
By daylight, Bowers Mansion looks almost reasonable. That is the first trick it plays. It sits there in Washoe Valley with its…
West Virginia
The White Bride of Silver Run Tunnel — Cairo, WV
Everybody in Cairo knew the Silver Run Tunnel, though most pretended they didn’t. That was how it was with certain places in…
Ohio
Footsteps in the Abolitionist’s Mansion — Trinway, OH
There are houses that welcome you. You know the kind. Porches with rockers, windows glowing butter-yellow in the dusk, a wreath on…
Indiana
Whispers in the Old County Poor Farm — Winchester, IN
People in Winchester know the road, though many will tell you they’ve never taken it after sundown. It runs out past the…
Arizona
The Lady Who Never Checked Out of the Hotel Vendome — Prescott, AZ
In Prescott, Arizona, the wind comes down from the pines with a dry whisper, carrying dust, juniper, and old names. It moves…
Georgia
The Mourning Tunnel Beneath Candler Hospital — Savannah, GA
Savannah has always known how to keep a secret. It hangs its secrets from wrought-iron balconies and lets Spanish moss comb them…