Enjoy A Spooky Night Out
Haunted walks are a more exciting way to explore after dark while hearing the local stories that have been passed around for years. Most tours rely on history just as much as ghost lore, and they usually follow simple, guided routes on public streets. Here are just a few you can experience across the USA.
1. French Quarter Phantoms
Begin in New Orleans, Louisiana, with French Quarter Phantoms, a walking tour company that leans into the city’s famous spooky reputation. Guides focus on historic sites and the haunting reports tied to them, with frequent stops to keep the group together. It’s best to choose a later departure if you want fewer crowds on the sidewalks.
2. Savannah Ghostwalker Tour
Savannah Ghostwalker Tours leads an on-foot evening route through Savannah, Georgia’s historic district. The walk moves past well-known squares and older buildings, keeping the stories linked to specific places.
3. Bulldog Graveyard Walk
In Charleston, South Carolina, Bulldog Tours offers a Ghost and Graveyard Tour that includes a nighttime walk in the historic district. A key detail is the exclusive access to one of Charleston’s older graveyards, which adds a clear structure to the route. Comfortable shoes are a wise choice on Charleston’s uneven streets.
4. Old City Ghosts
Old City Ghosts runs a guided walking tour in downtown St. Augustine, Florida, with stories tied to the city’s long and complicated past. The tour is designed for outdoor walking, so it works well if you prefer to stay in the open air. In warmer seasons, bring water and plan for humidity.
5. Haunted Footsteps Salem
Salem Historical Tours’ Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour is an evening, lantern-lit walk through the witchy city. It’s positioned as a long-running local staple, and it stays focused on Salem’s history along with the ghost tales that followed. Visiting during Halloween season really amps up the spooky vibe.
6. Beacon Hill Ghost Tour
Boston’s Beacon Hill Ghost Tour by Boston History Company keeps the route tight and walkable in a famously historic neighborhood. The content blends the city's darker history with haunting reports, so you get a very well-rounded story.
7. Ghostly Images Gettysburg
Ghostly Images of Gettysburg offers walking ghost tours in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where many stories are tied to local landmarks and battle-era history. The tour can even take you home to two historically haunted homes.
8. Grim Philly Twilight
Grim Philly Twilight Tours runs walking tours in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that mix grim history with ghost and vampire lore. Because the route covers familiar historic areas, you get to see the classic Philly sights in a fresh light.
9. DC Ghosts Downtown
DC Ghosts offers walking tours in Washington, DC that highlight older sites and long-circulating ghost stories. You’ll get to explore courthouses, homes, and even participate in a haunted pub crawl if you so choose.
10. Greenwich Village Haunts
Haunted Manhattan’s Greenwich Village Tour takes you through New York City streets known for theaters, parks, and well-documented local history. Witness the famous “House of Death,” a well-known 19th-century townhouse that has a long history of supernatural occurrences.
11. Sleepy Hollow Lantern Tour
The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Lantern Tour is a guided way to walk the cemetery grounds in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Historic Hudson Valley notes that guided cemetery tours run seasonally, and lantern tours are widely listed as a highlight in the area’s fall schedule.
12. Newport Ghost Walk
Ghost Tours of Newport promotes itself as an original walking ghost tour in Newport, Rhode Island. The route keeps you in older parts of town, where narrow streets and historic buildings shape the experience.
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13. San Antonio Night Walk
Ghost City Tours offers haunted walking tours in San Antonio, Texas, with routes built around the city’s older areas and popular legends. Guests have the option to do a haunted pub crawl, a family-friendly historic tour, or something that teeters into the darker side of the city.
14. Ghost on the Strand
Galveston, Texas, has Ghost on the Strand, a ninety-minute walking tour that stays in the historic Strand district. The tour description references disasters and past public health crises, which gives the storytelling a clear historical basis.
15. San Francisco Ghost Tour
US Ghost Adventures runs a San Francisco ghost tour that offers a chilling peek into the city’s long-standing history. You have the option to travel around Chinatown, learn more about the Gold Rush, or learn about popular crimes that took place through the years.
16. Hollywood Boulevard Walk
American Ghost Walks offers a haunted history walking tour along Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. You’ll cover famous corners and hear stories tied to the area’s past, framed as legends and reported experiences.
17. Tombstone Terrors
Tombstone Terrors runs a walking ghost tour in Tombstone, Arizona, with the Old West history kept front and center. The company describes the tour as focused on real stories and historic locations around town, sharing tales of the wild west and the supernatural thrills of theatre.
18. Jerome Ghost Walk
Jerome Ghost Tours offers the Jerome Ghost Walk in Jerome, Arizona, and it’s presented as a guided tour with ghost-hunting style gear available. The town’s steep streets are part of the experience, so you will want stable shoes and a careful pace.
19. Denver Haunted Pub Walk
Nightly Spirits runs Denver ghost tours that combine a walking route with stops at bars, so the evening can feel social as well as spooky. The company emphasizes haunted stories connected to the venues and the surrounding area. You’ll walk down Millionaires Row, the Capitol Hill neighborhood, and learn about the terrifying side of the Mile High City.
20. Gaslamp Ghost Tour
Haunted SD Gaslamp Tours offers a Haunted Gaslamp Ghost Walking Tour in San Diego, California’s Gaslamp Quarter. The tour covers ghost and true crime stories, even promising a potential ghost sighting of your own.
