Most Terrifying Places in America

The hotel that inspired "The Shining"; the Ohio State Reformatory; a historic plantation supposedly inhabited by numerous ghosts; the site of a grisly unsolved axe murder in a small Midwestern town.

Visiting a haunted nightclub; exploring the Old Portland Underground, rumored to have been used to hold Shanghaied captives; a haunted mansion in Missouri; a tattoo parlor.

A suicidal monk reportedly haunts a castle outside of Seattle; exploring a historic Massachusetts inn once used to house escaped slaves; a haunted park in Denver.

A bar in Chicago contains forces so dark, they cause visitors to turn violent; a haunted aircraft carrier in Texas earns the nickname "Blue Ghost"; a haunted bed and breakfast in Texas; a music hall in Upstate New York.

An abandoned amusement park; a haunted residence in Savannah, Ga.; a Florida lighthouse.

A New Jersey prison rumored to be haunted; touring Chicago's Hull House, known for numerous ghost sightings; spirits allegedly haunt a lake on Long Island, N.Y.; a hotel in Michigan; a church in Key West, Fla.

Reports of ghosts in an old Illinois cemetery; an octagon-shaped residence in Kentucky; a music hall in Cincinnati; a theater in Tennessee; a restaurant in New York City.