Haunted Lighthouses
29 haunted locations across America
Coastal beacons with keepers who never abandoned their posts
All Haunted Lighthouses
Absecon Lighthouse
The treacherous waters off Absecon Inlet were among the deadliest along the East Coast, earning the grim nickname "The…
Barnegat Lighthouse ("Old Barney")
Barnegat Lighthouse, locally known as "Old Barney," stands sentinel over some of the most treacherous waters on the…
Big Bay Point Lighthouse
Big Bay Point Lighthouse was authorized by Congress on February 15, 1893, to address a dangerous gap in Lake Superior's…
Bodie Island Lighthouse
Bodie Island Lighthouse stands 156 feet tall on the sound side of Nags Head, its distinctive black-and-white horizontal…
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse towers 208 feet above the Outer Banks, the tallest brick lighthouse in America and a sentinel…
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Standing sentinel at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay since 1792, the Cape Henry Lighthouse holds the distinction of…
Cape May Lighthouse
The Cape May Lighthouse was first lit on Halloween night in 1859. That detail alone would be enough to fuel a ghost…
Chambers Island Lighthouse
Renovations in the 1970s and 80s triggered intense activity. Nuns attempted a spiritual cleansing in 1987, but it…
Concord Point Lighthouse
Concord Point Lighthouse, completed in November 1827 by master builder John Donahoo using granite quarried from nearby…
Currituck Beach Lighthouse
Currituck Beach Lighthouse stands on the northern Outer Banks in Corolla, built in 1875 as the last major lighthouse…
Georgetown Lighthouse
The Georgetown Lighthouse has been guiding ships into Winyah Bay since 1811, making it one of the oldest light stations…
Heceta Head Lighthouse
Heceta Head Lighthouse began operation in 1894 on a dramatic headland between Florence and Yachats on the Oregon Coast…
Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
The Marquette Harbor Lighthouse was constructed in 1866 on the shores of Lake Superior, its tower receiving its…
Ocracoke Lighthouse
The Ocracoke Lighthouse stands at the southern end of Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks, a squat white tower just…
Pensacola Lighthouse
The Pensacola Lighthouse has cast its beam over the entrance to Pensacola Bay since 1859, but its paranormal reputation…
Point Lookout Lighthouse
Point Lookout Lighthouse, built in 1830 at the confluence of the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay, has earned the title…
Point Sur Lighthouse
Catherine Ingersoll told her daughter Pokey to go to bed. This happened a hundred and twenty years after Catherine's…
Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse
On July 4, 1809, disaster erupted at Fort Constitution adjacent to Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse when gunpowder reserved…
Pottawatomie Lighthouse
David Corbin, the original lighthouse keeper, is buried on the island and his spirit has never left his post. Doors…
Seul Choix Point Lighthouse
Seul Choix Point Lighthouse stands on Michigan's Upper Peninsula near Gulliver, guarding the treacherous waters of…
Sheffield Island Lighthouse
Sheffield Island Lighthouse stands watch in Norwalk Harbor, its Victorian stone walls holding secrets from nearly two…
Sherwood Point Lighthouse
Sherwood Point Lighthouse was completed on September 28, 1883, after Congress appropriated twelve thousand dollars for…
St. Augustine Lighthouse
The St. Augustine Lighthouse stands 165 feet tall at the edge of Anastasia Island, casting its beam across the Atlantic…
St. Simons Lighthouse
"There was a clink and a rattle, and looking up, Mrs. C--- saw the distinct figure of the French Canadian bending over…
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, known to generations of Oregon coast residents as Terrible Tilly, stands on a basalt…
Tybee Island Lighthouse
A five-year-old girl named Lachlan appears on the winding staircase inside the lighthouse. She tells visitors to turn…
Waugoshance Lighthouse
Waugoshance Lighthouse stands on a shoal in Lake Michigan near the Straits of Mackinac, accessible only by boat from…
White Island Lighthouse
The pirate Blackbeard reportedly abandoned one of his wives on this cluster of rocky islands, and her ghost has been…
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
The Yaquina Bay Lighthouse in Newport, Oregon holds a distinction shared by no other historic structure in America…