Fainting Goat Island Inn

Built in 1850 as an ice house, this inn on a 17-acre island in the Susquehanna River later became a railroad hotel. USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice voted it the #1 most haunted hotel in the U.S. in 2022, 2023, and 2025.

Guests have been woken by two women having tea in the Fainting Room. A child-sized chair moves beside beds in the Nubian Room. Gumballs spill onto the floor of empty hallways. Footsteps echo on a staircase that no longer exists. Eyes look back from mirrors. The most active spirit, according to psychics, is a little boy. In the Angora Room, guests feel someone sitting on their bed, sheets pulled off during the night, and one visitor felt held down, unable to sit up. A doll and knife were found hidden in the ceiling. Featured on Travel Channel's Paranormal Hotel and the livestream series Scared and Alone, the inn offers ghost hunts alongside interactions with the friendly fainting goats roaming the grounds.