Marietta National Cemetery

Opened in 1866 to bury nearly 10,000 Union soldiers from Sherman's Atlanta campaign. The man who donated the land wanted both sides buried together — that didn't happen, but the cemetery grew to over 18,000 graves.

The Marietta National Cemetery and surrounding area form one of Georgia's most concentrated haunts—a landscape marked by Civil War death, makeshift hospitals, and hastily dug graves. During the war, when the nearby cemetery filled beyond capacity, soldiers were buried wherever ground could be found, including the area that is now Glover Park.

The Kennesaw House, now home to the Marietta Museum of History, stands as the epicenter of activity. More than 700 ghosts are said to reside within, a staggering number attributed to its service as a Civil War hospital. The building has been featured on The History Channel, PBS, and CNN for its paranormal activity.

One chilling account describes a guest stepping off the elevator onto the third floor and witnessing a scene from a Civil War hospital—complete with a surgeon bending over a wounded man. Thinking he had wandered into a historical reenactment, he retreated to the first floor to ask the front desk. When both returned to investigate, they found only an empty hotel hallway.

The nearby St. James Episcopal Cemetery adds to the area's supernatural reputation, home to the famous Mary Meinert statue where visitors report hearing a woman weeping and a child calling "Mommy!" Some claim the statue weeps tears of blood, while others insist the two babies in Mary's marble arms switch positions. The Marietta Museum now offers paranormal investigation tours led by experienced investigators, where ghost appearances are not guaranteed but "a hauntingly good time" is.