Morris-Jumel Mansion

Manhattan's oldest surviving residence, built in 1765. It served as headquarters for both British and American forces during the Revolutionary War, including George Washington. Later owned by Stephen Jumel and his wife Eliza, who eventually married former Vice President Aaron Burr.

The mansion has been called one of New York's most haunted buildings, and it's shown up on Ghost Adventures and The Holzer Files. Eliza Jumel is the main ghost here -- she allegedly let her first husband bleed to death after a fall so she could marry Aaron Burr. In the 1960s, a group of schoolchildren reported seeing a woman in a violet dress scold them from a balcony. No one matching that description was in the house at the time. Visitors hear voices coming from an antique grandfather clock, feel the temperature drop in certain rooms, and get the persistent sense that someone is watching them.