Haunted Manors (1664)

1664 haunted manors from around the world. Each location includes its story and GPS coordinates.

• 👻 Öxl on Snæfellsnes Vesturland After his execution in 1596, serial killer Axlar-Björn was dismembered and buried in three separate places – so that he could not walk again.
• 👻 Palazzo Cenci Rome On the night of 11 September, Beatrice Cenci climbs the stairs of her childhood home — carrying her severed head in her hands. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Villa Stuart Rome Emmeline walled her lover into the cellar and left a hole to stroke his fingers — that is where Lord Allen's skeleton was found.
• 🏯 LaLaurie Mansion Louisiana The 1834 fire revealed enslaved people tortured in the attic — owner Delphine LaLaurie fled to France.
• 👻 Gubbträsk Lappland Pedlars who took shelter with the Gubbträsk man were never seen again. At last he had the church announce for a herd boy – and one came.
• 👻 Al Qasimi Palace Ras al-Khaimah The sheikh's family is said to have fled the grand palace after a single night – ever since, children's faces peer out from behind the cracked window panes. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 The White Lady of the Theresianum Vienna The white lady stepped in to a fevered pupil — he died soon after. The gatekeeper who merely glimpsed her fell into nervous fever himself. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Studley Park House New South Wales In the Gothic mansion on the Camden golf course, two dead boys are said to still be playing — and a lone woman to keep watch in the tower.
• 🏯 Solar do Unhão Bahia In the seventeenth-century estate on All Saints' Bay, whispers and dragging chains are heard at night – echoes of the enslaved people murdered here.
• 🏯 Carnton Mansion Tennessee The largest field hospital of the Civil War in 1864 — four dead generals were laid out on the back porch.
• 🏯 Sæbygaard Manor Nordjylland, Sæby A book chained to the table, two men reading it by night — and flames rising straight out of the pages until an entire wing was gone.
• 👻 Friar's Farmhouse Andalusia At this monastic farm in Cabo de Gata, the 1928 murder that inspired Lorca's Blood Wedding took place – whispers and shadows haunt the ruins.
• 🏯 Manoir Pavlovich, Pomponne Paris The doctor watched his wife waste away here — and ever since, every couple who moved into the old manor is said to meet the same fate.
• 👻 Syon House — the night the king's coffin split London The king's coffin rested here overnight. By morning the lead had burst — and a dog was lapping up what had leaked out. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 The Mavromichalis Mansion (Epavli Mavromichali) Attica A girl in a nightgown is seen at the water's edge below the ruined Kastella mansion — and shadows cross windows nobody has lived behind since 1955.
• 🏯 Herregaarden Odden Hjørring (Vendsyssel), Jylland A stuffed headless swan turned its head toward the unfaithful. An evil knight on horseback was conjured into the cellar floor — only the skull protrudes.
• 🏯 The Black Castle of Balatonederics Veszprém (Balaton) The cook was murdered in 1912 by the jealous herdsboy who loved her — and the Black Castle never let go of its restless souls.
• 🏯 Castletown House Kildare The card slipped to the floor, and bending for it Tom Conolly saw the cloven hoof in the stranger's boot. The priest drove him up the chimney.
• 👻 Rana Kumbha Palace Rajasthan In the palace ruins of Chittorgarh, where Queen Padmini and hundreds of women walked into the fire in 1303, a woman with a burnt face is said to beg visitors for help. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Hjaltastaður Austurland The Hjaltastaður Fiend shrieked insults for days on end in the 1750s – officials documented the invisible voice in their letters.
• 👻 Írafell Farm in Kjós Höfuðborgarsvæðið Írafells-Móri, raised by a sorcerer to plague one family for nine generations, demanded his own bed and his own share of food at the farm.
• 👻 Ca' Dario Veneto The palace on the Grand Canal is said to curse its owners - from Marietta Dario to modern millionaires, death and ruin have followed. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Palazzo Spinelli di Laurino Naples Bianca was walled up alive. Now she appears three days ahead — in white if the house will have joy, in black if someone will die. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Palazzo Rospigliosi, Zagarolo Rome In the room facing the inner courtyard, mother-in-law Livia is said to have been hanged on Pompeo Colonna's orders — and the noises began. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Ca' Mocenigo Vecchia Venice Giovanni Mocenigo invited Giordano Bruno here, then denounced him. The philosopher's figure is said to appear at a window, his face burnt. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Doge's Palace (Scala dei Giganti) Venice Doge Marin Falier was beheaded on the stair where doges were crowned. His portrait is painted over with a black veil — and he is said to walk headless. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Rose Hall Great House Saint James The White Witch Annie Palmer is still said to ride across the plantation and appear on the balcony of her Georgian great house.
• 🏯 Lerbæk Hovedgaard Frederikshavn, Jylland A poltergeist moves guests' belongings. Hoofbeats across the moat bridge. The horses in the stable stare at one specific corner. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Lønborggaard Skjern, Jylland Three ghosts: a servant girl walled in with her child, a German woman who shot herself in 1902, and an old man who hanged himself. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Louhisaari Manor Masku, Egentliga Finland A jealous husband forgot he'd locked his wife away — she starved to death, and the White Lady still walks the third floor, sometimes with a child. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 The White House of San Ángel Mexico City Doña Guiomar died at the window waiting for don Lope — and when he finally came, a bony hand took hold of him through the grille.
• 👻 The Old Palace of the Inquisition Mexico City A woman begs the night guards for a Christian burial — and in one cell La Mulata de Córdoba is said to have sailed away on a chalked ship. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Myrtles Plantation Louisiana Legend tells of the enslaved woman Chloe, who lost an ear and is said to walk in her green turban — though historians doubt the tale. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Belweder Palace Warsaw Grand Duke Constantine returns to the study where he signed the sentences, by preference on the eve of the November Uprising's anniversary. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Krzysztofory Palace Kraków At midnight the Black Lady crosses the halls at Main Square 35. Catch her eye and she will whisper you the date of your own death. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Radziejowice Palace Warsaw Primate Radziejowski shut his mistress in the hole beneath the tower. She lost her mind and died, and still searches the halls for him. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Wielopolski Palace Kraków A young woman was walled up for a forbidden love. When the plaster came down after the fire, the skeleton was still in the niche in black velvet. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Marques Gomes Manor Porto In the decaying manor above the Douro, ghost hunters recorded a metallic voice shrieking: 'Get out of here!'
• 🏯 Quinta da Paulicea Central Portugal In this abandoned manor in Águeda, where a whole family died of the Spanish flu, people hear screams, neighing horses and a piano playing by itself.
• 🏯 Riber Kjærgaard Ribe, Jylland Maiden Lange watched her beloved being murdered. If a young couple meets her at the Blue Lodge, their love will vanish.
• 👻 Ensillre Medelpad Johan Per's old woman murdered a pedlar and found no rest after death – the furniture shifted by night in the house where she once lived.
• 🏯 Gysinge Ironworks Gästrikland The White Lady, the farmhands – and someone who scratches and wants out of the wall. In the winter of 1820 the works also met a real terror that could not be walled in.
• 👻 The Sauna at Julåsen Medelpad Every dusk an infant was heard crying by the bathhouse at Julåsen – until the village fetched a priest to read over the child no one had buried.
• 👻 Välsta Hälsingland "Look at the ugly dog standing on the floor", said old Mrs Behm at supper. No one else saw it – but everyone heard the rattling at the window and smelled the quenched embers.
• 👻 Istana Woodneuk Tanglin Beneath the collapsed blue roof of the sultan's abandoned palace, trespassers hear whispers and footsteps in halls empty for eighty years. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Lopinot Historical Complex Tunapuna–Piarco On stormy nights, Count de Lopinot is said to come galloping on a black horse in full uniform across his old cocoa estate.
• 👻 Pidhirtsi Castle Lviv oblast In the Renaissance castle of Pidhirtsi walks the White Lady – the young mistress said to have been walled up alive by her jealous husband. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Winchester Mystery House California The widow Sarah Winchester built for 36 years a house with stairs that end at the ceiling — by legend, to confuse the ghosts of the rifle’s victims. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Apertin Manor Värmland A place where legends and dark stories meet. Deep in the Värmland forests, surrounded by stream ravines and ancient woodland, lies Apertin Manor — a manor that both fascinates and frightens with its dark legends and rumours of haunting... 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Hofburg Palace Vienna In the imperial palace the White Lady appeared as a herald of death to the House of Habsburg – and whispers still drift from Sisi's chambers. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Primmersdorf Castle Lower Austria In the baroque manor by the Thaya a white monk appears at night in a blue-yellow glow beside the beds – then vanishes straight through the wall.
• 🏯 The Little Castle on Pötzleinsdorfer Straße Vienna Locals called the house simply 'the little castle'. Here a knight murdered his wife — or nuns atoned in the deep cellar vaults.
• 🏯 Austad Manor Drammen, Buskerud At this Drammen manor, the 'Black Lady' is said to walk — Ingeborg Marie Glud, the proud governor's wife of the early 1700s. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Sam Lord's Castle Saint Philip Wrecker Sam Lord lured ships to their doom with lanterns in the palm trees – and is still said to watch over his castle and hidden plunder.
• 🏯 Berga Manor Kalmar One of Småland's most haunted places. Berga Manor in Högsby, Småland, is a place filled with both history and dark legends. The grand manor, dating back to the 13th century, has been home to noblemen and others. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Blombacka Manor Västra Götaland The Silence, the History and the Shadow that Lingers. In the gently rolling cultural landscape of Västergötland, just outside Skara, lies Blombacka Manor. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Blomsholm Manor Västra Götaland One of western Sweden's most haunted manors. Blomsholm Manor, located in Strömstad in Västra Götaland County, is a place that fascinates both historians and visitors with an interest in the supernatural. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Boltinggaard Manor Fyn, Ringe A tall, slender maiden in black silk rustles through the rooms — and in the carriage gate, the skeleton of a murdered peddler was found.
• 👻 Nesvizh Castle Minsk oblast The Black Lady, Barbara Radziwill, has walked Nesvizh Castle for over four hundred years – trapped in our world by a séance gone wrong. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Burnaby Art Gallery (Ceperley House) British Columbia Grace Ceperley is said to sweep up the staircase of her beloved Fairacres — aggrieved over a will that was never honoured.
• 🏯 The Keg Mansion Ontario Above the grand staircase of the Massey family's Toronto mansion, a hanged maid is still said to appear in her noose.
• 👻 Prince Li's Mansion (礼王府) Beijing One of Beijing's four great haunted houses: at night Princess Lanxin is said to weep in the palace courtyards, mourning the opera singer her father had killed. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Berlin Palace (Humboldt Forum) Berlin Anna Sydow, 'the beautiful foundress', has been said since 1598 to appear in the Berlin Palace as the Hohenzollerns' white harbinger of death. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Gut Hasselburg Reported haunted location in Germany.
• 🏯 Satrupholm Manor Schleswig-Holstein The cruel lord of Satrupholm found no rest in the grave – his spirit beat and tormented the sleeping until a ghost-banisher was summoned.
• 🏯 Gut Scheifenhaus, Niepenberg Reported haunted location in Germany.
• 👻 Nordkirchen Palace North Rhine-Westphalia The greedy steward Schenkewald is said to have haunted the 'Versailles of Westphalia' so fiercely that he was carried off in a black carriage to the Davert woods. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 A Ghost Story from Hammar Manor Värmland Something is moving in the attic. A faint creak is followed by a dull step — another. It stops. Then a new sound is heard, a kind of dragging.
• 🏯 House of the Mermaids Andalusia In this palace on the Alameda de Hércules, a family member was allegedly kept locked away for life – and guards still hear footsteps no one takes.
• 🏯 Tuomarinkylä herrgård Nyland Reported haunted location in Helsingfors, Nyland, Finland.
• 🏯 Fossesholm Manor Øvre Eiker, Buskerud At this manor, 'Limping Birthe' is said to walk — the girl mocked for counting only to three, who threw herself from a window. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Manoir de Chastenay Bourgogne At the alchemists' enigmatic manor near Arcy-sur-Cure, a white lady appears at the windows – said to be its Revolution-era mistress.
• 👻 Petit Trianon Île-de-France In 1901 two English academics claimed a garden stroll at Trianon led them straight into Marie-Antoinette's 1789. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Garpenberg Castle and the Lady Who Refuses to Leave Dalarna When you step into Garpenberg Castle in the heart of Dalarna, it is hard not to feel the wingbeats of history. The castle, with roots from the 1500s, is surrounded by mystery, memories and — if you dare to believe the stories — a few ghosts as well... 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Grim's Dyke — the lake where Gilbert drowned London W.S. Gilbert died in his own lake diving in to save a girl. The water was drained afterwards — but he is said to walk here still.
• 🏯 Gimo Manor Östhammar, Uppland An icy wind, a door that opens by itself and billiard cues strewn across the floor — at Gimo the farmhand Johansson is said to walk. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Rododafni Castle (Palataki) Attica The Duchess of Plaisance is said to roam in a white nightgown around the palace where she kept her daughter's embalmed body. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Haraldskær Manor House Vejle, Jylland A young woman who died of unrequited love wanders from Skibet Church, through the old parlour and down to the Vejle River. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Hindemae Manor Fyn, Ullerslev A carriage drawn by four horses and a cracking whip drives onto the courtyard — but when you rush out, everything is gone. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Hooks Herrgård Vaggeryd, Småland The manor's ghost is called Captain Elin, or the White Lady — condemned as a witch and burned, she cursed the judge who signed the death certificate. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 House of the Seven Gables Massachusetts The timber house behind Hawthorne's novel. A boy is said to appear in the windows.
• 👻 Sans-Souci Palace Nord (Milot) Among the ruins of King Henri Christophe's grand palace, the monarch's restless spirit is said to wander still. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Sándor Palace Budapest The Devil's Rider drove a four-in-hand down the castle steps. "That is no man, that is the devil himself", said his own stable master. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Newbridge House, Donabate Dublin At midnight the gate is heard opening and shutting in the empty park. It is Mr Cobbe driving up to the door behind six headless horses.
• 🏯 Irup Manor Thy, Jylland At full moon — best on a Thursday — the White Lady is said to take a walk through the park at Irup. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Bessastaðir Höfuðborgarsvæðið In Iceland's presidential residence walks Apollonia Schwartzkopf, poisoned in 1725 – and President Vigdís used to bid her welcome.
• 👻 Casino degli Spiriti Veneto The painter Luzzo, who shot himself over his hopeless love for Giorgione's Cecilia, is said to still sigh in the lagoon-side palace. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Sorci Castle Tuscany The condottiero Baldaccio d'Anghiari, beheaded in the Palazzo Vecchio in 1441, is said to walk his old manor in armour.
• 👻 Palazzo Penne Naples Beelzebub built the house in a single night. Antonio Penne still kept his soul — the devil miscounted by five grains of wheat. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Capodimonte Palace and Wood Naples Queen Maria Carolina is said to hold her balls still in the empty state rooms — light, music and dancing, silent only at dawn. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Palazzo Donn'Anna Kampanien From the unfinished palace's empty windows over the sea, Anna Carafa's face is said to appear by the light of the full moon. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Palazzo Sansevero Campania At Palazzo Sansevero in Naples, the murdered Maria d'Avalos is said to roam the nights – while the alchemist prince Raimondo watches over his palace. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Palazzo Trucchi di Levaldigi Piedmont Behind Turin's infamous Devil's Gate, the ballerina Emma Cochet is said to haunt the halls where she was stabbed at a masked ball. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Rocca di Soragna Emilia-Romagna Donna Cenerina, murdered in 1573, appears in ash-grey robes as an omen of misfortune for the Meli Lupi family. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Palazzo Braschi Rome Heels click on the marble in the museum's empty halls — Duchess Costanza is still receiving guests nobody else can see. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Palazzo De Cupis Rome At full moon a pale, armless hand moves behind a window on Piazza Navona — all that is left of Costanza de Cupis, and it is watching. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Villa Medici Rome A woman in a white peplos and heavy jewellery moves through the gardens on the Pincio — Messalina is still looking for a lover.
• 🏯 Villa Strohl-Fern Rome Romans called him Merlin the Magician. Since his death a white-bearded face has been seen behind the windows of the forgotten villa.
• 👻 Ca' Soranzo (House of the Angel) Venice The lawyer's tame monkey ran the household — until a Capuchin friar saw what it really was. An angel still guards the hole in the facade. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Jerstrup Hovedgaard Fyn, Grindløse Sibylle Gjøe was beheaded by Christian IV in 1635. She and her brother-in-law continue a tender conversation in the park — but they are never seen.
• 🏯 Katthamra Manor — The Witch's House in Katthammarsvik On Gotland's eastern coast, in Katthammarsvik, lies Katthamra Manor, a historic estate dating back to the 17th century. But beyond its historical importance, the manor carries a dark story that has marked the place.
• 👻 Changgyeonggung Palace Seoul By the Tongmyeongjeon hall, royal concubine Jang Huibin buried curses against the queen – and the state annals recorded flying stones and hair snipped by unseen hands. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Gyeongbokgung Palace Seoul In 1527 a foal-sized beast reeking of raw flesh terrified the night guards of Gyeongbokgung so badly that the king moved out of the palace. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Kragerup Gods Sjælland, Ruds Vedby The White Lady Gertrud rides into the park every night when the clock strikes twelve — she prefers room number eight. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Krenkerup Lolland This Lolland estate is said to be haunted by a White Lady and by the ghost of the nobleman Palle Rosenkrantz. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Krusenberg Manor Uppsala Along the old avenue leading to Krusenberg Manor, shadows stretch across the worn cobblestones and onward toward the shore of Lake Mälaren. It is a place that holds more than just historical memories. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Kumla Manor Stockholm History and ghosts. Among the modern villas and leafy trees in Tyresö, Stockholm County, hides Kumla Manor. This stately building, with roots in the 17th century, is as famous for its rich history as for its ghost stories... 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Lemp Mansion Missouri Four members of the Lemp brewing family took their own lives, three of them inside these walls. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Lille Restrup Hovedgaard Aalestrup, Jylland A barn door opens by itself. Locks and hinges have been replaced several times — it makes no difference.
• 👻 Rundāle Palace Zemgale Two ladies roam Rundāle: the white gardener's daughter searching for her severed head – and the black one, Catherine the Great herself. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Morris-Jumel Mansion New York The oldest house on Manhattan, once Washington's headquarters. A woman in a purple dress is said to walk the halls.
• 👻 Verdala Palace Siġġiewi The Blue Lady, who leapt to her death rather than marry against her will, is still glimpsed in the palace mirrors. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Casa del Cerro Coahuila In the garden of Torreón's 1905 hilltop mansion walks a woman in white — the daughter who died for love.
• 🏯 Chautla Hacienda Puebla By the English fairytale castle on the lake, the dead of the Revolution are said to appear at dusk.
• 🏯 Casa Frissac Mexico City Chucho el Roto climbed the wall by night to Matilde Frissac's room — and the staff still hear footsteps on the stairs after closing.
• 🏯 Hacienda Uayamón Campeche The Maya name is read as 'the place where the spirit descends' — and guests in the stone corridors say they are rarely alone.
• 🏯 Hacienda Yaxcopoil Yucatán In the old henequen hacienda, doors open by themselves and a woman's shadow slips along the corridors.
• 👻 Palace of Cortés Morelos Hidden in the palace walls for four centuries: a bewitched doll with a pin driven through its head. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Fraeylemaborg Manor Groningen The screams of a wrongly hanged servant boy and the harp of Henric Piccardt are said to still drift over the manor.
• 🏯 Oslo Ladegård (the Old Bishop's Manor) Oslo Karen Toller, the most powerful widow of 18th-century Christiania, still drifts through the salons — while in the medieval cellar an abbot hangs himself anew every Christmas Eve.
• 👻 Narayanhiti Palace Bagmati (Kathmandu) Nine of the royal family were shot dead one June evening in 2001 — and Nepalis say the palace's dead never found rest. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Ranighat Palace Lumbini (Palpa) Nepal's Taj Mahal was raised in grief for Tej Kumari Devi – and an unseen woman is said to still wander the palace by the Kali Gandaki. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 New Zealand Parliament Wellington In the Parliament buildings where William Larnach shot himself in 1898, his footsteps are said to still echo — and a woman's face to appear in the mirrors. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Ordsall Hall Salford The White Lady is said to be Margaret Radclyffe, who died of a broken heart in 1599 and walks carrying a candle. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Österbybruk Manor Uppsala The White Lady and the ghosts at Österbybruk Manor. It is said that some places never truly let go of their inhabitants. Österbybruk Manor is one such place. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Övralid Östergötland Does Heidenstam's spirit still linger in the manor? In Västra Ny parish, on a hill overlooking Lake Vättern, stands Övralid. Built between 1923 and 1925 by the Swedish Nobel laureate Verner von Heidenstam, Övralid was his home until his death in 1940.
• 👻 Mohatta Palace Sindh (Karachi) In Karachi's house of ghosts, unseen hands rearrange the exhibits overnight – and a British lady walks the halls. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Bishop's Palace, Krakow Kraków The White Lady has been asking forgiveness in the palace corridors since the 1820s. Nobody there fears her; she belongs to the house. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Branicki Palace on Nowy Swiat Warsaw Baroness Anna Branicka fell down the palace staircase and died. Her white figure still walks the same short stretch of corridor. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 The Palace on the Isle, Lazienki Warsaw The king never left his island. Late visitors in Lazienki say a fortepiano can be heard inside the locked and empty palace. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Przebendowski-Radziwill Palace Warsaw Countess Elzbieta Branicka died in one of the rooms and stayed. The staff count her as the quietest fixture in the building. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Ostrogski Castle Warsaw A princess enchanted into a golden duck swims on a lake beneath the castle cellars. She gives away gold on one impossible condition. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Łańcut Castle Subkarpaterna Through the corridors of the grand palace, the "Devil of Łańcut" – the infamous Stanisław Stadnicki – is said to prowl still. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Moszna Castle Opolskie In the fairy-tale castle of 99 turrets, an English governess denied rest in her homeland still haunts – along with a maid who leapt from the tower. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Valenças Palace Sintra The maid Palmira killed herself over an unrequited love for the count – her footsteps still echo through the palace library. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Quinta das Lágrimas Central Portugal At the Fountain of Tears, the red stains on the stones are said to be the blood of Inês de Castro, murdered here in 1355.
• 🏯 Rankhyttan Manor Falun, Dalarna The mining master was beheaded in 1534 — and his wife is said to still walk the manor as the Black Lady. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Risinge Manor Fyn, Kerteminde A white lady suddenly sits in the back seat of the taxi as you drive past the manor at night. The driver should never look back. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Constanța Casino Constanța French soldiers who died of cholera were found in the foundations — and figures are said to move between the cracked mirrors. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Gatchina Palace Leningrad oblast In Paul I's beloved Gatchina, a room was kept nailed shut around the emperor's bloodstained deathbed – and his ghost is said to stroll the park. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Glinki Estate (Bruce Estate) Moskva oblast At sorcerer Jacob Bruce's estate the pond is said to have frozen in midsummer – and the warlock count's ghost still guards his hidden books.
• 👻 Yusupov Palace Saint Petersburg In the palace where Rasputin was poisoned, shot and drowned in 1916, the murdered monk's face is said to still flit across the mirrors. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Ostankino Palace Moscow A hunchbacked old woman with a cane has allegedly appeared in Ostankino for centuries bearing omens of doom – last seen at the TV centre before bloodshed. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Skogaholm Manor Skansen, Stockholm This manor at the Skansen open-air museum carries a dark legend of a messenger murdered for a bag full of money. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Sorrel-Weed House Georgia Two women are said to walk here: the wife Matilda, and the enslaved girl Molly, found hanged in the carriage house. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 The Ghost Story of Toftaholm Manor Kronoberg On the still shore of Lake Vidöstern in Småland lies Toftaholm Manor — an idyllic place dating back to the 15th century. But behind the beautiful façades and the soothing nature hides a dark history, a tale of forbidden love, despair and a spirit that has never found rest. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Stårup Manor Salling, Jylland At this old Jutland manor the Grey Lady is said to walk — one of the estate’s many revenants. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Store Restrup Herregaard Nibe (Nordjylland), Jylland Mr. Iver searches for a gold treasure in the cellars — but the treasure only appears if the manor burns. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Palais de Hollande (Dutch Palace) Istanbul White Rose still waits for the ambassador who never came back — leaving small wet footprints on floors that have just dried, night after night. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Van Cortlandt House – The Hessian's Deathbed New York In the Bronx's oldest house, Hessian captain Rau died in an upstairs bedroom with his fiancée at his side – on the anniversary he returns, and the nursery dolls change places on their own.
• 🏯 Ropes Mansion Massachusetts Nabby Ropes's dress caught fire at the hearth in 1839 — and the smell of smoke and a stifled scream are still said to drift through the Georgian house.
• 🏯 Villa Överås Västra Götaland Villa Överås, located on Danska vägen in Gothenburg's Bö district, is a stately building with a long and dramatic history. Built in 1861 by James Dickson Jr., a prominent businessman from one of Gothenburg's most influential families, the villa was a symbol of power and wealth. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Villa Överås — The Black-Clad Woman Västra Götaland A black-clad woman is said to walk the long corridors at night. According to legend, she took her own life in the 1800s.
• 🏯 Von Echstedt Manor Säffle, Värmland The maid hurled the key at the white-clad ghost in the hall — and killed the farmhand who meant to scare her. She lost her mind, and is said to walk still. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Sarajevo City Hall (Vijećnica) Sarajevo Sarajevo's magnificent city hall is said to rest under a curse – misfortune has followed the building ever since its cornerstone was laid. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 The Ghost Castle Farm (Oostrozebeke) Flandern – West-Vlaanderen At the farm villagers call 'the Ghost Castle', white washerwomen are said to wash burial shrouds by moonlight – whoever sees them dies within the year.
• 🏯 Vila Hilda Mansion Paraná When a phone-book crew photographed the mansion at night, a face appeared in the glass of the front door – and "Hildinho" in the attic became the ghost of all Ponta Grossa.
• 👻 Cruz e Sousa Palace Santa Catarina Through the halls of the pink governor's palace in Florianópolis walks a woman in a blue dress – staff testify to apparitions and unexplained sounds. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Guanabara Palace Rio de Janeiro A dying enslaved man cursed Princess Isabel's palace – and to this day, no one who rules from here is said to keep their peace or their power. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Loshitsa Manor Park, Minsk Minsk When the apricot trees bloom in Loshitsa Park, the White Lady appears – Jadwiga, mistress of the manor, who drowned in the river after a love scandal.
• 🏯 Government House, Regina Saskatchewan In the lieutenant governor's residence, cook 'Howie' still shuffles about in his slippers, rearranging rooms until the staff give in.
• 👻 Foxiangge – Tower of Buddhist Incense (佛香阁) Beijing When Qianlong's workmen opened an old tomb on Longevity Hill, eight characters stood carved inside: 'Touch me not, and I shall not touch you.' 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Palmse Manor Lääne-Virumaa At the von der Pahlens' grand Palmse estate, hotel guests hear children crying in empty rooms – and a chain-rattling ghost is said to walk the corridor.
• 👻 Palau de la Virreina Barcelona The vicereine's palace on the Rambla was built for an aged colonial grandee who died before he could enjoy it – and his young widow is said never to have moved out. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Château de Lunéville Lorraine Thirteen fires on the same date across the centuries – at the 'Versailles of Lorraine' they are blamed on the vengeful spirit of court dwarf Nicolas Ferry. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Eltham Palace London In the empty palace a guide can be heard addressing visitors who are not there — the man died a week after retiring and never quite went home. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Matthias Fountain and Fair Ilonka Budapest Fair Ilonka fell in love with a hunter in the forest. When she saw him again he wore a crown — and she wasted away with grief. The water in the fountain never turns warm. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Esterházy Palace, Fertőd Győr-Moson-Sopron At night a dark figure on a white horse – the Ghost Rider of the Esterházy family – is said to circle the Hungarian Versailles. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Zisa Castle Sicilia The devils in the Zisa's vault fresco are said to guard an enchanted treasure – and whoever manages to count them breaks the spell. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera Umbria In this Renaissance palace in Città di Castello, Sora Laura is said to wander still – trapped in the house, weighed down by remorse and searching for forgiveness. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Palazzo Contarini Fasan Venice Venetians call it Desdemona's house. Behind the legend stands a dark-skinned commander whose jealousy drove his wife back to her family. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Palazzo Grassi Venice A voice in the inner courtyard whispers its own name. During renovations a night watchman is said to have been stopped by it at the edge of an open shaft. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Villa Foscari, La Malcontenta Veneto In Palladio's villa on the Brenta canal, Elisabetta Dolfin – locked away for thirty years by her husband – is said to still appear at dawn.
• 🏯 Pakruojis Manor Pakruojis, Šiauliai At Baron von der Ropp's estate footsteps and running water sound in empty halls – and in the cellar a servant hanged himself, his unrest said to linger.
• 👻 Jelgava Palace Zemgale In the ducal burial vault beneath Jelgava Palace rest thirty coffins – and builders swear a White Lady appeared to them on the scaffolding. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Duin en Kruidberg Estate North Holland A murdered man from the East Indies is said to watch over the guests – the ghost who became the estate's guardian.
• 👻 Noordeinde Palace Zuid-Holland After a royal séance in the 1800s, little Prince Maurits is said never to have left his palace bedroom. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Paushuize (The Pope's House) Utrecht Queen Hortense, consort of the Dutch king, is said to still walk the halls of the Pope's House in Utrecht. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Losby Manor Oslo When the estate was driven into bankruptcy, the steward hanged himself in his bedroom in the east wing — and at the manor hotel they say he never checked out.
• 👻 Singha Durbar Bagmati (Kathmandu) Night staff at Nepal's seat of government tell of flickering lights and the sense that an old Rana general still walks his rounds. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Alberton Auckland At the colonial mansion in Mount Albert, the Kerr Taylor sisters are said to still receive guests — dressed in Victorian gowns.
• 👻 Branicki Palace, Białystok Podlaskie In the 'Versailles of Podlasie', a woman in a white gown is said to appear in the baroque gardens on warm summer nights. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Turner Hill Massachusetts At the hilltop estate, staff and guests keep meeting Mrs Rice — the same woman, the same house, in accounts spanning decades.
• 🏯 A146 northbound, between Ferry Road and Hall Road Norfolk Reported haunted location in Thurton, Norfolk, the UK.
• 🏯 A41, and Chetwynd Hall & surrounding area Shropshire Reported haunted location in Chetwynd Aston, Shropshire, the UK.
• 🏯 A4177 near the village hall Warwickshire Reported haunted location in Hatton, Warwickshire, the UK.
• 🏯 A60 and area around Hall Place (no longer standing) Nottinghamshire Reported haunted location in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, the UK.
• 🏯 Abbas Hall Suffolk Reported haunted location in Great Cornard, Suffolk, the UK.
• 🏯 Acacia Mansion Kent Reported haunted location in Dartford, Kent, the UK.
• 🏯 Aislaby Hall Yorkshire Reported haunted location in Whitby, Yorkshire, the UK.
• 🏯 Aldborough Hall Farm Shop (no longer operational) Essex Reported haunted location in Ilford, Essex, the UK.
• 🏯 Alderton Hall Essex Reported haunted location in Loughton, Essex, the UK.
• 🏯 Alderton Hall Suffolk Reported haunted location in Alderton, Suffolk, the UK.
• 🏯 All Saint's Church Hall Sussex Reported haunted location in Lewes, Sussex, the UK.
• 🏯 Along the main Norwich Road, Barham Church Lane, just past Barham Hall gates. Suffolk Reported haunted location in Barham, Suffolk, the UK.
• 🏯 Alveston Manor hotel Warwickshire Reported haunted location in Clapton Bridge, Warwickshire, the UK.
• 🏯 Ambassador Bowling Club, Alley 17 (now a bingo hall) Essex Reported haunted location in Basildon, Essex, the UK.
• 🏯 An old Manor House near the railway Kent Reported haunted location in Ashford, Kent, the UK.
• 🏯 Annesley Hall Nottinghamshire Reported haunted location in Annesley, Nottinghamshire, the UK.
• 🏯 Ansty Hall Warwickshire Reported haunted location in Ansty, Warwickshire, the UK.

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