Washington State is filled with eerie, haunted, and bizarre sites for fans of the creepy and macabre. Here are 13 standout locations— from infamous haunted hotels to offbeat museums and historic death sites—ideal for a spine-chilling itinerary:
1. Pike Place Market (Seattle)
Legendary for ghost stories, including sightings of Princess Angeline and haunted underground tunnels linked to old disasters and mysterious deaths.
2. Old Seattle Underground (Seattle)
Beneath Seattle’s streets lies a network of tunnels created after the Great Fire of 1889, said to be haunted by spirits of former denizens and victims of tragedies.
3. Kells Irish Pub (Seattle)
Located in a former mortuary, this pub is infamous for paranormal activity, apparitions, voices, and objects moving independently.
4. Thornewood Castle (Lakewood)
A Tudor Gothic mansion said to host multiple specters—including its original owner—who make themselves known via cold spots and ghostly apparitions.
5. Northern State Mental Hospital (Sedro-Woolley)
Abandoned asylum rumored to be haunted by former patients; a top destination for ghost hunters and paranormal investigators.
6. Cascade Tunnel (Wellington Avalanche Site)
Site of a disastrous 1910 avalanche, this railway tunnel is plagued by inexplicable phenomena and ghostly sightings.
7. Black Diamond Cemetery (Black Diamond)
Old mining town cemetery where visitors have reported ghosts of miners, odd lights, and echoing footsteps.
8. Whitman Massacre National Historic Site (Walla Walla)
Haunted by tragic histories, especially the 1847 massacre; some visitors claim to hear phantom hoofbeats and see unusual apparitions.
9. Tokeland Hotel (Tokeland)
One of the state’s oldest—and most haunted—hotels where guests report flickering lights and apparitions, notably that of “Charley” the Chinese ghost.
10. Seattle Death Museum
New, small museum displaying Victorian mourning jewelry, embalming gear, and funeral paraphernalia—perfect for “beautiful macabre” seekers.
11. Museum of Curious Things (Airstream, various locations)
Mobile museum with bizarre taxidermy, “cat mummy,” pressed butterflies, and “shrunken heads”—a pop-up curiosity cabinet.
12. Wonderful, Weird, and Worrisome Museum Objects (Statewide, various institutions)
Hidden relics not shown to the public—such as embalming devices, old coffins, and preserved pickles—featured in special events or museum backrooms.
13. Haunted Trails (various statewide)
Trails and forests (Lime Kiln Trail, Iron Goat Trail, etc.) with haunted reputations, where night hikes invite ghostly encounters and eerie chills.
Each site pairs Northwest history with supernatural legends, perfect for those fascinated by the haunting, grim, and peculiar side of Washington State.
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