From horse-drawn hearses to mortuary clothing, the William Lafferty Memorial Funeral and Carriage Collection located in southwest Ohio is filled with items related to the funeral home profession.
The Famous Endings Museum at Toland-Herzig Funeral Home and Crematory in Dover, Ohio, has the largest known collection of memorabilia from famous funerals.
The Reformatory opened in 1896 and housed nearly 200,000 prisoners during its nearly 100 years of operation. Open for self-guided and group tours.
Originally called the Athens Lunatic Asylum, The Ridges, located in Athens, Ohio, is one of the many mental hospitals to open its doors in the 1870s.
Mapleside Farms’ Zombiefest is featuring Light Up The Living Dead, a zombie-hunting hayride, as well as zombie paintball.
Become a zombie yourself on October 20 and join the fun at the Cincinnati Zombie Walk. The walk begins downtown at the Freedom Center and is a free event for all ages.
Woodland Cemetery has segway tours that allow visitors to learn about Woodland’s history while enjoying the beauty of one of the nation’s five oldest rural garden cemeteries.
The cemetery welcomes nearly 400,000 people a year who are interested in learning the stories of those who have been laid to rest in its 285-acre park.
Construction of the lodge was started in the 1920s, abandoned during the Depression and completed by the state in the 1950s. Employees regularly report strange occurrences around this haunted lodge.
The cemetery is recognized as the second-largest cemetery in the United States and has also been designated as a National Historic Landmark.
The Garrison Ghost Walk Tours explore one of the key locations during the War of 1812, Fort Meigs. Visitors of this haunted site have witnessed unexplained lights and sounds and even ghostly soldiers.
Myths, Legends and Graveyard Tours consist of narrated tours, local folklore and a stop at a historic graveyard. Guests and a guide will meet interesting “residents” with haunted stories to tell.
Take a candlelight-guided stroll through the streets of Historic Zoar Village to hear the tales of Zoar’s resident spirits and visit the locations of hauntings.
This isn't your typical haunted destination but the eerie stories told during the ghost walks are based on actual events in the history-rich region that once was part of Ohio’s Great Black Swamp.
Learn about a "spirited" canal town on this tour of Roscoe's Living History Buildings and about the mysterious facts and legends surrounding the people of Roscoe Village in the 1800s.
The Buxton Inn is another hotel that claims spiritual inhabitants. The ghosts of former innkeepers Bonnie Bounell and Maj. Horton Buxton. Rooms 7 & 9 are popular for seeking a paranormal experience.
Ghostly sightings have been reported by workers and visitors of the historic farm. Tales of flickering lights and appearances by Mr. Bromfield in the big house intrigue ghost hunters.
The historic river town of Marietta has long been believed to be a paranormal hot spot. Walk the streets and explore the mounds while hearing tales of hauntings and unsettling paranormal encounters.
Guests enter the warehouse and descend into the former basement mortuary where a psychic medium with over 50 years of experience introduces “Lester,” the dominant spirit who resides in the basement.
Opened in 1803, Golden Lamb has had over 200 years to accumulate haunted history. The story of Sarah Stubbs, niece of the hotel's manager, whose ghost appears as a young girl in a white nightgown.
