52 haunted destinations cataloged across Maine, spanning 14 counties. The collection features museum, cemetery, and haunted hotel — every listing verified with family ratings, accessibility info, and practical visit logistics.
Camden, ME
Maiden's Cliff is a clifftop overlook roughly 800 feet above Megunticook Lake in Camden Hills State Park, Camden, Maine. It is named for Elenora French, a 12-year-old girl who fell from the cliff on May 6, 1864 and died of internal injuries early the following morning, May 7. A large white cross, first funded by inventor Joseph B. Stearns, has marked the spot for more than a century.
Owls Head, ME
The Owls Head Lighthouse marks the southern entrance to Rockland Harbor on Maine's midcoast. President John Quincy Adams authorized the first tower in 1825; the present brick tower was built in 1852 and stands 100 feet above the water. Automated by the Coast Guard in 1989, the tower was leased to the American Lighthouse Foundation in 2007.
Poland, ME
Poland Spring Resort sits on land the Ricker family has held since 1794, when Jabez Ricker began operating an inn at the site. The property became internationally known after Hiram Ricker began bottling the spring's mineral water in the mid-19th century, and the resort grew into one of New England's most prominent Gilded Age destinations.
Bar Harbor, ME
Acadia National Park covers more than 49,000 acres across Mount Desert Island, the Schoodic Peninsula, and outlying Maine islands. The Wabanaki Confederacy occupied the region for more than 10,000 years before European contact, and the park itself was established in 1916 as the first national park east of the Mississippi.
Boothbay Harbor, ME
Built in 1894 as headquarters for the Knights of Pythias fraternal organization, the Boothbay Opera House quickly became a cultural hub for live performances, civic events, and entertainment ranging from theatrical productions to sporting events.
Portland, ME
Established in 1668, Eastern Cemetery is Portland's oldest historic site and oldest landscape, occupying roughly seven acres at the base of Munjoy Hill. The grounds hold an estimated 4,000 marked graves and an additional ~3,000 unmarked burials. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and has been preserved and interpreted by the nonprofit Spirits Alive since 2006.
Portland, ME
Andy's Old Port Pub at 94 Commercial Street occupies a 19th-century commercial building on Portland's waterfront. The building previously housed the John W. Perkins Company, a wholesale pharmaceutical firm founded in 1853 (name adopted 1855). Andy's was originally established in 2007, briefly closed in 2019, and was re-established in 2020.
Portland, ME
Built 1800-1801 by Major Hugh McLellan, a Portland shipping merchant, the brick Federal mansion was designed by architect John Kimball Sr. In 1817 shipping magnate Captain Asa Clapp purchased it as a wedding gift for his son, Charles Quincy Clapp. It later passed to the Sweat family, and today it is part of the Portland Museum of Art complex; it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
Portland, ME
Rosie's Restaurant & Pub occupies a commercial building at 330 Fore Street dating to roughly 1901. It has been a long-running Old Port neighborhood pub and is one of the stops on Portland Old Port Ghost Walks, with paranormal activity confirmed by the Portland Press Herald in October 2023.
Portland, ME
Built 1858-1860 as the summer residence of New Orleans hotelier Ruggles Sylvester Morse and his wife Olive Ring Merrill Morse, both Maine natives. Designed by architect Henry Austin, the Italianate brownstone villa is considered one of the most intact pre-Civil War homes in the United States and is a National Historic Landmark.
Portland, ME
Constructed 1785-1786 by General Peleg Wadsworth, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's maternal grandfather, the Wadsworth-Longfellow House is the oldest surviving structure on the Portland peninsula. Longfellow grew up in the house. His sister Anne Longfellow Pierce, a young widow, lived there until her death in 1901, when she bequeathed the property to the Maine Historical Society.
Portland, ME
Established 1829 and expanded to 12 acres in 1841, Western Cemetery was Portland's primary municipal burial ground from 1829 to 1852 and remained active until 1910. It contains roughly 6,600 graves, including the parents of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The grounds suffered an extended period of vandalism and grave desecration from July 1, 1988 through August 1, 1989, during which an estimated 1,942 tombs were disturbed. Restoration began in 2003 under the City of Portland with the Stewards of the Western Cemetery.
York, ME
Boon Island is a barren granite outcropping six miles off the Maine coast that has been the site of at least four major shipwrecks since the 17th century. The most documented is the December 1710 wreck of the Nottingham Galley, in which survivors spent 24 days on the island without shelter or food before resorting to cannibalism. The current 133-foot granite lighthouse was completed in 1855 and is one of the tallest in New England; it remains an active aid to navigation operated by the U.S. Coast Guard.
York, ME
Cape Neddick Light, locally known as the Nubble, sits on a small tidal island at Cape Neddick Point and was completed in 1879. Its construction was prompted in part by a series of shipwrecks on the headland's rocks, most significantly the loss of the brig Isadore on Thanksgiving night 1842, which killed all 14 crew members when a nor'easter drove the ship onto the ledges below Bald Head Cliffs. The lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and remains an active aid to navigation.
York, ME
The Old York Historical Society operates a complex of historic buildings in York Village, Maine, anchored by the 1719-1720 Old Gaol, a National Historic Landmark. The first plank prison on the site was completed in 1656 and demolished around 1720, replaced by the surviving Stone Prison (1720), the House of Correction (1707), and the Gaoler's Residence (1729). Restoration opened the Old Gaol as a museum in 1900 through the efforts of the Society and Elizabeth Perkins.
York, ME
The Emerson-Wilcox House in York Village, Maine, dates to 1742 and over its history served as a private home, tavern, post office, and store. It is one of the historic buildings interpreted by the Old York Historical Society, which operates the Museums of Old York.
York, ME
The Old Burying Yard in York Village is one of Maine's oldest graveyards and holds the 1774 grave of Mary Nasson, a local woman remembered in folklore as 'the witch.' Her grave is covered by a large flat table stone, a form that gave rise to the legend that it was placed to hold her in.
Wiscasset, ME
The Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset was completed in 1824 and is the oldest continuously operating courthouse in Maine. It anchors the Wiscasset common in a village whose name is often translated from the Penobscot as 'the place where spirits gather.'
Wiscasset, ME
The Moses Carlton House was built in 1804 on Wiscasset's High Street during the town's peak as a shipping port. The mansion was acquired by shipping magnate Moses Carlton Jr., who lived there with his wife Abigail for about fifty years. Alexander Johnston Jr. bought the house in 1858 and moved and enlarged it into the form seen today.
Wiscasset, ME
Built in 1811 of granite up to three feet thick, the Old Lincoln County Jail in Wiscasset served as the penitentiary for the new State of Maine from 1820 to 1824 and held prisoners on court days until 1953. It is now a museum operated by the Lincoln County Historical Association, preserving cells, original prisoner graffiti, and the attached jailer's house.
Wiscasset, ME
The Wiscasset Public Library occupies an early-19th-century brick building on High Street that once housed the Lincoln & Kennebec Bank. The structure is part of Wiscasset's well-preserved downtown, a Lincoln County shipping town whose Federal-era prosperity left a dense concentration of period architecture.
Brunswick, ME
Adams Hall on the Bowdoin College quad became home to the Medical School of Maine in 1862 and held it until the school closed in 1920. The basement contained alcoves and a hoist hook used in handling cadavers, and a 2007 renovation uncovered a coffin lid reused in the building's subfloor.
Brunswick, ME
The house at 226 Maine Street in Brunswick was the home of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the Civil War general, Bowdoin College president, and four-term Maine governor. Chamberlain substantially remodeled the existing house in 1871, raising it to add a floor beneath. It is now a museum run by the Pejepscot History Center.
Brunswick, ME
Memorial Hall, completed in 1882 as Bowdoin College's Gothic granite tribute to its Civil War veterans, houses Pickard Theater, the college's main stage since a 1955 gift from Frederick W. Pickard added the 600-seat auditorium.
Kennebunkport, ME
The Captain Nathaniel Lord Mansion at 6 Pleasant Street in Kennebunkport was built in 1812 by shipbuilder Nathaniel Lord, who put his idle workers to building it during the War of 1812 shipping blockade. The Federal-period house is on the National Register and now operates as a bed-and-breakfast.
Kennebunkport, ME
The Nonantum Resort opened on July 4, 1884, built for Captain Henry Heckman of Kennebunkport's Lower Village. Described as the oldest existing hotel in Kennebunkport, it began with 26 guest rooms and a staff of ten and was doubled in size by 1894.
Kennebunkport, ME
Built in 1899 as the Tides Inn By-The-Sea, the yellow Victorian inn on Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport was commissioned by Emma Foss and designed by Maine architect John Calvin Stevens. It operates today as the Tides Beach Club, a 21-room beachfront hotel.
Bangor, ME
The Bangor Opera House at 131 Main Street is the longtime home of Penobscot Theatre Company. The current building replaced an earlier opera house on the site that was destroyed by fire in 1914. Penobscot Theatre Company has operated out of the building since the late 1990s.
Bangor, ME
Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor was incorporated in 1834 and is one of the oldest garden cemeteries in the United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Among those buried there are Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, four Maine governors, and a number of Civil War-era figures. The cemetery later became a filming location for the 1989 film Pet Sematary.
Bar Harbor, ME
Bar Harbor Ghost Tours runs an evening walking tour through the downtown of Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island. The tour is operated locally by the authors of the book Haunted Bar Harbor and presents the town's history alongside reported hauntings, including stops connected to the 1932 Criterion Theatre.
Bar Harbor, ME
The Criterion Theatre on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor was built in 1932 at the height of the Art Deco era. During Prohibition its basement operated as a speakeasy. The building is a contributing structure in a historic district and is on the National Register of Historic Places. After years of uncertainty it was acquired and reopened by the Harper House Music Foundation in 2025 as an operating performance venue.
Biddeford, ME
City Theater occupies a site originally developed as a municipal building and opera house in the 1840s. After fire destroyed the original structure in 1894, architect John Calvin Stevens designed the current building in 1895. The rebuilt opera house reopened January 20, 1896, and has operated continuously as a cultural venue for nearly 130 years.
Biddeford, ME
Wood Island Light was first lit in 1808 and rebuilt to its current 47-foot form in 1858. On June 1, 1896, fisherman Howard Hobbs shot and killed island game warden Frederick W. Milliken following a dispute over rent and access rights, after the two men had spent the day drinking. Milliken died within 45 minutes. Hobbs then fatally shot himself in his own quarters. The Friends of Wood Island Light now operate the lighthouse and conduct summer water-shuttle tours.
Cape Elizabeth, ME
Cape Elizabeth's Two Lights were established in 1828 as a pair of fixed-light towers to distinguish the Cape Elizabeth station from other single-light installations. The east tower is the active light; the west tower was decommissioned in 1924 and is privately owned. In January 1934, keeper Joseph H. Upton climbed the east tower at night to activate the auxiliary light after the primary light failed. His wife found him at the tower base the next morning, unconscious from a fractured skull. He died the following morning.
Cape Elizabeth, ME
Portland Head Light, completed in 1791 at the entrance of Casco Bay in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. Construction was authorized by Congress and overseen at George Washington's directive, making it one of the first lighthouses built under the new federal government.
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Chute Cemetery is a small 18th-century family burial ground on Chute Road in Windham, Maine, established by descendants of Captain Thomas Chute, an early settler of New Marblehead (now Windham). It holds fewer than 20 marked graves, including Revolutionary War veteran Josiah Chute (d. 1834). The cemetery is locally known for a child-ghost legend covered by the Portland Press Herald.
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Smith Anderson Cemetery in Windham, Maine, was the town's first public burying ground. The oldest stone, marking the 1744 grave of two-year-old Elijah Wight, is among the earliest in Maine. The cemetery's name reflects the prominence of two families: the Reverend Peter Thatcher Smith family and the John Anderson family, whose hillside crypt is the cemetery's most distinctive feature.
Augusta, ME
Built in 1901 for John Fremont Hill, who served as Governor of Maine from 1901 to 1905, the mansion was designed by Maine architect John Calvin Stevens. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and is now used as an event and office facility.
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North Bowdoin Cemetery sits at 986 Litchfield Road in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc County, Maine, beside the site of the former North Church. It holds roughly 100-105 marked graves with burials dating to about 1804; one of the oldest stones belongs to Nathaniel Jelison (1750-1804). The grounds are in deteriorated condition and are widely known by the folk name 'the witch's grave.'
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Buck Cemetery is a small 18th-century burial ground on Route 1 in Bucksport, Maine, best known for the granite monument erected in 1870 to town founder Colonel Jonathan Buck (1719-1795). Buck settled what was then Plantation No. 1, building the first sawmill and store. The monument's natural stain has fueled a century-and-a-half-old 'witch's curse' legend.
Damariscotta, ME
Mary Howe was an unmarried Damariscotta spiritualist medium who led seances with her brother Edwin and was known for entering deep trances. In late 1882 she fell into a final trance and was declared dead by a town physician, then buried quietly in an unmarked grave.
Dedham, ME
The Lucerne Inn's main house was built in 1818 along the wayside route between Bangor and Ellsworth, Maine. The inn was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Former President Ulysses S. Grant is reported among its historical guests.
Georgetown, ME
First lit in 1797, Seguin Island Lighthouse stands 180 feet above sea level off the mouth of the Kennebec River. The current 1857 granite tower is Maine's second-oldest light station and houses the state's only first-order Fresnel lens still in active service.
Hallowell, ME
Built of Hallowell granite in 1879-80 and designed by architect Alexander C. Currier to resemble an English country church, the Hubbard Free Library is the oldest library building in Maine constructed for that purpose. Dedicated in 1880, it was renamed in 1894 after a gift from Thomas Hubbard.
Kennebunk, ME
The Kennebunk Inn occupies a building first raised in 1799 as a private home by Phineas Cole. It has operated as an inn and tavern on Kennebunk's Main Street for generations and remains a working hotel and restaurant.
Kittery, ME
On March 6, 1873, Louis Wagner — a fisherman boarding in Portsmouth — rowed approximately 10 miles to Smuttynose Island in the Isles of Shoals after learning the men of the Hontvedt household would be away overnight. He murdered Karen Christensen and her sister-in-law Anethe Christensen with an ax; the third woman in the house, Maren Hontvedt, escaped by hiding in a rock crevice until dawn. Wagner was caught within days, tried in Alfred, Maine, convicted of murder, and hanged on June 25, 1875.
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Brownville Road near Millinocket, Maine provides critical historical access to the region. The Green Bridge, completed in 1948 and built between the 1920s-1940s, served as a vital transportation link from Brownville to Millinocket when the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad was the primary prior option.
Newcastle, ME
The Newcastle Publick House is a historic tavern on Main Street in Newcastle, across the river from Damariscotta in the area known as Maine's Twin Villages. Its ghost lore centers on Myrtle Gascoigne, a Newcastle figure of the 1920s.
Prospect, ME
Fort Knox in Prospect, Maine, is the first fort in the state built entirely of granite. Construction began in 1844 and continued intermittently through 1869, intended to protect the Penobscot River Valley against possible British incursion following the Aroostook War. The fort never saw combat. Sergeant Leopold Hegyi served as caretaker until his death on July 17, 1900.
Standish, ME
Saint Joseph's College of Maine is a private Catholic college at 278 Whites Bridge Road in Standish, on the shore of Sebago Lake. The campus is built around the former Verrill family summer estate, established in 1907, whose buildings included Woldbrook Hall (now Xavier Hall) and a small stone chapel. The Sisters of Mercy relocated the college to the site in 1956.
Thomaston, ME
Established in 1824, the Maine State Prison in Thomaston operated for 178 years as the state's primary maximum-security correctional facility. The institution survived multiple fires requiring rebuilding and held inmates under conditions of hard labor before closing in 2002 when all prisoners were transferred to a new facility in Warren. The buildings were demolished that same year.
Waterville, ME
Mount Saint Joseph Nursing Home at 7 Highwood Street in Waterville, Maine, is a 111-room skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility currently operating under the name Mount Joseph at Waterville. The facility's second floor previously served as a children's hospital, housing pediatric patients before the building's transition to elder care.