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Bennett College Ruins in Millbrook | Adobe Stock, Photo by littleny
More than 70 cemeteries, colleges, historic sites, hotels, and restaurants around the Hudson Valley have a haunting history.
Want a good scare this Halloween? Look no further than these local haunts. According to HauntedPlaces.org, the most haunted sites in the Hudson Valley include everything from cemeteries to college campuses. Some of these sites boast well-known tales of resentful spirits who refuse to leave their final resting places, while others might be brand new to you. But one thing’s for sure: all are equally creepy. To see the full list of scary sites nearest you, click here.
Cemeteries
- Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany
- Evergreen Cemetery, Wynantskill
- Forest Park (Pinewoods) Cemetery, Brunswick
- Montrepose Cemetery, Kingston
- Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers
- Oxford Depot Cemetery, Chester
- Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie
- Sparta Cemetery, Scarborough
- Vale Cemetery, Schenectady
Bennett College Ruins in Millbrook | Adobe Stock, Photo by littleny
Colleges/Universities
- Bennett College (ruins), Millbrook
- Bard College’s Blithewood Mansion, Annandale-on-Hudson
- Dutchess Community College’s Bowne Hall, Poughkeepsie
- College of Saint Rose, Albany
- Concordia College, White Plains
- Manhattanville College, Purchase
- Marymount College (EF Academy), Tarrytown
- Sage College of Albany, Albany
- Marist College’s Sheahan Hall, Poughkeepsie
- SUNY Albany, Albany
- SUNY Purchase, Purchase
- Union College’s Jackson’s Garden, Schenectady
Church of St. Barnabas in Irvington (Photo courtesy of St. Barnabas)
Historical Buildings
- Canfield Casino, Saratoga Springs
- Cherry Hill, Albany
- Crandall House, Ballston Spa
- Delaware and Hudson Railroad Building, Albany
- Dutch’s Spirits, Pine Plains
- Heathcote Crossing, Scarsdale
- Hoyt Mansion/The Point, Staatsburg
- Hudson River State Hospital, Fairview
- Legs Diamond House, Albany
- Loudon Cottage, Loudonville
- New York State Education Department Building, Albany
- Old Ulster County Jail, Kingston
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s West Hall, Troy
- Ten Broeck Mansion, Albany
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Hotels/Inns
- Adelphi Hotel, Saratoga Springs
- Batcheller Mansion Inn, Saratoga Springs
- Bird and Bottle Inn, Garrison
- Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz (this location supposedly was the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s thriller The Shining)
- Shanley Hotel, Napanoch (claims to have the most haunted activity in the Valley!)
- Wing’s Castle, Millbrook
Restaurants/Bars
- Silvio’s Italian Villa, Warwick
- McGarrah Stagecoach Tavern Inn, Monroe
- Demarest Building, Warwick
- Smalley’s Inn and Restaurant, Carmel
Theaters
- Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes
Miscellaneous
- 1 LaVeta Place, Nyack
- Bannerman Castle, Pollopel Island Beacon
- Blaber House, Kingston
- Buckout Road, Westchester
- Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie
- Clinton Community Library, Rhinebeck
- Cohoes Falls, Cohoes
- Country Club of Troy, Troy
- Downing Park, Newburgh
- Frear Park, Troy
- Front Street Park, Schenectady
- Goshen Historic Track, Goshen
- Guptills Woods, Latham
- Letchworth Village, Thiells
- Lincoln Park Gully, Albany
- Newburgh Masonic Temple, Newburgh
- Professor Java’s Coffee Sanctuary, Albany
- Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie
- SABIC Innovative Plastics, Selkirk
- Spook Rock Road, Hudson
- Snyder’s Lake, Wynantskill
Did HauntedPlaces.org miss any haunted sites? If so, comment below to let us know.
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