Morris-Jumel Mansion: Built in 1765 in New York, this Georgian-style colonial home could be haunted by the ghost of Eliza Jumel, the woman who married onetime U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and divorced him the day he died.
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Myrtles Plantation House: Built in 1796 in St. Francisville, Louisiana, this Tidewater-style neoclassical mansion is said to be haunted by a ghost named Chloe, a slave who was abused and met a tragic end.
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McRaven house: Built and renovated between 1797 and 1849 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. "Ghosts" have been photographed in this Spanish-style colonial with American Empire and Greek Revival additions.
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The White House: Built in 1800, the Federalist-style neoclassical residence of the U.S. president is said to be haunted by the spirits of Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson and William Henry Harrison. Dolly Madison might also haunt the Rose Garden.
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Mordecai House: Built 1826 in Raleigh, North Carolina. This Greek Revival neoclassical home is said to be visited by a piano-playing descendant of Moses Mordecai.
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Lemp Mansion: Built in 1868 in St. Louis. This Italianate Victorian was the Lemp family home, where four family members committed suicide.
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Wayne-Gordon House: Built and renovated between 1821 and 1886 in Savannah, Georgia, the childhood home of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low, is an English Regency-style home with Greek revival neoclassical additions. It's where is the ghost of Gordon Low's father, Willie Gordon, was said to return to escort his wife, Nelly, to the afterlife.
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Winchester House: Built beginning in 1884 in San Jose, California, this Queen Anne Victorian with trap doors and stairs that lead nowhere is said to keep restless spirits occupied.
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The Whitney: Built in 1894 in Detroit, this Romanesque Victorian with soaring towers is also one of Detroit's premier restaurants, with a "Ghost Bar" on the third floor. Lumber baron David Whitney Jr. and his wife both died in the home and purportedly haunt its three floors.
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High Hopes: Built 1924 in Amityville, New York, this Dutch colonial revival home gained a haunted reputation after Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his entire family there in 1974.
