Walk Atlanta's most haunted locations. 21 stops, self-guided. 3 stops free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
On December 7, 1946, fire ripped through the Winecoff Hotel — now the Ellis Hotel — killing 119 people in the deadliest hotel fire in American history. The building had no fire escapes, no sprinklers, and a single stairwell. Guests jumped from upper floors. That is Atlanta's ghost story in miniature: a city that burned and rebuilt, but never fully buried its dead. Eight thousand soldiers died in a single afternoon at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, and residents near Leggett's Hill still wake to phantom artillery at dawn. At Rhodes Hall, built in 1904 from Stone Mountain granite, Amanda Rhodes appears at the third-floor window decades after her death in 1928. This self-guided tour hits 13 free stops from Oakland Cemetery to the Fox Theatre, where the elevator runs to the fourth floor on its own and a woman in 1920s dress steps backward through walls.
Visitors have reported chilling cold spots and flickering lights, as if the spirits of past patrons are still dancing in the shadows. It’s as if the v...
The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill dominated Cabbagetown for nearly a century, employing — and trapping — generations of workers in company housing. The m...
You approach the stone fortress rising from Peachtree Street—a Romanesque castle carved from Stone Mountain granite. Amos Giles Rhodes built this monu...
The Ellis Hotel occupies the 1913 Winecoff Hotel building — site of the deadliest hotel fire in American history. On December 7, 1946, a fire broke ou...
You stand at the gates of Atlanta's oldest cemetery, where seventy thousand souls rest beneath oaks older than the city itself. The iron gates creak o...
You enter the Fox Theatre's gilded lobby, where Moorish arches curve overhead like a sultan's palace transplanted to Peachtree Street. Built in 1929 a...
When the Fox Theatre opened in 1929, it was a palace of dreams — a Moorish fantasy of minarets, arabesques, and a ceiling painted to resemble a night ...
Amos Giles Rhodes built his castle on Peachtree Street in 1904, a Romanesque fortress of Stone Mountain granite meant to stand forever. He got his wis...
the air is thick with whispers of love, loss, and the lingering shadows of a city that fought for survival during the Civil War. pulse with stories wa...
Mary Mac's Tea Room has served pot liquor and Southern comfort since 1945, but the ground beneath it remembers something far less comforting. On July ...
You stand before the Victorian home of Joel Chandler Harris, the journalist who recorded the Br'er Rabbit stories. Built in the 1880s, this became Atl...
You descend the basement stairs of the Kennesaw House, where the air grows cold and heavy. Built in 1845 as a cotton warehouse, this became a luxury h...
Joel Chandler Harris spent his final years in this Queen Anne Victorian, writing his Uncle Remus tales and listening to the wrens that nested in his m...
The Masons have always been keepers of secrets, but the Atlanta Masonic Temple on Peachtree Street may be keeping secrets even the brotherhood doesn't...
You stand outside Apartment 1 in this deteriorating Tudor Revival building, where Margaret Mitchell wrote 'Gone With the Wind' between 1925 and 1932. ...
You stand on the ridge where Leggett's Hill once commanded the eastern approach to Atlanta. On July 22, 1864, eight thousand men died here in a single...
On July 22, 1864, the Battle of Atlanta raged across what is now Grant Park. Nearly 12,000 men fell in savage fighting that saw Union General James Mc...
You approach the white-columned antebellum mansion that shouldn't exist in Buckhead—because it didn't start here. The Pope-Walton House was built in 1...
Alonzo Herndon was born into slavery in 1858 and died in 1927 as Atlanta's first Black millionaire, having built a barbering empire and founded Atlant...
On December 15, 1939, the stars of Gone with the Wind gathered at the Georgian Terrace for the grandest premiere party the South had ever seen. Clark ...
You enter the air-conditioned theater in a theme park built on Civil War battlefield land. Six Flags Over Georgia opened in 1967, and employees immedi...
The Atlanta ghost tour includes 21 documented haunted locations.
The first 3 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 21 stops, a History Nearby premium subscription is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
No. This is a self-guided walking tour. Each stop includes the address, a map pin, and the full haunting story. Walk at your own pace, start anytime, and take any route you like.
Plan for approximately 4 hours. This accounts for walking between stops and reading each haunting story. You can also split it across multiple evenings.
The most visited stop on our Atlanta tour is Babs Midtown at Babs Midtown, 814, Juniper Street Northeast.
3 stops free in Atlanta. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.