Walk Baltimore's most haunted locations. 22 stops, self-guided. 3 stops free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, delirious and wearing another man's clothes. The mystery was never solved, but the city he collapsed in has been collecting ghosts far longer than Poe's four days of delirium. At the Horse You Came In On Saloon — Baltimore's oldest bar — glasses slide to Poe's alleged stool on their own. Beneath Westminster Hall, cholera victims from the 1850s fill mass graves in catacombs the church tried to seal in the 1990s; every lock was found open the next morning. In Fells Point, construction crews in 1999 hit a burial site of at least sixty enslaved people and dock workers — then refused to keep digging after hands appeared to reach from the excavation. This self-guided walking tour covers 13 free stops, from Fort McHenry's suffocating powder magazines to the Lord Baltimore Hotel's Room 1919, where a woman named Molly has been waiting since 1929.
You stand on the deck of the last all-sail warship built by the U.S. Navy. She saw action in the Civil War, chased slave ships off the African coast, ...
You stand before the cramped brick rowhouse where Edgar Allan Poe penned some of his darkest visions. Here, in 1833, the master of macabre lived in po...
You're standing at one of American literature's greatest murder mysteries, and nobody even calls it that. October 1849: Edgar Allan Poe was found del...
You walk the ramparts where Francis Scott Key watched rockets light the night sky in 1814. But Fort McHenry has seen darker battles than the one that ...
You stand where Francis Scott Key watched the British bombardment that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner." That's the patriotic version. Here's what ...
You enter the opulent lobby of the Lord Baltimore Hotel, where jazz-age excess still whispers from the marble columns. Take the elevator to the ninete...
You're standing in front of Baltimore's most elegant address—twenty-three stories of 1928 Art Deco grandeur. During the Great Depression, it became Ba...
You're standing at America's oldest continuously operating bar—pouring drinks since 1775. This was Edgar Allan Poe's last known location before he was...
You push through the heavy wooden door into Baltimore's oldest saloon, where sawdust still covers the floor and the air smells of beer and history. Th...
You stand before the narrow rowhouse where Poe lived with his aunt and thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia—the girl he secretly married. This is where A...
You check into the Admiral Fell Inn, where Federal-period charm conceals centuries of maritime tragedy. These connected buildings served as a sailors'...
You stand before the Belvedere, a 1903 Beaux-Arts palace that once defined Baltimore luxury. The hotel's most permanent guest checked in during the Ro...
You're looking at America's first purpose-built museum, constructed in 1814 by Rembrandt Peale. It opened with gas-lit rooms that drew crowds who thou...
You stand before Baltimore's most prestigious address since 1903—a Gilded Age monument where presidents and royalty once stayed. The 13th floor Owl Ba...
You circle the monument where Baltimore's elite once promenaded in silk and top hats. Mount Vernon was the pinnacle of 19th-century society—until yell...
You approach the Battle Monument, the oldest memorial in Baltimore and the city's official symbol. It commemorates the defenders who fell during the 1...
You're standing in Baltimore's cultural heart—elegant parks surrounding the first major monument to George Washington, completed in 1829. The surround...
You stand at the intersection where Baltimore conducted public executions throughout the 19th century. The old jail and courthouse stood nearby, and c...
You crane your neck to see the top of the Bromo Seltzer Tower, a 289-foot monument to capitalism and one man's peculiar genius. Captain Isaac Emerson ...
The Baltimore ghost tour includes 22 documented haunted locations.
The first 3 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 22 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 4.5 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 Baltimore tour is USS Constellation at USS Constellation, 301, East Pratt Street.
3 stops free in Baltimore. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.