Walk Sacramento's self-guided ghost tour. 11 documented stops, 5 free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
Sacramento is home to 11 documented ghost-tour stops spanning 100 years of history. This self-guided ghost tour covers 11 stops across the city, from Sacramento History Museum (1849) to Crest Theatre. 5 stops are free — no guide, no schedule. Walk at your own pace after dark.
The Sacramento History Museum sits at the site of the original 1849 Sacramento City embarcadero, where gold rush miners arrived by riverboat. The grou...
You stand before the Governor's Mansion, a Second Empire Victorian built in 1877. Thirteen governors lived here between 1903 and 1967. But one first l...
You descend beneath Old Sacramento, into the original street level buried after devastating floods. In the 1850s, cholera swept through the Gold Rush ...
You walk among 25,000 graves in Sacramento's Historic City Cemetery, established in 1849. Gold miners, murdered prostitutes, Chinese laborers, childre...
You stand in the California State Capitol, completed in 1869. Democracy was messy here. In 1914, a lobbyist was found dead in a Capitol basement room—...
You tour the Leland Stanford Mansion, home of California's railroad baron and governor. But wealth couldn't protect the Stanfords from tragedy. Their ...
You're sitting in the Crest Theatre, a 1949 Art Deco movie palace. In 1978, a projectionist named Ray suffered a heart attack in the booth during a la...
You're walking the Tower Bridge, a 1935 Art Deco marvel spanning the Sacramento River. But its golden towers have witnessed darkness. At least 30 peop...
You're aboard the Delta King, a 1927 paddle-wheel steamboat permanently docked in Old Sacramento. During Prohibition, this boat ran luxury cruises—and...
You're standing in the Crocker Art Museum, housed in the 1885 Crocker family mansion. Judge Edwin Crocker built this ornate Victorian palace to showca...
The Sacramento ghost tour includes 11 documented stops covering 100 years of documented history.
The first 5 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 11 stops, a History Nearby premium subscription is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
No. This is a self-guided tour you can start anytime. Each stop includes the address, a map pin, and the story tied to that location. Follow the suggested stop order or move at your own pace.
Plan for approximately 2 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 Sacramento tour is Sacramento History Museum at Sacramento History Museum, 101, I Street, dating back to 1849.
5 stops free in Sacramento. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.