Walk St. Petersburg's self-guided ghost tour. 12 documented stops, 5 free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
St. Petersburg is home to 12 documented ghost-tour stops spanning 46 years of history. This self-guided ghost tour covers 12 stops across the city, from Original St. Petersburg Pier Site (1889) to Sunken Gardens. 5 stops are free — no guide, no schedule. Walk at your own pace after dark.
You wander into Haslams, Floridas largest independent bookstore, a literary institution since 1933. The shelves tower overhead, packed with 300,000 bo...
Sunken Gardens opened in 1935 as a tourist attraction, a four-acre tropical paradise carved from a natural sinkhole. But something about this place fe...
The Old Northeast neighborhood rose during the 1920s Florida land boom, a district of Mediterranean Revival mansions built on dreams of endless prospe...
The Coliseum Ballroom opened in 1924, hosting big bands and dancers through the Jazz Age and beyond. But on New Years Eve 1947, a fire broke out durin...
The St. Petersburg Pier has been rebuilt multiple times since the first wooden structure in 1889, but the waterfront remembers everything it has witne...
Roser Park was St. Petersburgs first suburb, developed in 1910 for middle-class families seeking the Florida dream. But the neighborhood has always ha...
Bay Pines VA Hospital opened in 1933 to treat veterans, and over 90 years, thousands have died within its walls—some peacefully, others in agony that ...
The St. Petersburg ghost tour includes 12 documented stops covering 46 years of documented history.
The first 5 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 12 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 2.5 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 St. Petersburg tour is Haslams Book Store at 2025 Central Avenue, dating back to 1933.
5 stops free in St. Petersburg. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.