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America's Most Spine-Chilling Family-Friendly Ghost Tours

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Hey there, fellow paranormal enthusiasts! We went on our first paranormal tour and investigation in 2024 ago and we had an absolute blast. Since then we have kept an eye out for other ghost tours and go whenever we can. Whether you’re a believer or a skeptic, we highly recommend taking one of these tours. It’s a unique and exciting way to explore the unknown and experience the thrill of the paranormal.

Looking for a spooky adventure the whole family can enjoy? Family-friendly ghost tours bring history to life with just the right mix of fun and chills. These tours often blend fascinating local legends, historical storytelling, and lighthearted hauntings in a way that’s engaging for kids and adults alike. Whether you’re exploring cobblestone streets, visiting historic homes, or following a lantern-lit guide through a centuries-old town, these experiences are designed to thrill without being too scary—making them perfect for curious minds of all ages.


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Family Ghost Tours By State

Not Finding What You Want? – We have found hundreds of ghost tours listed below, but there are so many more. We use Viator all the time when we’re planning trips, and it’s our go-to site for family-friendly tours and experiences. If you don’t see the perfect ghost tour for your crew in our list, head over to Viator—you’ll find hundreds of family adventures, from lantern-lit walks to spooky history tours, all with helpful reviews and easy booking.

Alabama Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Athens

  • Athens Haunt Walk: Seasonal walking tours through historic downtown Athens featuring ghost stories and haunted landmarks.
  • Athens Haunted History Walk: Guided evening walks sharing the haunted history of Athens’ courthouses, homes, and local legends.

Birmingham

Columbiana

Dothan

  • Dothan Downtown Tours - A historic walk with a paranormal twist through Downtown Dothan’s oldest blocks.

Gulf Shores

Florence / Shoals

  • Florence Ghost Walk: Long-running tours through downtown Florence with haunted history and local legends.
  • Shoals Ghost Walk: Seasonal walking tours of the Shoals region featuring haunted sites and eerie stories.

Huntsville

  • Adela Haunted Tours: Huntsville-based haunted history and ghost hunting tours at spooky sites and hotels.
  • Huntsville Ghost Walks: Family-friendly seasonal ghost walks through Huntsville’s historic districts.

Mobile

Montgomery

Selma

Tuscaloosa

  • Haunted Tuscaloosa Tours: Seasonal bus and walking tours of the University of Alabama campus and downtown, highlighting historic haunts.

Statewide / Multi-City / Other

  • Southern Ghost Girls Tours: Paranormal events across Alabama including haunted history tours, ghost hunts, and interactive dinners.
Alaska Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Anchorage

  • Lizzie Borden Anchorage Ghost Tour: A guided ghost walk through downtown Anchorage that shares chilling stories of haunted sites, unsolved mysteries, and eerie local legends.

Juneau

  • Juneau Ghost Tour: A guided evening walk through Juneau’s historic downtown and waterfront sharing ghost stories, haunted history, and local legends from Alaska’s capital city.

Ketchikan

  • Ketchikan Ghost Walk - A storyteller-led walk through Ketchikan’s historic sites like the Gilmore Hotel and Creek Street, sharing local legends and paranormal tales.

Sitka

Arizona Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Bisbee

  • Old Bisbee Ghost Tour: Guided walks through Bisbee’s historic streets sharing over 40 tales of hauntings and mysterious encounters.

Claypool

Flagstaff

Jerome

Phoenix

Prescott

Tombstone

Tucson

Statewide / Multi-City

  • AZ Ghost Tours: Paranormal investigations and ghost tours at historic sites across Arizona, often featured on TV.
Arkansas Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Eureka Springs

  • Basin Park Hotel Paranormal Investigation: A small-group ghost hunt at the Basin Park Hotel where participants use investigative tools to explore the building’s most active areas.
  • Crescent Hotel Ghost Tour: Guided tours through the haunted halls of the historic Crescent Hotel, billed as “America’s Most Haunted Hotel.”
  • Eureka Rocket Ghost Tour - A guided downtown walking tour combining local ghost lore with charming Eureka Springs history.
  • Haunted Eureka Springs Ghost Tour: A family- and pet-friendly downtown walking tour exploring Eureka Springs’ most haunted spots and the famous Underground Catacombs.

Fayetteville

  • Fayetteville Haunts: A haunted history tour in Fayetteville that blends local folklore with meticulously researched ghost stories.

Howard County

  • Howard County Ghost Tours: Guided tours sharing legends of spirits and unexplained happenings from the hills of Howard County.

Little Rock

  • Little Rock Ghosts Tour: An evening walking tour uncovering haunted sites including the Capital Hotel, Curran Hall, and the Museum of Arkansas Military History.

Statewide / Multi-City

  • Haunted Arkansas Tours: Ghost tours offered in multiple towns across Arkansas focusing on history, myths, legends, and eerie local tales.

Van Buren

  • King Opera House Ghost Hunt: A ghost-hunting event at the historic King Opera House, featuring paranormal investigation tools and eerie local lore.
California Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Ione

Los Angeles

Monterey

Orange County

Sacramento

San Diego

San Francisco

Santa Barbara

Santa Monica

Colorado Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Aspen

Boulder

Breckenridge

Colorado Springs

Denver

Durango / Mesa Verde

Fort Collins

Golden

  • Colorado Haunted History: Walking tours in Golden sharing stories of lynchings, shootouts, hauntings, and the town’s darker past.
Connecticut Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Middlefield

  • Haunting at the Ridge: A seasonal haunted attraction at Powder Ridge featuring a chairlift ride to the top and a haunted walk-through down the slopes.

Mystic

New Haven

  • Ghosts of New Haven: Guided walking tours through historic New Haven sharing ghost stories and haunted folklore.
  • New Haven’s Ghost Walk - See historic New Haven with ghost stories, legends, and spooky sites. Free cancellation. 1 hour 30 minutes.
Delaware Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Delaware City

Key West

New Castle (historic district)

Wilmington

  • The Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington: A 90-minute walk through Wilmington’s haunted homes and burial grounds, with reduced pricing for adults; includes a pub crawl option.

Dover

  • Dover Dark History Tour: Nightly walking tours exploring Dover’s tragic past, dark events, and haunted landmarks.

Fort Delaware / Pea Patch Island

Newark / New Castle County

Florida Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Clearwater

Fort Meyers

Fort Lauderdale

Jacksonville

Key West

Miami

Orlando

  • Orlando Haunts: A guided tour in Orlando exploring tragedies, murders, and mysterious hauntings beyond the theme parks.

Palmetto / Sarasota

Pensacola

St. Augustine

Tampa

  • Tampa Terrors: Walking tours through Tampa’s historic streets sharing ghost stories and haunted history.
Georgia Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Athens

Atlanta

Covington

Marietta

  • Marietta Ghost Tours: Walking tours through Marietta Square sharing haunted history, ghost legends, and local lore.

Savannah

Tybee Island

Hawaii Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Big Island (Hawaii Island)

  • Big Island Ghost Tours: After-dark guided walks through haunted battlefields, cemeteries, and paranormal vortex sites with stories of Pele, ancient spirits, and modern sightings.
  • Hilo Ghost Walk: Evening walking tours in Hilo featuring fae spirits, ancestors, fireballs, and haunted waterfront legends.
  • 2-Hour Hilo Ghost Walks Tour - 2 hours, discover haunted Hilo with a local storyteller.
  • Kailua-Kona Ghost Walk: Nightly ghost walks through Kona with tales of Night Marchers, ancestral hauntings, and cursed sites like the Kona Lagoon Hotel.

Maui

O‘ahu (Honolulu & Waikiki)

Idaho Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Idaho Falls

  • Idaho Falls Ghost Walk: Walking tours in downtown Idaho Falls sharing stories of early settlers, haunted buildings, brothels, murders, and local ghost lore.
Illinois Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Alton

  • Alton Hauntings: Walking and bus tours based on Troy Taylor’s research exploring Alton’s most haunted sites and dark river town history.

Chicago

Rock Island

  • QC Haunts & History: Haunted history tours in Rock Island exploring prohibition, gangsters, and lingering spirits from the city’s past.

Springfield

  • Springfield Haunted History Tour: A haunted history walk through Old Aristocracy Hill featuring stories of séances, hidden cemeteries, and ghostly encounters.
  • Springfield Hauntings: Seasonal ghost/history walks through Lincoln’s hometown sharing haunted local legends.
Indiana Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Madison

  • Madison Ghost Walk Tours: Evening ghost walks beginning at Lanier Mansion and continuing through downtown Madison with haunted stories and history.

New Harmony

Statewide / Multi-City

Iowa Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Dubuque

  • G.R.I.P.S Ghost Hunts: Guided ghost hunts in Dubuque exploring local legends, folklore, and haunted history.
Kansas Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Fort Riley

Kansas City

Kentucky Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Louisville

  • Old Louisville Ghost Tours: Walking tours through Old Louisville, a historic district of mansions and one of the most haunted neighborhoods in the country.
  • US Ghost Adventures: Louisville: Guided ghost tours in Louisville uncovering haunted history, eerie legends, and chilling stories from the Derby City.
Louisiana Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

New Orleans

  • French Quarter Phantoms: Walking tours led by master storytellers covering ghosts, vampires, cemeteries, and colorful French Quarter history.
  • New Orleans Ghost City Tours: Guided tours through the French Quarter exploring haunted sites and paranormal tales.
  • NOLA Ghost Riders: Tours highlighting New Orleans’ haunted cemeteries, French Quarter, and historic neighborhoods.
  • US Ghost Adventures: New Orleans: Walking tours revealing the city’s haunted past of voodoo, executions, and restless spirits.
Maine Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Bar Harbor

  • American Ghost Walks Maine: Walking tours in Bar Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, and Camden featuring haunted sites, old burial grounds, and waterfront legends.
  • Bar Harbor Ghost Tours: Storytelling ghost walks through historic downtown Bar Harbor sharing its most haunted locations.

Camden / Boothbay Harbor (Statewide)

  • American Ghost Walks Maine: Haunted history tours across Bar Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, and Camden featuring centuries-old legends and modern hauntings.

Portland

  • Wicked Walking Tours: A theatrical walking tour through Portland blending comedy, history, and ghost stories from Maine’s past.
Maryland Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Annapolis

  • US Ghost Adventures: Annapolis: Walking tours through Annapolis’ historic streets sharing ghost stories of Puritan origins, pirates, and lingering spirits.

Baltimore

Eastern Shore / Multi-City

  • Chesapeake Ghost Tours: A collection of 11 ghost walks, paranormal investigations, storytelling events, and bus tours across Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
Massachusetts Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Boston

Fall River

Plymouth

  • Dead of Night Ghost Tours: Guided tours in Plymouth covering Pilgrim burial grounds, historic streets, and paranormal legends.
  • Plymouth Night Tour: Evening ghost tours with opportunities for guests to participate in paranormal investigations.

Salem

Michigan Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Detroit

Grand Rapids

Statewide / Multi-City

Minnesota Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Statewide / Multi-City

  • American Ghost Tours Minnesota: Walking tours in St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Stillwater featuring haunted history, Native American legends, and paranormal encounters.
Mississippi Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Bay St. Louis / Pearlington

Natchez

  • Natchez Ghost Tours: Evening walking tours through historic downtown Natchez featuring haunted history and local ghost lore.
  • Glenfield Plantation Ghosts of the Past: Candlelit tours through a 200-year-old plantation’s haunted rooms; includes “Dinner with the Spirits” immersive storytelling.

Ocean Springs

Vicksburg

Missouri Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Jefferson City

Kansas City

St. Charles

  • St. Charles Ghost Tours: Evening guided walks around historic St. Charles, sharing local hauntings and eerie folklore.

St. Louis

  • St. Louis Ghosts: Creepy yet family-accessible walking tours through St. Louis’ historic haunted sites, with a focus on legends and lighter scares.

Springfield

  • Pythian Castle Ghost Tour: Tours of a Gothic castle featuring ghost stories and paranormal history, sometimes paired with immersive events like murder mystery dinners.

Vicksburg

Montana Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Billings

Butte

Deer Lodge

  • Montana Prison Ghost Tour: Night tours of the Old Montana Prison with access to Death Tower, upper cells, and paranormal equipment.

Helena

Virginia City (and Nevada City)

  • Virginia City Ghost Walk: Nightly ghost walks—and optional horse-drawn wagon rides—through this Old West town’s haunted history.

Statewide / Remote

Nebraska Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Omaha

Nevada Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Las Vegas

Virginia City

New Hampshire Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Portsmouth

  • Historic Portsmouth Legends and Ghost Walk: A 90-minute evening walk led by Roxie J. Zwicker through Portsmouth’s most haunted sites, including “Haunted Corner,” historic theaters, an old cemetery, and architectural gems.
  • Portsmouth Ghosts Walking Tour: A nightly guided walk across the city’s haunted cobblestone streets, including sites like the Point of Graves burial ground, Music Hall, and Sheafe Street Inn.
New Jersey Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Atlantic City

Asbury Park

Cape May

Chester

Flemington

Jersey City

Mount Holly

Ocean City

Princeton

Red Bank / Keyport

White Hill / Fieldsboro

New Mexico Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Albuquerque

Fort Stanton

  • Fort Stanton After Dark: After-hours paranormal tours inside the 19th-century fort, led by rangers and the Paranormal Society on select dates.

Santa Fe

New York Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Brooklyn

New York City (general)

Manhattan

Mult Borough / Queens / Roosevelt Island

North Carolina Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Asheville

Charlotte

Greensboro

Raleigh

Winston-Salem

North Dakota Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Bismarck

  • Downtown Haunted History Tour: A walking haunted history tour through downtown Bismarck featuring tales of gunfights, stabbings, hangings, and historic corruption.

Fargo

  • Fargo Frights Ghost Tour: Nightly walking tours through downtown Fargo sharing chilling legends, the haunted Fargo Theatre, and more.
  • Haunted Downtown Fargo Tour: Walk led by actors through Fargo’s historic streets recounting murders, brothels, and eerie local lore.

West Fargo

Ohio Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Cincinnati

  • US Ghost Adventures: Cincinnati: Walking tours exploring Cincinnati’s haunted past, from tragic events to restless spirits haunting its historic streets.

Cleveland

  • US Ghost Adventures: Cleveland: Ghost tours through Cleveland’s haunted history, featuring Civil War soldiers, unsolved murders, and restless spirits tied to the city’s darker past.
Oklahoma Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Bishop Arts or Tulsa

Oregon Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Portland

Pennsylvania Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Gettysburg

  • US Ghost Adventures: Gettysburg: Guided ghost tours through Gettysburg’s historic battlefield sharing tales of soldiers, hauntings, and lingering spirits of the Civil War.

Philadelphia

  • Philadelphia Ghost City Tours: Walking tours through Philadelphia’s historic streets uncovering haunted sites and ghost stories.
  • Philly Ghost Tours: Guided evening tours highlighting Philadelphia’s haunted history, from colonial sites to eerie landmarks.

Pittsburgh

Rhode Island Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Providence

South Carolina Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Charleston

Columbia

Greenville

Myrtle Beach

South Dakota Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Deadwood

  • US Ghost Adventures: Deadwood: Walking tours through historic Deadwood uncovering tales of outlaws, gunslingers, and lingering spirits from the Wild West.
Tennessee Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Chattanooga

Gatlinburg

  • Gatlinburg Haunts: One-hour nightly ghost tours exploring Smoky Mountain lore and haunted sites in downtown Gatlinburg.

Knoxville

Memphis

Nashville

Texas Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Amarillo

  • 6th Street Massacre Haunted Investigation: Select-night paranormal investigations inside a historic 1920s building in downtown Amarillo.
  • Haunted Waco (Moved accidentally here, disregard; Waco will be separate.)

Austin

Dallas

El Paso

Fort Worth

Galveston

Houston

New Braunfels

San Antonio

Waco

Utah Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Park City

  • Park City Ghost Tours: A 75-minute walking tour of historic Main Street featuring haunting tales and ghost stories from Park City’s mining boom.

Parowan

Salt Lake City

Vermont Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Burlington

  • Queen City Ghostwalk: Guided haunted history walks in Burlington led by author Thea Lewis, featuring notorious local characters and eerie haunts.
Virginia Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Alexandria

Charlottesville

Lynchburg

Richmond

  • RVA Ghosts: Haunted walking tours in downtown Richmond highlighting Civil War stories and historic hauntings.

Virginia Beach

  • Neptune Ghost Tours: Guided ghost walks along the Virginia Beach boardwalk with stories of shipwrecks, pirates, and haunted history.

Williamsburg

Washington Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Seattle

Washington D.C. Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Washington D.C.

West Virginia Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Charleston

  • Charlie West Ghost Tour: A nightly walking tour through Charleston’s darkest spots, including historic theaters, mansions, and haunted sites tied to coal wars and other tragedies.

Fayetteville

  • Ghosts on the Gorge: A seasonal small-group ghost walk through historic Fayetteville featuring spine-chilling local folklore and haunted tales.

Harpers Ferry

  • Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry: America’s oldest ghost tour—an evening walk through Lower Town with stories of Civil War-era hauntings and historic legends.

Moundsville (Weston)

Shepherdstown

  • Shepherdstown Ghost Tours: Candlelit walking tours exploring the haunted history and tragic legends of historic Shepherdstown.

Statewide

  • West Virginia Paranormal Trail: A digital passport experience enabling participants to check into haunted locations across the state and earn paranormal-themed prizes.
Wisconsin Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Madison

Milwaukee

Wyoming Ghost Tours (Click to Show/Hide Listings)

Cheyenne

  • US Ghost Adventures: Cheyenne: Walking tours in Cheyenne exploring Wild West tragedies, murders, and ghost stories tied to the city’s railroad past.

Conclusion

Ghost tours are a fun way to introduce kids to history, mystery, and a little bit of adventure after dark. With the right guide, even spooky stories become playful, engaging, and memorable for the whole family. We’ve rounded up some of the best family-friendly ghost tours to spark your curiosity, but if you’re still searching for the perfect one, we recommend checking out Viator. It’s the site we use all the time to find tours, and you’ll discover countless options for family adventures around the world.

Stay spooky!

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