8 of the Scariest Places in America

1. Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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2. The Stanley Hotel (Estes Park, Colorado)

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3. Alcatraz Island (San Francisco, California)

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4. The Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, California)

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5. Waverly Hills Sanatorium (Louisville, Kentucky)

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6. The Myrtles Plantation (St. Francisville, Louisiana)

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7. Salem, Massachusetts

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8. Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (Weston, West Virginia)

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