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- The U.S. is home to dozens of old, well-preserved cities with historic cemeteries, ornate Victorian mansions, and macabre memorials and museums.
- Cincinnati is home to 7 historic cemeteries, tied with New York as the most of any state.
- Massachusetts is home to 6 of the 40 spookiest cities to visit, the most of any state.
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Some places are made for October. The air gets crisp, shadows get longer, senescent leaves show their true colors and fall off the tree. In some cities, this passage of time is accented by historic cemeteries, ornate Victorian mansions, and macabre memorials and museums.
To determine the spookiest cities to visit this month, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on housing characteristics, historic building status, town history, and establishment listings. Cities were ranked based on an index of median home age, the number of Gothic Revival and Victorian buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places per capita, number of historic cemeteries in the NHRP, number of off-beat or “spooky” establishments (with descriptions including keywords “witch,” “spooky,” and “occult”), and city or town founding date. Data on median home age is from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey.