From unoccupied homes to old farmhouses and abandoned hospitals, there always seems to be a spooky spot around town that gets people talking.
A study by the Pew Research Center found that about 74% of Americans say there are some things that science just can’t explain, and about 30% say they’ve encountered a spirit or some unseen spiritual force.
If you’re one of the many people who want to find out if ghosts are real, grab your favorite travel credit card . Your best bet may be to visit one of these spookiest places in the U.S.
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1. Alabama: Sloss Furnaces (Birmingham)
Abandoned buildings are the perfect place to spend Halloween if you’re hoping for a spooky encounter. The Sloss Furnaces couldn’t be a better example.
These massive furnaces, built to produce railroad tracks, were some of the most treacherous places to work in the late 1800s and led to numerous deaths from accidents. Today, it’s said that while walking through them at night, you can still hear the night shift chief saying, “Go back to work.”