Places Associated With Legend Tripping in The United States
- The Black Agnes statue, formerly in Baltimore, Maryland and now in Washington, DC
- The grave of Captain Frances McHarry in Harrison County, Indiana
- The Lake View Public School, also known as the Gore Orphanage, near Cleveland, Ohio
- Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois and its Fire Memorial in nearby Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
- The Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Medina County, Ohio
- The Pope Lick Trestle in Louisville, Kentucky, home to a satyr-like Pope Lick Monster
- Hexenkopf Rock in Williams Township, Pennsylvania
- Rehmeyer's Hollow in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania
- The Waverly Hills Sanatorium, an abandoned hospital for tuberculosis victims, in Louisville, Kentucky
- Old Louisville, reported to be the most haunted neighborhood in the United States
- The New Jersey Pine Barrens, said to be home to the Jersey Devil
- Mudhouse Mansion in Fairfield County, Ohio
- The Baird Chair monument in Kirksville, Missouri
- The Hornet Spook Light twelve miles southwest of Joplin, Missouri
- Stull Cemetery in Stull, Kansas, claimed to be a "gateway to Hell"
- Old Alton Bridge south of Denton, Texas
- Bunny Man Bridge in Clifton, Virginia
- Tent Girl in Georgetown, Kentucky
- Manteno State Hospital in Manteno, Illinois
- Devil's Tramping Ground south of Siler City, North Carolina, near Harper's Crossroads.
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