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Lackawanna County
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Explore this county on the map →Andy Gavin’s Eatery & Pub
Andy Gavin’s, at North Washington Avenue and New York Street in Scranton, has a resident ghost known to staff as George. The Lackawanna Historical…
AV Restaurant & Lounge
The building at 320 Penn Avenue in Scranton housed the Banshee Pub before AV Restaurant & Lounge moved there in 2017. Staff stories describe a tall…
Historic homesCarbondale City Hall and Courthouse
Carbondale City Hall and Courthouse contains more than municipal offices: its basement preserves the old jail cells. Employees had reported hearing…
Culture & landmarksElectric City Trolley Museum
At Scranton’s Electric City Trolley Museum, a local ghost story centers on a particular exhibit: Trolley Car No. 46. The figure associated with it is…
Culture & landmarksEverhart Museum
The Everhart Museum opened in Scranton’s Nay Aug Park in 1908. Its founder, Dr. Isaiah Fawkes Everhart, was a physician and businessman with a strong…
InstitutionsFormer West Mountain Sanatorium grounds
West Mountain Sanatorium, outside Scranton, treated tuberculosis patients beginning in 1903. Long after the hospital closed, its grounds attracted…
Glen Oak Country Club
Glen Oak Country Club near Clarks Summit began on the Oakford family's summer estate in 1951. Its first nine holes opened in 1953, followed by the…
Inns & businessesHoudini Museum and Theater
Scranton's Houdini Museum preserves the career of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. It has also hosted paranormal investigations and séances,…
Kid’s Korner at Jessup Memorial Field
Kid’s Korner, the playground beside Memorial Field in Jessup, is associated with a story about a quiet boy who appears near sundown. The original…
OutdoorsPiazza dell’Arte
A bronze bust of actor and playwright Jason Miller stands beside Scranton's Lackawanna County Courthouse Square. Miller, remembered for playing…
Bridges & railwaysRadisson Lackawanna Station Hotel
Scranton's Lackawanna Station opened as a railroad terminal in 1908 and was converted into a hotel in 1983. One of its best-known modern ghost…
Schools · Aerial viewWard Hall
Ward Hall at Keystone College is a former dormitory whose later uses included a print shop. By 2012, students and faculty had reported furniture…
Washburn Street Cemetery
Washburn Street Cemetery in Scranton is the setting of a vanishing black-dog story told by a former Hyde Park resident writing as Chellebelle. She…
OutdoorsWillow Avenue and Lincoln Street
John Peruka developed an unusual theory about Olyphant in Lackawanna County: its street map and religious buildings encoded a connection with ancient…