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Lehigh County
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OutdoorsBake Oven Knob Shelter
Bake Oven Knob Shelter is an open-front overnight shelter along the Appalachian Trail below Kittatinny Ridge in Lehigh County. Built in 1937, it is…
SchoolsButz Hall
Students at Cedar Crest College in Allentown call Butz Hall’s reputed ghost Wanda. In the dormitory legend, she was a student who died by suicide on…
Constitution Drive along the Lehigh River
Constitution Drive follows the Lehigh River through woods in Allentown and Salisbury Township. Its best-known ghost story describes a man walking two…
Outdoors · Historical imageDarktown on the Lehigh River
The Alamo was a local name for roofless cement-works ruins in the Darktown area along the Lehigh River. The account places the ruins south of the…
Former Guthsville Hotel and Magnolia’s Vineyard
The former Guthsville Hotel in Lehigh County, later Magnolia's Vineyard restaurant, has a legend about Magnolia Evans. In the story, she cared for a…
OutdoorsFormer Hess Brothers department store
The former Hess’s department store stood at Ninth and Hamilton Streets in Allentown. Its busy frontage became the setting for a story about a woman…
Former Holy Infancy School
The ghost story associated with Holy Infancy School belongs to its former building on East Fourth Street in South Bethlehem. Before classes moved to…
Former Inn at Maple Grove
Charlie was part of the dining experience at the Inn at Maple Grove near Alburtis. His story appeared on the menu, and the Heffley family, who…
Historic homes · Historical imageFormer Mansion House and Gold Mine
Dorney Park’s former Mansion House began as Solomon Dorney’s home and restaurant, where he served trout raised in his ponds. Later, the Gold Mine…
Outdoors · Historical imageGood Shepherd Home
Good Shepherd's South Allentown campus grew from the work of Estella and John Raker. After their infant daughter Viola died in 1907, they received a…
Hensingersville Road and Mountain Road
Peter Hensinger built his hotel in 1846, and the surrounding village in Lehigh County became known as Hensingersville. It even had its own post…
Inns & businessesHistoric Hotel Bethlehem
Historic Hotel Bethlehem, on Main Street in Bethlehem, tells several stories about guests who apparently stayed beyond their lifetimes. The most…
Inns & businessesKing George Inn
The former King George Inn in Dorneyville has several distinct apparition stories. One concerns an employee entering the second-floor stockroom and…
Culture & landmarksLinderman Library
Linderman Library at Lehigh University was created as a memorial to Lucy Packer Linderman, the daughter of university founder Asa Packer. Lucy died…
Inns & businessesMoravian Book Shop
The Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem traces its business history to 1745, although it moved between locations before settling on Main Street in the…
SchoolsSecond Single Brethren’s House
The Second Single Brethren’s House in Bethlehem was built in 1748 and served as a soldiers’ hospital during the Revolution. Its later use by…
Schools · Aerial viewSouth Hall
South Hall at Muhlenberg College in Allentown is associated with Oscar F. Bernheim, the college’s former treasurer and secretary. Bernheim died in…