Opened New Year’s Day, 1900
Weatherford Hotel
A figure crosses the Zane Grey Ballroom floor and does not stop at the wall.
In the bookFlagstaff, Arizona
The haunted places
Six downtown addresses where the history is documented and the rest is reported after closing time. The full stories, with their sources, are in Haunted Flagstaff.
Opened 1927, on what became Route 66
Hotel Monte Vista
The Grizzly Meat Man of Room 220, the rocking chair of 305, and the bellboy who knocks for no one.
In the book
Built 1926, now the Flagstaff Visitor Center
The Historic Train Depot
A conductor still works a platform where no train has boarded passengers in decades.
In the book
Downtown branch, East Aspen Avenue
Flagstaff City Library
The basement custodian who never turned in his keys.
The local lore
1 N San Francisco Street, downtown Flagstaff
Crystal Magic
The shop whose activity brought a national television investigation to town.
The local lore
The 1911 Majestic, reborn as the Orpheum in 1916
Orpheum Theater
A dark figure in the projection room of a theater that already died once.
The local lore
Built 1931, on Route 66
The Museum Club
A Route 66 roadhouse where the former owners are said to have kept their regular table.
The local lore
Built 1904, now an Arizona state park
Riordan Mansion
A 13,000 square foot log-and-stone house whose own family told stories of a recurring visitor.
The local lore
Northern Arizona University campus
Morton Hall
The dormitory where generations of students have passed down the story of Kathy.
The local loreThe book goes further than this map: Aspen Street, the 1894 courthouse, and a closing chapter of additional hotspots most visitors walk right past.