Creepy California: 8 Of The Golden State’s Spookiest Landmarks

The Golden State has its fair share of dark tales, whether it's creepy landmarks, wayward spirits or eerie encounters.

Are you planning on booking a hotel in California? Depending on where you stay, you may have an unwanted roommate. The Hotel del Coronado, the Horton Grand Hotel and the Queen Mary are just a few of the accommodations reportedly haunted by guests who never checked out.

Griffith Park, the jewel of Los Angeles, famous for its observatory, hiking trails and film cameos, is also famously haunted. Of all the supposed ghost sightings reported over the years, there is one apparition who appears more than any other: Dona Petronilla, the young woman in the white dress. For many, it’s appropriate that she would haunt the park because she is the one who famously cursed it in 1863 when she found out she would not inherit the land in her uncle’s will.

Why are the Black Diamond Mines in Orange County so spooky? Locals have reported everything from possible Sasquatch sightings to eerie chanting at night.

Do sailors wander the passageways of the USS Hornet? The stories are so prevalent that the Hornet hosts History Mystery tours.

It's residents are long-dead, but ghosts of Gold Rush-era pioneers linger at Dublin's historic Pioneer Cemetery.

Here are some of the spookiest spots in the state:

3 'Haunted' Houses And Hotels In San Diego County

• San Diego is home to reported haunted houses and hotels, from the Whaley House in Old Town to the resident ghost at Hotel del Coronado.

Queen Mary: Is The Historical Landmark Haunted, Or Is It A Hoax?

• Time Magazine voted the Queen Mary one of the "Top 10 Haunted Places" in the U.S. Do lost spirits still roam the halls?

Haunted Hornet: Paranormal Hot-Spots | Chilling Tales

• Do you dare take a nighttime, flashlight tour of the ship? Or spend the night on a History Mystery Overnight tour?

Griffith Park, The Haunted And Cursed, Heart Of Los Angeles

• The stomping grounds of many a killer and the final resting place of many a victim, some say Griffith Park is haunted...or maybe just cursed.

Black Star Canyon's Haunted Mysteries, Revealed

• The famed canyon in the heart of Orange County draws the curious with legends and lore.

Dublin's Historic Pioneer Cemetery Lets Imaginations Run Wild

• Dublin's Pioneer Cemetery dates back to the 1859 and is a place for reflection, dreaming — and haunting.

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