Haunted Road Trip Bucket List

Everyone has their bucket list and I’m no different.

High up on my list is an off-the-beaten-path road trip with a haunted twist. I want to see the eerie pit stops, and unexpected detours. From creepy hotels to haunted highways, here are the haunted road trips I’d love to take one day.

Spooky Hotels

This one is a little closer to home for me, and it’s been sitting on my bucket list for years. The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River is where the infamous 1892 axe murders took place—and now it’s a bed and breakfast you can actually stay in.

People who stay there talk about hearing footsteps, seeing shadows, and just feeling like they’re not alone. I don’t know how much sleep I’d get, but it feels like one of those places you have to experience at least once.

Another stop I’d love to make is The Stanley Hotel in Colorado. It’s best known for inspiring Stephen King’s The Shining. Even if nothing spooky happened, I think just walking the hallways would be thrilling enough.

I’d also like to see The Mizpah Hotel in Nevada, where we hear stories of the “Lady in Red”. There are so many smaller inns across the country with similar legends to book a room or two.

Roadside Oddities with Creepy Reputations

No road trip is complete without a few unusual stops. For me, that includes places like The Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada. It’s filled with clown dolls and sits right beside a cemetery. Strange? Definitely. But it’s exactly the kind of odd stop that makes a road trip memorable.

Another one I’d like to see is Spook Hill in Florida. Here, cars seem to roll uphill against gravity. Some say it’s haunted, others say it’s just an illusion. Either way, I’d like to experience it firsthand.

Midnight Highway Drives

Driving down a lonely road at night already has its own atmosphere, but some roads are said to be truly haunted.

Clinton Road in New Jersey is one of the most well-known. People talk about phantom trucks, strange animals, and even ghostly children along the route. It sounds unsettling, but it’s the kind of place I’d like to drive at least once.

Then there are sections of Route 66, where ghost towns still stand as reminders of another time. Passing through those abandoned spots at night seems like it would be both eerie and fascinating.

So that’s my haunted road trip bucket list. These places are waiting for me. Until I have the free time (and gas money), I’m happy to keep planning and daydreaming about haunted hotels, unusual roadside stops, and drives that make you glance twice in the rearview mirror.

If you’ve ever gone on a haunted road trip—or know a place I should add—I’d love to hear about it. My list is always growing.