Ketchikan Haunted History Ghost Tour

Walk the misty streets of Alaska’s “First City” on a spine-tingling ghost tour through Ketchikan’s haunted history. Led by expert storytellers from American Ghost Walks, this tour blends local legends, real ghost sightings, and unexplained phenomena. You’ll visit historic sites like the Gilmore Hotel, Tongass Trading Company, and Creek Street’s red-light district—where spirits of madams, miners, and even cryptids may still roam. Hear tales of shadowy figures, floating beds, haunted hospitals, and legendary beings like the Kushtaka and Sasquatch. It’s not a haunted house—it’s real history with a supernatural twist.

Meeting Point

The Rock

210 Front St, Ketchikan, AK 99901, USA

What's included:

• Guided haunted history tour

Not included:

• Any snacks or drinks are not included

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

The Rock

210 Front St, Ketchikan, 99901-6416, Alaska

Start your journey at this waterfront sculpture honoring Ketchikan’s pioneers—loggers, bush pilots, frontierswomen, and a Tlingit drummer said to channel the spirit world.

10 minutes

Ketchikan Sign

Mission St, Ketchikan, AK 99901, Ketchikan, 99901, Alaska

Snap a photo under Ketchikan’s iconic archway—but hear the legend of the time it twisted into a frown, a bad omen for fishermen that still unsettles the locals.

5 minutes

Gilmore Hotel, Trademark Collection by Wyndham

326 Front St, Ketchikan, AK 99901, USA

At the historic Gilmore Hotel, you’ll hear about a shadowy man seen pacing with a cigar, chairs that move on their own, and a ghostly woman in white who stares from the windows before vanishing. Some guests even report waking up to find themselves floating above their beds—especially in Room 208, the most haunted room in the building.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Tongass Trading Company

201 Dock St, Ketchikan, 99901-6407, Alaska

Inside Alaska’s oldest operating store, strange things linger among the souvenirs. Staff have heard footsteps in empty rooms, seen objects move on their own, and even held conversations with coworkers who weren’t actually there. This former hotel may still have some ghostly guests checking in.

10 minutes

Eagle Park

Front Street, Ketchikan, 99901, Alaska

Beneath the wings of a massive carved eagle, you’ll learn about Alaska’s legendary Thunderbird—said to cause lightning with its eyes and thunder with its wings. Some say it’s just folklore. Others have seen it. Witness accounts describe a bird so big it was mistaken for a plane.

10 minutes

Pioneer Hall

314 Pioneer Aly, Ketchikan, AK 99901, USA

Built by “Six-Shooter” Grant, this is Ketchikan’s oldest building. After his sudden, mysterious death, many wonder—did he ever truly leave his beloved customs house?

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

The OutPost

500 Mission St, Ketchikan, 99901-6443, Alaska

Footsteps upstairs. Children’s laughter in an empty building. Employees chase invisible pranksters through this old department store—possibly the spirits of students from the former mission school.

10 minutes

Chief Kyan Totem Pole

Inside Whale Park, Ketchikan, Alaska

Rub the bear’s belly for luck—just don’t ignore the spiritual side. Discover reincarnation stories so compelling a leading researcher came to Ketchikan to investigate.

10 minutes

Chief Johnson Totem Pole

Totem Way, Corner Dock St, Ketchikan, Alaska

This iconic pole tells the story of Fog Woman—who brings salmon and fog each spring. In Southeast Alaska, fog isn’t just weather. It’s a warning the spirit world is near.

10 minutes

Star Gallery

5 Creek St, Ketchikan, AK 99901, USA

Once Ketchikan’s largest brothel, The Star has survived fire, Prohibition, and whispered voices in the night. Guests sometimes hear a woman gently calling out, “Hello?”

10 minutes

Dolly's House Museum

24 Creek St, Creek Street in Ketchikan, Ketchikan, 99901-6508, Alaska

The most famous madam in town might still be home. Guests report shadows, floral perfume, and even sightings of her long-dead lover, still trying to get back inside.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Ketchikan Creek Bridge

Stedman St, Ketchikan, AK 99901, USA

This bridge once connected downtown with the red-light district—and many never made it across. Visitors fell, or were pushed. Some say the water still remembers.

5 minutes