Step Inside The Creepy, Abandoned Town Of Wash Woods In Virginia

What are some haunted places in Virginia?  

With as much history as is packed into Virginia’s past, it’s no surprise that there are plenty of places said to be haunted. It’s an old state with ghosts dating back to Colonial days and before, and if you know where to go, you’re sure to experience at least something. Some of the most well-known and infamously haunted places in Virginia include Bacon’s Castle, in Surry, Crawford Road, in Yorktown, the Staunton Train Depot in the town of the same name, and so many more. Some cities and towns are definitely a little more haunted than the others; Williamsburg is one of those places that tends to come up again and again in lists of haunted places! There are also some interesting, haunted battlefields, like Cold Harbor Battlefield in Mechanicsville, and the Graffiti House in Brandy Station.  

Are there any interesting, abandoned places in Virginia? 

There are. Lovers of urban decay, rejoice! There are several super-interesting abandoned places scattered throughout Virginia. In Wise, there’s the old County Orphanage, whose past is as dark as its status as an orphanage insinuates. In Staunton, there’s the Western State Lunatic Asylum, which is technically no longer “abandoned” - it’s been renovated and turned into a boutique hotel (though the ghosts are said to have remained). It originally opened in 1828 and was about as dark and cruel as you’d imagine a place literally called a “lunatic asylum” would be. If you like ghost towns, you might want to check out Pamplin, a whole abandoned town with a spooky, empty main street and lots of interesting, dilapidated buildings. In Chesterfield, you can find a whole abandoned mall – said to be the site of several murders in the 1990s, it’s about as creepy as you can imagine. For more of our favorite abandoned (and un-abandoned!) places in Virginia, check this article out!