Explore Kennebunkport’s haunted history with ghost tours, celebrity spirits, and eerie maritime tales. Uncover seances, poltergeists, and ghost ships.
Explore Kennebunkport’s haunted history with ghost tours, celebrity spirits, and eerie maritime tales. Uncover seances, poltergeists, and ghost ships.
- The Kennebunkport Historical Society - Begin your journey at White Columns, an impressive Greek Revival house dating back to 1853. Parts of this home were sealed off for 70 years, preserving its original state. Now, it hosts the First Families Museum. Visitors can tour this stunning mansion and perhaps encounter its spectral residents.
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- The Kennebunkport Historical Society - Begin your journey at White Columns, an impressive Greek Revival house dating back to 1853. Parts of this home were sealed off for 70 years, preserving its original state. Now, it hosts the First Families Museum. Visitors can tour this stunning mansion and perhaps encounter its spectral residents.
- Louis. T. Graves Memorial Public Library - Examine the most intriguing feature of this historic building: a headstone embedded in its exterior wall. Learn the story behind it and hear about a local poltergeist investigated by renowned artist Abbott Graves and other community leaders.
- Nathaniel Lord Mansion - Be on the lookout for the ghost of Phoebe Lord, who resided in this mansion for 49 years after the death of her husband, Captain Nathaniel Lord. Phoebe’s spirit is said to linger, particularly in the Lincoln Room, her former bedroom.
- Kennebunkport Captains Collection - Meet Captain James Fairfield, who has been seen in this mansion since 1991, following extensive renovations. The mansion also holds the incredible tale of a portrait lost at sea and its remarkable return home.
- Silas Perkins Park - Discover the park dedicated to early 20th-century poet Silas Perkins, known as the ‘Bard of Kennebunkport.’ In life, Silas made a shocking discovery that changed his views on ghosts. In death, he is believed to haunt a local inn.
- 91 Ocean Ave - Take a break at the Lorin Deland Memorial Bench, built by early 20th-century writer Margaret Deland for her late husband. The couple had a deep interest in the paranormal. This monument is located on the grounds of their former estate, where Margaret conducted psychical research experiments.
- Ocean Avenue - Local residents often report paranormal encounters. Historic yet seemingly ordinary homes have become the setting for unexplained events. Even the nearby ocean waters are haunted by stories of ghost ships, ill-fated lighthouse keepers, and sea serpents.
- Nonantum Resort - Explore the oldest existing hotel in Kennebunkport, where 27 ghosts are said to reside. Paranormal activities are most common on the second and third floors and could quite literally shake you to your core.

- Guided haunted history walking tour of building exteriors
- Guided haunted history walking tour of building exteriors
The community is rife with eerie narratives from haunted residences and lodgings, complemented by the unexplained nautical history. Ghostly accounts from this area include wandering apparitions, Spectralist meetings, and manifestations of chaotic spirits. Discover the paranormal aspects associated with famous personalities, such as Booth Tarkington and…
The community is rife with eerie narratives from haunted residences and lodgings, complemented by the unexplained nautical history. Ghostly accounts from this area include wandering apparitions, Spectralist meetings, and manifestations of chaotic spirits. Discover the paranormal aspects associated with famous personalities, such as Booth Tarkington and Margaret Deland, who vacationed in the Kennebunks. Also, delve into marine anecdotes about haunted lighthouses, ominous forewarnings, phantom vessels, and aquatic monsters.
- We normally do not get the opportunity to go inside the buildings
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.