Nebraska
The Hatchet House of Portal, Nebraska is a classic ghost tale. A schoolteacher reportedly snapped and decapitated her entire classroom in the 1800s and placed all their heads on their desks. She then took their hearts to a bridge and threw them into the water below. Supposedly when you walk over this bridge, you can still hear the heartbeats.
Nevada
Area 51 is a real military base, not an urban legend. However, the site is heavily classified and the exact details of what goes on there are tightly guarded secrets—just like every other military base out there. Locals are convinced that the site is home to research regarding aliens and their spacecraft, but the military insists Area 51 is just an advanced weapons research facility.
New Hampshire
Mount Chocorua in New Hampshire was named for a Native chieftain in the early 18th Century. The local lore says that Chocorua left his son with a family called the Campbells while he traveled on official business, and his son died while under their care. The chief killed everyone in the Campbell family except for the father, who followed him to the top of the mountain that now bears his name and shot him dead. With his dying breath, the chief is said to have cursed the land.
New Jersey
Clinton Road in New Jersey is said to be home to a spectral boy who haunts the underside of a bridge in Passaic County. Interestingly, the ghost is reportedly good-hearted and honest. If you drop a coin into the water where he’s said to linger, he’ll reportedly return it to you within 24 hours.
New Mexico
Roswell, New Mexico was the site of what the government classified as a weather balloon crash. Locals instead think the crashed object was an alien spacecraft. Whatever the case, Roswell has now developed a reputation among UFO enthusiasts looking for ways to get closer to the stars without leaving earth.
