Haunted Places in Downtown Prescott, Arizona

The territorial capital's seat of power. The Yavapai County Courthouse has witnessed everything from frontier justice to political scandal. What happens after dark is another story.

A Whiskey Row fixture since the early 1900s. The Hotel St. Michael has seen more than a century of guests come and go. Some of them, staff say, didn't go.

Before it held cars, this site held something else entirely. The story of what stood here before the concrete is the one that catches people off guard.

On July 14, 1900, Whiskey Row burned. The Great Fire consumed an entire block of saloons and businesses. The fire is long out, but the plaza holds on to what happened that night.

A quiet gallery space with a past that's anything but quiet. The building's history runs deeper than the current art on its walls.

Whiskey Row's saloons have seen a century of characters walk through their doors. Some of them, the regulars say, never walked out.

Arizona's oldest bar. Pouring since 1884. The Palace has survived fires, prohibition, and generations of owners. A few of the former patrons still seem to show up.

A downtown staple with a building history that most diners never hear about. The stories behind this address predate the menu by a long stretch.

Another Whiskey Row survivor with a name that hints at a wilder era of Prescott. The stories here involve characters you won't find in the tourism brochures.

Known locally as 'the most haunted place in town.' The Hotel Vendome's reputation is earned, documented, and deeply unsettling.

The name gives away more than you might think. This building's past connects to a side of Prescott that most visitors never hear about.

A landmark institution with layers of history that extend well beyond what's visible from the sidewalk. The Masonic Temple has been part of Prescott since the town's earliest years.

Built to bring culture to the frontier. Over a century later, some performances seem to continue long after the curtain has fallen.

The tour's final stop and Prescott's most elegant ghost story. The Hassayampa Inn holds a story that stays with people long after they leave Prescott.