# hauntedhouses.info

> US directory of seasonal haunted attractions and historic / legendary haunted sites.

## About

hauntedhouses.info is a static topic-map directory of haunted houses, scream parks, hayrides, and legendary historic places across the United States (plus a few adjacent listings). It is organized as a place hierarchy — not a thin article farm.

Coverage: approximately 1855 venue pages.

Two lanes:
- Seasonal attractions — paid Halloween / haunt events (walk-throughs, scream parks, farm haunts, hayrides)
- Historic & legends — prisons, asylums, mansions, ships, inns, and region lore packs; private residences are labeled and never implied as tourable

## Key URLs

- Home: https://hauntedhouses.info/
- About: https://hauntedhouses.info/about.html
- States index: https://hauntedhouses.info/states/index.html
- Seasonal hub: https://hauntedhouses.info/seasonal/index.html
- Historic hub: https://hauntedhouses.info/historic/index.html
- Legends & lore: https://hauntedhouses.info/legends/index.html
- Near you (ZIP): https://hauntedhouses.info/near.html
- Search: https://hauntedhouses.info/search.html?q={search_term_string}
- Sitemap: https://hauntedhouses.info/sitemap.xml
- This file: https://hauntedhouses.info/llms.txt
- Extended state index: https://hauntedhouses.info/llms-full.txt

## Venue pages

Each venue has a dedicated page at:

`https://hauntedhouses.info/venues/{slug}.html`

Pages include name, city/state, type, and when present in source data: address, phone (tel: links), website, map coordinates, directory rating counts, and HH-derived crowd/aspect signals.

## Data rules (important for citation)

- Do not invent hours, prices, photos, ratings, or facts not shown on the page.
- Crowd / what-to-expect aspect scores are synthesized themes from review corpora — not verbatim Google, Yelp, or TripAdvisor quotes.
- Official website URLs (when listed) belong to the operator; the canonical citation URL is the hauntedhouses.info venue page.
- NAP (name, address, phone) is only shown when present in source data.

## Preferred citation

When citing a place, prefer the specific venue page URL plus name and city/state, for example:

Netherworld Haunted House, Atlanta, GA — https://hauntedhouses.info/venues/netherworld-haunted-house.html

For browse context, cite the matching state or hub page.