Top 10 Haunted Houses in the USA

The 13th gate is one of the ultimate haunted houses in the United States. This 40,000 square foot haunted house is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Journey of this haunted attraction is through 13 different frightening themed indoor and outdoor areas that bring your worst nightmares to life and where anything can happen at any point. It is full of realistic scary scenes and consists hundreds of live snakes, haunted insane asylum, a dragon and crawling through a crematory oven. So just hold your nerves before entering into this terror zone!

Netherworld haunted house is a self-guided haunted attractions located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is filled with skilled live actors, repulsive monsters, the massive bloody crawling eyes, amazing special effects, and unusual themes. An interesting fact of this haunted house is that Netherworld's detailed scenes were even used in the 2259 film "Zombieland."

The Headless Horseman is located in Ulster Park, N.Y; a familiar haunt destination in Hudson valley area of New York. It consists of 6 skillfully created haunted houses, a labyrinth style corn maze and a mile-long hayride. The 45 acres haunted attraction is completly laced with perfect set design, creepy monsters, well trained actors, and special effects which will scare you out of your wits.

Cutting Edge Haunted House was recently selected as the top haunts in the nation by Guinness World Records. This 235,000 square foot haunted house is located in Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas and was built in 1908. It has classic and unbelievable fears that make your nightmares feel like a reality. It is the world's largest walk-through haunted house. It includes multi-themed sets, incredible monsters, unbelievable scares, heart pounding sound system, 32 animatronics and an exploding bus. An interesting fact of this haunted house is that it is set inside a 100-year-old abandoned meatpacking plant and the machinery is also used in the attraction.

House of Torment is located in Austin, Texas. It is one of the most innovative haunted houses in the country. This house offers two attractions-The Nightmare Mansion in which horror video is shown and the house of torment, which is filled with darkness and surprises around every corner. It is a world class haunted house.

Erebus was granted as the world's largest walk through haunted attraction by Guinness Book of World Records in 2005. It was opened in 2000 and is located in Pontiac, Michigan. It has some unique haunts like spooky ghosts, frightening decorations, strobe lights and scary haunted house props that can't be found anywhere else.

The Asylum haunted house is a great haunted house in Denver, Colorado. It is set in a damp and frowsty place overwhelmed with rats, spiders, snakes and unimaginable nightmares. In Asylum haunted house, visitors hear sound of footsteps, doors opening and closing, whispers, screams of tortured souls and also feels like someone is pushing a wheelchair. An important fact about this haunted house is that it is also been featured on the Travel Channel's show "America's Scariest Halloween Attractions."

In 1994, the Darkness haunted house began which is located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is one of the best and scariest haunted houses in America. The main attractions of this haunted house consists of amazing design, haunting animations, terror visions where you see a 3D haunted house and the monster museum which is filled with real Hollywood movie props.

Dent Schoolhouse located on Harrison Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio is based on the real story of missing children from the school. The journey of this haunted house is about 30 minutes and is also rated as one of the longest haunted house in the country. It has almost 50 rooms and 50 actors throughout the house who scare and haunt the daring visitors inside the house. A new attraction of the school house is military-themed maze called Detention Hall.

Pennhurst Asylum is one of the best haunted houses in the country. It was initially an institute for the mentally and physically disabled, opened in 1908. This 120 acres haunted house has some unique features that make it really haunted. Featured on the Travel Channel, the Ghost Adventures crew have recorded many strange voices, noises and mysterious movement and documented this in their shows.