Lantern-lit haunted tour Downtown $
Haunted Ohio Statehouse Tours
Four nights of costumed, lantern-lit tours inside the Capitol, a former Civil War hospital, for $16.
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The Statehouse turns its halls into a gentle haunted house for four nights only, October 16, 17, 23 and 24, with departures at 7, 7:30, 8 and 8:30 p.m. Staff storytellers and costumed characters lead lantern groups through rooms tied to the building's Civil War hospital years and the people who worked there. At $16 and ages 12 and up, it is the history-first entry on this list and the easiest one to pair with a Downtown dinner. Tickets sell through the Statehouse Museum Shop and the time slots do fill.
- Only four nights: October 16, 17, 23 and 24
- Lantern tours inside the working Capitol
- $16 tickets, ages 12 and up
Know before you go
The Haunted Ohio Statehouse Tours run inside the Capitol at 1 Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus and rank seventh on our best haunted houses list. Lantern-carrying groups meet costumed characters tied to the building's past.
Tickets are $16 and the tours are for ages 12 and up. Photo: Ohio Statehouse at night by Becker1999, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Parking
- Statehouse underground garage off Third Street.
- Reservations
- Buy at the Statehouse Museum Shop or statehouseshop.com.
- Tip
- Book an early slot and walk to dinner in the Capitol Square blocks afterward.
