1 hour (approx.)
Daily Tour
5 people
English
The ghosts of Mobile are just as restless as the living. While often overlooked as a spooky city or a tourist destination, there is much to see and do here. At one point being controlled by almost all the major colonial powers in the western hemisphere has left Mobile with a fascinating history.
The park was created in 1824 when Congress specially gifted a small plot of land to Mobile. Perhaps the most famous visitor to the square, other than when President Teddy Roosevelt came made a speech here regarding the importance of the Panama Canal 1905.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The current building referred to as “The Steeple” was built in 1895 by architect George Watkins. Once a place of untimely deaths and morose processions, lively events now occur at The Steeple.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Charles and Caroline Steele Richards lived a happy life in the Italiante homestead. Until Caroline died due to complications from childbirth in 1867.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Formerly the site of a military base during the War of 1812, the Battle House Renaissance Hotel, certainly lives up to its name. Many spirits wander the 238 rooms and elegant hallways that fill the hotel.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
In April of 1813, General James Wilkinson arrived with 1,000 men to take possession of the city. There is a lone soldier and he appears to be harmless, lost and confused.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The Admiral Hotel, formerly known as the Admiral Semmes Hotel until 2009, is a hotel featured in the National Trust for Historic Preservations Historic Hotels of America category.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free