This document provides an overview of a lesson plan exploring 5 of the most haunted places in the United States and their connections to historical events. It introduces an activity touring these 5 locations virtually through Google Earth and assigning students research tasks on the history and paranormal stories of each place. The locations included are Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, KY; Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH; Moundsville Penitentiary in Moundsville, WV; Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, PA; and Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, WV. Students are tasked with learning about the time periods and significance of paranormal cases, environmental factors,