Haunted things to do in Anchorage

Looking for haunted places & dark-history spots in Anchorage? These 6 are the genuinely strange ones — Valley of the Moon Park (the old crib-house red-light row), The Last Blue Whale (a.k.a. the "Whale Drowns Men" statue), Girdwood Ghost Forest and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Anchorage they'd never find on their own.

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Valley of the Moon Park (the old crib-house red-light row) This leafy 22-acre creekside park along Chester Creek was, in November 1916, a row of one-woman 'crib houses'… South Addition
The Last Blue Whale (a.k.a. the "Whale Drowns Men" statue) A roughly three-story bronze by Joseph Priniciotti, installed 1973, depicting a whale flipping two whaling bo… Downtown
Girdwood Ghost Forest Around milepost 90 of the Seward Highway, pale columns of long-dead trees stand on the Turnagain Arm mudflats… Girdwood / Turnagain Arm
Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery (the unmarked-graves Pioneer Cemetery) Established in 1915 with the original townsite, this nine-block downtown cemetery holds 15,000-plus graves —… Downtown Anchorage
Eklutna Historical Park & Spirit Houses Cemetery More than 100 brightly hand-painted miniature 'spirit houses' line the graves at this centuries-old Dena'ina… Chugiak (north of Anchorage)
Hotel Captain Cook - Haunted Women's Restroom This downtown hotel carries one of Anchorage's most specific ghost legends: a woman who died by suicide in a… Downtown Anchorage