Camp Chase Cemetery

Hidden within the west side of Columbus, Camp Chase Cemetery carries an atmosphere that feels heavier than most places in the city. What remains today is a quiet Confederate prison cemetery, but the stories surrounding it have turned it into one of the most haunted locations in Ohio. Visitors often come for the history… but stay because of the strange silence, the ghostly sightings, and the lingering tale of the Lady in Gray said to wander the grounds after dark.

The Columbus Insane Asylum

Before the Hilltop became what it is today, this area was home to one of the most significant and unsettling institutions in Columbus history. The Columbus Insane Asylum once stood as both a place of treatment and tragedy, shaping the land in ways most people driving through today would never realize. Now, it exists more as a shadow of the past, a forgotten point of interest layered beneath modern development, but still very much part of the Hilltop’s story.