Battery Park Hotel

This historic hotel—which hosted well-known guests like Babe Ruth, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Grace Kelly, Thomas Wolfe, and O. Henry—was converted to apartments, but its residents still whisper about lingering spirits, including a woman murdered in 1936 and the man who may have been wrongly executed for the crime.

Learn more about this spooky site by reading Asheville Ghosts and Legends by Delas House and Ken M. Traynor.