7 spectral locations cataloged
High on a forested hill in the Chřiby mountains of Southeastern Moravia, Buchlov Castle stands as an exceptionally preserved royal fortress founded in the thirteenth century. Renowned for its rare natural history collections and exotic mummies, the castle is equally famous for its ghostly Black Lady and the mysterious upside-down Linden Tree of Innocence.
Dominating the medieval skyline of South Bohemia, Český Krumlov Castle is the second-largest castle complex in the Czech Republic. Built in the thirteenth century above a sharp loop of the Vltava River, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is celebrated both for its fairy-tale Renaissance architecture and for its famous haunting by the White Lady of Rosenberg.
Houska Castle stands as one of Central Europe's most enigmatic Gothic fortresses, renowned worldwide for being built over what local folklore claims is a bottomless abyss leading directly to Hell. Constructed in the late thirteenth century under Bohemian King Ottokar II, the castle was designed without strategic trade defenses, water sources, or royal quarters, directing all its defensive structures inward toward the central courtyard chapel.
Founded in 1348 by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, Karlštejn Castle is a majestic Gothic fortress built to safeguard the Imperial Regalia, holy relics, and Bohemian Crown Jewels. Perched high above the Berounka River, the royal stronghold is equally famous for its sacred treasury chapel and the chilling legacy of the murderous noblewoman Kateřina Bechyňová.
Rožmberk Castle is an ancient fortress set dramatically above a horseshoe bend of the Vltava River in South Bohemia. Founded in the thirteenth century by the powerful Rosenberg family, the castle is internationally celebrated as the ancestral home and primary haunt of Perchta of Rožmberk, the famous White Lady ghost of Czech folklore.
Velké Losiny Castle is a magnificent Renaissance chateau in Northern Moravia that bears a dark legacy as the epicenter of the infamous seventeenth-century witch trials. Built by the noble Žerotín family, the castle became the seat of an inquisitorial tribunal that tortured and executed over fifty innocent victims, leaving a haunting shadow over its grand halls.