A panel of specialists at USA TODAY 10Best has compiled a listing of the finest haunted home points of interest in America and one New Jersey location made the minimize.
The thirteenth Hour Haunted Home in Wharton earned a spot on the nationwide listing, becoming a member of points of interest from throughout the nation nominated for the standard of their actors, set designs, particular results and worth for cash.
In accordance with the panel, guests to thirteenth Hour can “count on film set-worthy props, particular results, and manufacturing values.”
A single ticket gives entry to 3 separate haunts: the two-floor Home of Nightmares, The Attic and The Darkside of the Hayden Home. The most recent hang-out options animatronics and reside actors and requires visitors to navigate by way of pitch-black darkness.
The attraction additionally earned recognition on USA TODAY’s Greatest Escape Rooms in America itemizing for 2026.
The listing additionally consists of:
- The thirteenth Gate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- The seventeenth Door Hang-out Expertise, Buena Park, California
- A Petrified Forest, Altamonte Springs, Florida
- Azra Chamber of Horrors, Madison Heights, Michigan
- Bennett’s Curse Haunted Home, Dundalk, Maryland
- Creep LA, Los Angeles, California
- Reducing Edge Haunted Home, Fort Value, Texas
- Worry Columbus Haunted Home, Columbus, Ohio
- Halloween Nights at Jap State Penitentiary in Philadelphia
- Haunted Overload, Lee, New Hampshire
- Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Sights, Ulster Park, New York
- Bloodbath Haunted Home, Montgomery, Illinois
- Netherworld Haunted Home, Stone Mountain, Georgia
- Nightmare on thirteenth, Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah
- Pennhurst Asylum, Spring Metropolis, Pennsylvania
- Queen Mary’s Darkish Harbor, Lengthy Seaside, California
- Reaper’s Revenge, Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Sir Henry’s Haunted Path, Plant Metropolis, Florida
Public voting for one of the best haunted home attraction stays open till midday on Sept. 21, with winners to be introduced on Sept. 30.
