Whether these American folklore stories are already well-known and beloved by you or new to you, there is no doubt you will find some fascinating tales in this intriguing collection.
Category - American Folklore
Georgia: American Folklore #10
Georgia has a long history going back millennia with Native Americans, and centuries with European colonists. During that time, it has accumulated quite a bit of its own, uniquely Georgian folklore...
Florida: American Folklore #9
Florida is a land of many wonders, and a whole host of weird things you won’t find anywhere else in the nation. With a long history of European exploration going back to the 1500’s, there has been...
American Folklore: Delaware
Delaware is not only one of the original thirteen colonies, it is the first official state in the union. It has thousands of years of human history behind it, both Native American and European...
Connecticut: American Folklore #7
Connecticut has a long history of folklore, going back thousands of years with Native Americans, and more than four hundred years with Europeans. Some creepy things have happened there, some of which...
Colorado: American Folklore #6
Colorado has plenty of its own unique folklore, going all the way back thousands of years into the early times of habitation by the first Native Americans. These are some of the more intriguing tales...
California: American Folklore #5
California has a rich history of human civilization going back thousands of years, and some of its folklore originates almost back to the first people to live in the area. There are also European...
Arizona: American Folklore #4
Arizona was the last continental state to be admitted to the union, though its history of human habitation goes back thousands of years. From Native Americans to Spanish priests, from the Old West to...
Arkansas: America Folklore #3
Arkansas has been the home of humans beginning with Native Americans, then changing hands between the Spanish and French, before becoming part of the USA with the Louisiana Purchase. It has a...
Alaska: American Folklore #2
Alaska has some unique folklore associated with it. Being the largest US state, and the one with the most uninhabited land, Alaska is the perfect place for mysterious things to happen. It also has a...
Alabama: American Folklore #1
Each state in the union has its own unique folklore. Some is spooky, some is strange, some is fascinating, and some is actually educational. Here are some of the spookier tales from the unique and...
American Folklore: Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the nation’s capital city, and it has some truly intriguing folklore that goes along with it. From the supernatural to conspiracy theories involving everything from the Illuminati...
American Folklore: Wyoming
Wyoming is a very large state, land-wise, but is the least populous people-wise in the United States. It has many fascinating geographical structures and a long history of Native American habitation...
American Folklore: Wisconsin
Wisconsin has been inhabited by humans for thousands of years. At that time, it has racked up plenty of folklore tales of its own. Some are ancient tales, and some are more modern, but all are...
American Folklore: Washington
Washington is a state in the northwest of the United States, and it has a long history of human habitation. One of the oldest human skeletons in North America was found there. Europeans are not known...
American Folklore: West Virginia
West Virginia used to be part of Virginia, but its unique geography and culture made it an ideal candidate to be its own state. It received this gift in 1863, and has been the epitome of rural...
American Folklore: Virginia
Virginia has a long history of human habitation, going back thousands of years. It was also the location of the first permanent British settlement in North America and was one of the original...
American Folklore: Vermont
Vermont was the first state to join the union that was not one of the original thirteen colonies. It has a history of human habitation going back thousands of years with Native American tribes, plus...
American Folklore: Utah
Utah came to the attention of European explorers late in the exploration game in North America. No European was interested in settling there until the 1800s because of its desert climate, though it...
American Folklore: Texas
Texas has a long and storied history of human habitation. Native American tribes of too many names to count, some long lost to history, have lived there, as have the Spanish, French, Mexicans, and...
American Folklore: Tennessee
Tennessee has had a long history of human habitation, going back at least 12,000 years. Most of that history is unknown, lost to the mists of time. However, plenty of its more recent history has been...
American Folklore: South Dakota
South Dakota is a large state with a small population. Being mostly rural, there are a lot of wide, open spaces there, as well as heavily forested ones. Its long history with Native Americans, and...
American Folklore: South Carolina
South Carolina is one of the original thirteen British colonies in North America. It was explored by the Spanish and French in the 1500’s, settled by the British in the 1600s, and was home to Native...
American Folklore: Oklahoma
Oklahoma has been inhabited by humans for millennia, since likely just after the last ice age. It was explored by the Spanish in 1541, claimed by the French in the 1700s, and became part of the...
American Folklore: Rhode Island
Rhode Island was an original British colony in North America, and the last colony to ratify the new US Constitution, making it the thirteenth official state. It may be the smallest state in size, but...
American Folklore: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is one of the original thirteen British colonies in North America. It has been home to Native Americans, Quakers, the Amish, Mennonites, and Dutch, Swedish, and English settlers. Its...
American Folklore: Oregon
The Spanish, French, and British quarreled over this territory, before it became an American state. It has some intriguing folklore. Here are some of the highlights of it.
American Folklore: Ohio
Ohio has a deep history of human habitation, one of the longest documented ones via the archaeological record in North America. It has had a long time to develop some interesting folklore. From...
American Folklore: North Dakota
North Dakota has a history of human habitation going back thousands of years. Native American tribes made it their home, undisturbed by Europeans, until the early 1700s, and it was not heavily...
American Folklore: North Carolina
North Carolina has a long history of human habitation. In that time, it has racked up some impressive folklore tales associated with its people and landscape. Tales range from the creepy to the...