White Witch of Rose Hall, Georgian mansion museum in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Rose Hall is an 18th-century plantation house on a hill above Montego Bay, now serving as a museum of colonial history. The rooms display restored wooden floors, wallpaper featuring palm motifs, and English furniture from the period.
The estate was built in the 1770s as the center of a sugar plantation with hundreds of enslaved workers. After decades of decay, it was rebuilt in the 1960s and opened to visitors.
The ghost of Annie Palmer lives on in the stories told during tours, keeping alive one of Jamaica's most famous legends. She is said to have killed her three husbands and dozens of enslaved people before meeting her own violent end.
Tours run during the day and in the evening, with night visits focusing on the ghost stories. The grounds lie about 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of Montego Bay along the coastal road.
The upstairs windows offer a wide view over the Caribbean Sea and the former sugar fields stretching to the coast. Small stone openings are set into the walls, once used by owners to observe enslaved people and visitors.
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