{"id":189113,"date":"2025-08-31T09:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T09:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/189113\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T09:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T09:30:20","slug":"13th-floor-jacksonville-up-for-usas-best-haunted-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/189113\/","title":{"rendered":"13th Floor Jacksonville up for USA\u2019s best haunted house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/85a6f5759ebbca308080b31162854178.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An annual Jacksonville attraction has been nominated as one of USA Today 10Best\u2019s top haunted houses ahead of the fall season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/13thfloorjacksonville.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:13th Floor Jacksonville;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">13th Floor Jacksonville<\/a> is one of 20 nominees in the category for USA Today\u2019s Readers\u2019 Choice Awards 2025 \u2014 meaning you have a say in which haunted house is the last survivor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">From USA Today:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDesigned to be intensely terrifying, 13th Floor Haunted House in Jacksonville, Florida, promises high-quality, immersive, and frightening experiences thanks to its professional-grade sets, props, special effects, and actors trained to create realistic scares. While the adrenaline might make you want to speed through each haunted house, you won\u2019t want to miss the fog, strobe lights, jump scares, and monstrous animatronics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The haunted house, located on the Arlington Expressway, will be open on select nights from September 13 to November 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">2025\u2019s attractions include an asylum thought to have been abandoned, a mutant-haunted high school, and the decks of a ghost ship, ruled by an ancient evil&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">13th Floor also has locations in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Phoenix and San Antonio, but Jacksonville is the only one to make the list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you want to tour around some of the other top picks before placing your vote, these locations in Florida and Georgia are also featured in the category:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Petrified Forest, Altamonte Springs, Florida<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Netherworld Haunted House, Stone Mountain, Georgia<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sir Henry\u2019s Haunted Trail, Plant City, Florida<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Terror of Tallahassee, Tallahassee, Florida<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To see all nominees and cast your vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-haunted-house-attraction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Voting ends at 12 pm EST on Monday, September 22. 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