Haunted Places in Hinckley, Minnesota



  • 0

    Grant House Hotel and Eatery

    Rush City, Minnesota

    22.6 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The 1880's historic hotel burnt to the ground just a decade after its construction, but phoenix-like rose from the ashes to form the successful establishment it is today. The building, however, has had a darker past, with tales being told of the days where the hotel operated as a ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Old Jail Bed and Breakfast

    Taylors Falls, Minnesota

    44.4 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The southern building is reportedly Minnesota's oldest jail building, and the northern building housed a funeral home in the 1800s. Now an inn, as one would imagine there is plenty of ghostly activity here. Later during the Prohibition era, when the former funeral home was a haberdashery, there was a ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Interstate State Park

    Taylors Falls, Minnesota

    44.6 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Phantom lights are spotted every once in awhile on the Wisconsin side of the river, always around the early morning and late afternoon hours. An apparition of a little girl has been seen multiple times running across the edge of the drop-off into the river, on the Minnesota side. ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    40 Club Restaurant and Bar

    Aitkin, Minnesota

    51.9 miles from Hinckley, MN

    An upstairs apartment was the unfortunate setting for a 40 Club employee's suicide in 1999, and since then, folks say, strange things have happened at the restaurant. Tom's body was found after he failed to show up for work one day. Now, the jukebox plays songs buy itself(including one that ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    40 Club Sports Bar and Grill

    Aitkin, Minnesota

    51.9 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The 40 Club Restaurant has a lot of strange happenings going on in it after a man committed suicide in an upstairs apartment in 1999. The man was named Tom who also worked at the restaurant. He was known as a reliable employee and one day, Tom didn't show up ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Hammill House

    Spooner, Wisconsin

    52.2 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Railroad and newspaper man and "Father of Spooner" Frank Hammill, although he died in 1922, is believed to still reside in his house. Owners through the years have reported that he still watches over things.


    Read more »
  • 0

    St. Joseph of the Lakes Catholic Church

    Lino Lakes, Minnesota

    58.9 miles from Hinckley, MN

    St. Joesph's Catholic Church, formerly a Catholic school, is home to a ghost nun. Her apparition has been seen around the church and has been blamed for slamming doors, playing the piano, knocking a Bible off a shelf, and footsteps.


    Read more »
  • 0

    Anoka State Hospital

    Anoka, Minnesota

    59 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Anoka State Hospital has been known by many names in its past, including First State Asylum for the Insane, Anoka State Asylum, Anoka State Hospital and most recently Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center. It was originally opened in 1900 and is said to be haunted by spirits of those who have ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    East Immanuel Lutheran Church

    Amery, Wisconsin

    59.3 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Hushed voices and whispering are heard inside the church when no one is around. The sounds of a congregations of parishioners have been heard in the basement and in the sanctuary of the church, but when investigated, there is no on there. The church bell frequently rings by itself. (Submitted by ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Billy's Bar and Grill

    Anoka, Minnesota

    60.1 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Housed in a building that was a former brothel, the restaurant is said to be home to the spirits of some of the former brothel's staff. As local legends go, either some brothel patrons killed madam Mrs. Jackson and stole the women's money, or Mrs. Jackson hanged herself from a ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Milford Mine Disaster Site

    Crosby, Minnesota

    61.5 miles from Hinckley, MN

    On Feb. 5, 1924, Milford Mine, a manganese mine, was flooded when Foley Lake rose, killing 41 miners. The site is rumored to be haunted by the spirits of the miners who were killed or who witnessed the tragedy.


    Read more »
  • 0

    Moe Lutheran Church

    Clear Lake, Wisconsin

    63 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The church and cemetery are reported to be haunted by angry spirits. Legend has it that in the early 1900s, the church accidentally burned to the ground killing over 30 people, who have haunted the rebuilt church since. Another legend says in the 1950s, a woman hanged herself in the ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Rudy's Redeye Grill and Hotel

    White Bear Lake, Minnesota

    63.7 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Local legends claim that the wardrobe on the second level of the hotel is haunted by an unknown spirit that was cursed to the wardrobe a long time ago after it was made. Other reports claim seeing shadowy apparitions in the 3rd and 4th hotel halls in between the ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Matoska Park

    White Bear Lake, Minnesota

    63.9 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Several reports claim that an apparition can be seen standing in the shallow marsh to the left of the bridge to Manitou Island (private area). The ghostly figure is said to be a younger female, wearing casual clothing from circa 1920. The figure has yet to be identified. Others have claimed ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Fairlawn Mansion and Museum

    Superior, Wisconsin

    64.4 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The 42-room Victorian mansion and museum are haunted by a ghost who is often mistaken for a museum guide. She is dressed in period costume like the real guides, but folks feel a cold chill when she is around. The ghost is believed by some to have been a former ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Last Turn Saloon

    Brainerd, Minnesota

    64.5 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Full-bodied apparitions and EVPs have been reported here.


    Read more »
  • 0

    Kozy Korner Restaurant

    New Richmond, Wisconsin

    64.5 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The Kozy Korner Restaurant is no longer in operation, but who knows whether anyone told the ghost boy who frequents it. The ghost was unknown until a photograph of a boy who resembles the apparition turned up; locals have learned that the ghost's name is Carl.


    Read more »
  • 0

    Enger Tower

    Duluth, Minnesota

    65.7 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Rumours circulating around the Duluth area claim that in 1948, a man committed suicide by jumping off the 5th level of the tower head-first. He died on impact. The man's corpse was found hours later, and the man was never identified. Over time, visitors to the park claim to ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts

    Fridley, Minnesota

    65.7 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The building was built in 1847 and is on the MIssissippi River. It was a rooming house for those on the Red River Ox Cart Trail. There have been numerous reports of smells, sightings, and sounds by a variety of visitors. Personally I have seen a woman ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Warden's House Museum

    Stillwater, Minnesota

    65.9 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The Warden's House Museum, built in 1853 as the home of the Minnesota Territorial Prison warden, is said to be haunted. Trudy, the daughter of Henry Wolfer, last warden to live here, got married and moved away. Right after she had a son, she died appendicitis, and her father raised ...


    Read more »

  • Haunted Minnesota
    Hugh E. Bishop
  • 0

    Pioneer Place on Fifth

    Saint Cloud, Minnesota

    66.2 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Pioneer Place on Fifth is a former Elks Lodge, currently a venue for theater and concerts, and it's haunted. The 1913 building has a ghostly elderly man who likes the area near the men's room. Unexplained noises, electrical anomalies, moving objects and other ghost sightings also have been reported.


    Read more »
  • 0

    St. Cloud State University

    Saint Cloud, Minnesota

    66.3 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Four spots at St. Cloud State University are said to be haunted. One is Shoemaker Hall, where a pregnant student hanged herself in a basement meat locker after having an affair with a janitor. The ghost moves objects, makes clocks flash the wrong numbers, and floats over students' beds. At ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Lumber Barons - The Water Street Inn

    Stillwater, Minnesota

    66.3 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Former Lumber Barons and now the Water Street Inn, the place is said to be haunted by the spirit of a drunken Confederate soldier. The soldier died on the S.W. suite of the second floor, and witnesses say his ghostly sweaty odor can still be detected.


    Read more »
  • 0

    St. Cloud Times

    Saint Cloud, Minnesota

    67.7 miles from Hinckley, MN

    At the St. Cloud Times newspaper office, staff have been visited by an apparition of a man in the basement. He sometimes wears a printer's shirt and other times a white shirt and bow tie. The ghost has been known to tinker with the electricity and play banjo music from ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Duluth International Airport

    Duluth, Minnesota

    67.7 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Duluth International Airport is haunted by a woman who was killed on a road nearby. She has been spotted by security and has set off alarms and made doors open and close on their own. She is thought to haunt the airport because this is where her murderer went directly ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Skatin' Place

    Saint Cloud, Minnesota

    68.1 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Skatin’ Place, according to local legend, is home to a ghost named Gilbert who used to live in a farmhouse on this property. Poor Gilbert became trapped and met his demise in the swampy land, but his spirit lingers in the Skatin' Place, turning on and off arcade games and ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    University of Minnesota Duluth - Griggs Hall

    Duluth, Minnesota

    69.2 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The University of Minnesota Duluth's Griggs Hall has a haunted toilet, students say. And the commode has not one, but two ghosts. Both students died of alcohol poisoning, and the ghosts are said to manifest by the sounds of moaning, profane language, and retching along with a bad smell.


    Read more »
  • 0

    Glensheen - Historic Congdon Estate

    Duluth, Minnesota

    69.9 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Glensheen Mansion was built in 1905 by Chester Congdon, who died in 1916. His daughter Elisabeth inherited it. Sadly, Elisabeth was smothered by with her pillow as she slept and her nurse Velma Pietila was bludgeoned to death with a candlestick. Elisabeth's adopted daughter Marjorie and her second husband Roger ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Dairy Queen

    St. Anthony, Minnesota

    70.1 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Who else would haunt a Dairy Queen but ice-cream-loving kids? Children's laughter and the sounds of employees' names being called have been heard after closing, and mysterious orders print up that were not ordered by anyone in the realm of the living. Items also have been known to disappear or ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Roselawn Cemetery

    Roseville, Minnesota

    71 miles from Hinckley, MN

    A ghost called Smiling Jack resides at the lovely Roselawn Cemetery. According to local tales, the police got several calls about a person who was trapped inside a mausoleum. When they responded, the police never found anyone, so the locals decided they had a ghost on their hands. He was ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Betty’s Cafe

    Cameron, Wisconsin

    71.4 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The ghost of a deceased employee of Betty's Cafe is believed to linger here in spirit, showing up as an apparition near the fryers or hiding objects in mysterious places.


    Read more »
  • 0

    Gibbs Museum Farmhouse

    Falcon Heights, Minnesota

    71.4 miles from Hinckley, MN

    At the 1800s Gibbs Museum Farmhouse, spirits are a regular occurrence, some say. Doors and cupboards are known to open and close, a chair rocks with no one in it, toys are moved around in the night, footsteps are heard in the halls, and the apparition of a little boy ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Minnesota State Fairgrounds

    Falcon Heights, Minnesota

    71.9 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The Minnesota State Fairgrounds, according to some, is haunted by a ghost pig, or half-human, half-pig called the Pigman. Other reports say a small brown bird that nests here is believed to be a reincarnation of Wayne Murray, a maintenance man who died here in 1986. Also, the ghost of ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Lake Elmo Park Reserve

    Lake Elmo, Minnesota

    72 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The forest all around Lake Elmo (lake) is rumoured to be haunted by a middle-aged man who walks the trails in the early evening hours. Visitors who approach or greet the apparition get a surprise when the man disappears into thin air, no-where to be seen. People who walk ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    The Moonshine Saloon

    Saint Paul, Minnesota

    72.3 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Previously known as the Noose Bar, Moonshine Saloon definitely has some ghosts, witnesses say. For one thing, a beer glass flew across the room and shattered against the wall, and for another, a jukebox started up on its own. A neon sign swung and fell despite a lack of wind, ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Oakland Cemetery

    Saint Paul, Minnesota

    72.4 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Witnesses who have seen the ghost believed to haunt this cemetery have given a thorough description of her apparition. She is in her mid twenties and has shoulder-length brown hair and blue eyes, and wears a turn-of-the-century lace dress.


    Read more »
  • 0

    The Soap Factory

    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    72.5 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The old 1880s soap factory, now an experimental art venue, is said to be a doozy of a haunted site, based partly on the reality that soap was made from animal fat (allegedly from thousands of strangled stray dogs and the like). Not only that, but before it was a ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Cuzzy's Bar and Grill

    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    72.6 miles from Hinckley, MN

    In 1890, this building was a brothel where a young girl named Betsy worked as an entertainer, with her true love being a soldier at war. He promised to take her away, but she was murdered before this happened. Today, it is a bar in the Minneapolis warehouse district, minus ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    William Hamm Mansion

    Saint Paul, Minnesota

    72.8 miles from Hinckley, MN

    This historic mansion seems to harbour a spirit determined to protect owners from peril. The ghost has been known to wake up tenants during the night to forewarn them of impending disasters, and is believed to be a former resident dating back to when the house was built for ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Hamline University

    Saint Paul, Minnesota

    72.9 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Hamline University has a few haunted halls, say the students. One building said to see the most ghostly activity is the Manor Hall, where apparitions, moving objects and strange noises abound. The third floor is the most active. Old Main and Drew Hall are no slouches either, as far as ...


    Read more »

  • Ghosts of the Northeast
    David J. Pitkin
  • 0

    Minneapolis City Hall

    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    73.1 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The turn-of-the-century Minneapolis City Hall building is said to be haunted by John Moshik. In 1898, he was convicted of murder and his hanging was botched, forcing him to endure 3 minutes of slow strangulation. As a result, no more hangings occurred here. Now, folks have seen his apparition or ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Washington Avenue Bridge

    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    73.1 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Washington Avenue Bridge at the University of Minnesota is the stuff of local haunted legend, especially among students. Witnesses have heard footsteps along the bridge that seem to follow them, stopping when they stop and resuming when they do. The haunting is said to be a result of the many ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    First Avenue

    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    73.2 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Rumor has it that the upstairs dance lounge is haunted, and deejays report growls and other noises in the headphones. And according to local legend, when the site was a bus station long ago, a distraught woman hanged herself in the restroom. She was going to meet her boyfriend who ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    College of Saint Benedict - Benedicta Arts Center

    St. Joseph, Minnesota

    73.3 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The Benedicta Arts Center at the College of Saint Benedict was built in 1964 and is rumored to be home to a tall, ghostly shadow figure. Local legend says it's the spirit of a man named Steve who fell to his death during the building's construction. Steve has shattered lights ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Mounds Theatre

    Saint Paul, Minnesota

    73.4 miles from Hinckley, MN

    At this 1922 playhouse building, folks have reported being grabbed physically while working late at night. An obscenity-shouting ghost named Red sometimes even throws objects at women, and a little girl in a pink dress may bounce a ball on the stage. But beware: Stories say some investigators didn't leave ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Pioneers Rest Cemetery - Bandli Graveyard

    Rice Lake, Wisconsin

    73.4 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Local legends abound about this cemetery known as Pioneers Rest Cemetery or Bandli Graveyard (after the family who maintains it). One says that a man killed his wife and four children and then hanged himself in his barn, next to the graveyard. Another claims that a Satanic cult used the ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Minnesota State Capitol

    Saint Paul, Minnesota

    73.4 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The Minnesota State Capitol was completed in 1905, replacing an older building that had burned down. Witnesses have described unexplained noises that come from the second story, cold gusts of air, and apparitions of deceased senators and governors in the halls and stairways. Something may be strange about Room 217 ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    Sturges Park

    Buffalo, Minnesota

    73.6 miles from Hinckley, MN

    Local legends say the park's old bathroom is haunted. Witnesses have seen names written in blood on the mirror. Also reported on the premises have been floating orbs and the apparition of Old man Sturges, an 1880s businessman who lived next to the park.


    Read more »
  • 0

    Fitzgerald Theater

    Saint Paul, Minnesota

    73.8 miles from Hinckley, MN

    The 1910 Fitzgerald Theater is reportedly haunted by Ben, thought to be a former stagehand, and Veronica, a former actress. During a restoration in 1985, workers removed a false ceiling and discovered a second balcony, on which was a note written to Ben. Since then, a male apparition has been ...


    Read more »
  • 0

    The Buckingham

    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    73.9 miles from Hinckley, MN

    I don't go around seeing ghosts everywhere. The last ghost I saw was in 1983 when I lived in an apartment building called The Buckingham. I was in my bedroom when I saw a shadowy silhouette of a man enter, stand and stare at me, and proceed to ...


    Read more »

  • Haunted Battlefields of the South
    Thomas Freese Bryan Bush


» Cemeteries near Hinckley, MN

» Find museums in Hinckley, MN