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It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere
Owatonna, Minnesota
17.4 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
The bar called It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere is said to be haunted. Reports say the apparition of a man in old-fashioned duds and a puddle of blood appear out of nowhere. The bar was a funeral home and a used furniture store in past incarnations.
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West Hills
Owatonna, Minnesota
18 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Ghosts of orphaned children are rumored to linger in this former orphanage, laughing audibly. Witnesses also have seen the floor move and warp and smelled phantom cigar smoke. Books also have moved, temperature has been known to change drastically, and phone calls have been made to the police department from ...
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Mantorville Opera House
Kasson, Minnesota
20.1 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Built in 1918, the Mantorville Opera House building has been a club, a speakeasy, a silent movie house, a skating rink, a city hall and a civic center. It is believed to be haunted by several spirits, including former actors and entertainers and a woman who the staff nicknamed Ellen. ...
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The Kahler Hotel
Rochester, Minnesota
31.1 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
The ghosts of former Mayo Clinic patients are said to haunt the hotel, causing eerie sounds and smells and quick temperature changes.
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Quarry Hill Nature Center
Rochester, Minnesota
33 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
The wooden "dead man's bridge" is, according to local legend, where a man hanged himself in the 1960s. Other eerie things on the premises are a small cemetery and several caves that are rumored to be haunted.
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Le Sueur County Historical Society Museum
Elysian, Minnesota
38.6 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Some odd things have been reported at this museum: disembodied voices, a typewriter and a record player that worked by themselves, and a service bell that rang on its own.
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St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota
41.6 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
The four buildings rumored to be haunted at St. Olaf College are Hilleboe Hall, where children singing and playing piano have been heard; Kelsey Theater, where deceased Miss Kelsey has been witnessed playing the piano onstage; Melby Hall, where the apparitions of a man and a woman in Victorian clothing ...
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Quill and Quilt Bed and Breakfast
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
44.9 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Built in 1897 for a prominent local physician, this bed and breakfast inn appears to now be a private residence. During the establishments heyday, guests reported catching glimpse of a shadowy apparition in the Quilters Haven Room. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Buddy Holly Memorial
Clear Lake, Iowa
47.6 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Buddy Holly may be alive beyond the grave. According to reports, some have seen a phantom plane crashing that matches the one involved in the 1959 tragedy. Also, 3 orbs have been caught on tape in the spot where Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens died.
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Montgomery Golf Club
Montgomery, Minnesota
48.1 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Montgomery Golf Club is home to two ghosts, maybe more. One's identity has been traced to a farmer who once lived on the land and is said to be buried on the first hole of the golf course. His apparition has been spotted in a hat and overalls. The other ...
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Calvary Cemetery
Mankato, Minnesota
50.7 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
At Calvary Cemetery, you can find the visuals for many stories told by school kids. There are several about an evil doctor who appears as a ghost-devil, and some about Hell Road, a nearby path where animal sacrifices were allegedly performed. Ghost hunters determined that no such devilish behavior really ...
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Minnesota State University Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota
50.9 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Minnesota State University Mankato is said to have a ghost who rings buzzers and another who steals toilet paper in the Crawford Dorm. And in the Crawford-McElroy Complex, there is a ghost stuck in the 1960s who goes on panty raids.
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R.D Hubbard House Museum
Mankato, Minnesota
51.6 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
This historic mansion is currently operated as a museum by the Blue Earth County Historical Society, and staff claim that even after the building has closed down for the night, some still walk the halls of the old house. Visitors claim to have heard ghostly laughter, running footsteps in ...
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Mrs B's Bed and Breakfast Inn
Lanesboro, Minnesota
54.5 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
It just wouldn't be a haunted inn without a famous ghost, and this delightful historic bed and breakfast is allegedly haunted by Buffalo Bill, where he stayed the night on several occasions. In Room #001 (River Song Room), a curious apparition has been reported. Guests have reported seeing a shadowy ...
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St. James Hotel
Red Wing, Minnesota
54.6 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
The hotel building was built in 1875, and several spirits are believed to haunt it. The first is a hostile entity that haunts all floors of the building, and which has been known to attack guests and to slam doors. The second apparition is that of a lady in a ...
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Treasure Island Resort and Casino
Welch, Minnesota
56.4 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
One night after leaving the Treasure Island Resort and Casino, a man pulled over to take a nap. A few moments later, he heard footsteps coming toward his car, sounding like the walker was dragging one leg. The man looked out his car window and saw a bony old ghost ...
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Riverside Cemetery
Charles City, Iowa
57.5 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Visitors here have reported dark figures and a feeling of being watched. The ghost of a Native American is said to have been seen -- perhaps it is he who keeps an eye on the place.
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Green Lawn Cemetery - CSAH 20 Cemetery
St. Peter, Minnesota
57.6 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Green Lawn Cemetery, aka CSAH (County State Aid Highway) 20 Cemetery and Traverse de Sioux Cemetery, is rumored to be haunted and a spot for animal sacrifices. People have reported apparitions, photo anomalies and other strange phenomena here.
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Children of Iron Hill
Charles City, Iowa
58.2 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
According to local lore, in the 1920s there was a fiery train crash that killed many passengers. One car was full of orphan children who perished in the fires. It is said that the ghost children can still be heard crying, and sometimes the smell of burning is detected. Some ...
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William G. LeDuc House
Hastings, Minnesota
60.4 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Civil War quartermaster General William Leduc's home, built in 1865, and his family reportedly dabbled in spiritualism. Many spirits are said to reside here, and the apparition of General Leduc himself has been spotted. His daughter Alice and family friend Carroll Simmons are believed to be here as well, and ...
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Rosewood Inn Bed and Breakfast
Hastings, Minnesota
61.1 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
People have reported seeing a strange glowing apparition walking around the grounds and inside the historic inn. When the inn was abandoned for a period of time, people were reportedly chased by the spirit on various occasions. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Andy's Market Hill - Scott Park
Apple Valley, Minnesota
61.2 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
At the popular sledding spot called Andy's Market Hill, aka Dead Man's Hill in Scott Park, legend has it that a little boy named Dameon was sledding in 1998 when he was killed accidentally by an archer who shot him in the eye. Now, Dameon's sledding apparition is seen here ...
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Treat Me Sweet
Hastings, Minnesota
61.4 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Treat Me Sweet was a restaurant (no longer open) rumored to be haunted by a former owner who committed suicide in the kitchen.
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Anderson House Hotel
Wabasha, Minnesota
61.8 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Parts of this historic bed and breakfast inn date back to the 1850's, and it's not surprise that the place is said to be haunted. The most famous ghost in the old-fashioned establishment is a female spirit known as 'Sarah'. It is said that she was under the impression ...
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Hamlet Park - Dead Man's Pond
Cottage Grove, Minnesota
66.2 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Legend has it that the little swampy, algae-covered pond in Hamlet Park claimed a victim long ago, and today it is haunted... and lies in wait for its next victim.
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Cottage Grove Cemetery
Cottage Grove, Minnesota
68.2 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Reported in this cemetery have been an apparition seen in the storage shed window and phantom perfume aromas.
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St. Mary's College - Heffron Hall
Winona, Minnesota
68.6 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Heffron Hall at St. Mary's College is known to have a ghost, that of Father Louis Lesches, who murdered Bishop Patrick Heffron in 1915, and who may have been involved in the suspicious burning death of Rev. Edward Lynch in 1931. Witnesses have seen apparitions, experienced cold spots, and had ...
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362 Cummings Street
Winona, Minnesota
70.1 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
The house at 362 Cummings Street is rumored to be haunted. Some of the things witnesses have experienced here include shadowy figures, moving objects, locked doors opening on their own, crashing sounds, and banging from the basement.
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Winona State University
Winona, Minnesota
71.2 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
At Winona State College, two halls are rumored to be haunted. On Lourdes Hall's 3rd floor, posters and pictures have been moved or taken off the wall, doors close and lock on their own, and voices can be heard when no one is there. On the 4th floor, which was ...
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Pieces of the Past
Winona, Minnesota
71.6 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Pieces of the Past is an antique store housed in an 1850s building that's the setting for many a local legend. It has housed many businesses, including a law office and a brothel (and at the same time). At the brothel, so the stories say, one of the women was ...
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Conover Road Ghost Family
Ridgeway, Iowa
72.6 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Acoording to local lore, a family of four once died near a group of evergreen trees along the road. Their four shadowy apparitions have been seen near the place.
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Afton House Inn
Afton, Minnesota
72.7 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
The 1867 historic inn is rumoured to be haunted by a ghost or two. The spirit set here include a woman known as 'Margaret', a young boy in old-fashioned breeches and the apparition of a farmer. Other encounters indicate that disembodied footsteps, cold spots and the smell of ...
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Chanhassen Dinner Theatre
Blooming Prairie,
72.8 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
According to local lore, the theater was built on the site of a home that burned down, killing the woman who was inside. Her spirit was said to haunt the theater, along with the ghost of a former actor who was bicycling home when she was hit and killed by ...
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Regents Center - Luther College
Decorah, Iowa
73.1 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Students tell the story of an unfortunate janitor at this sports facility who committed suicide in the 1990s. Staff members have reported seeing his ghost.
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Larsen Hall - Luther College
Decorah, Iowa
73.2 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
The third floor is said to be haunted by Gertrude, a ghost who likes to pull fire alarms and hide students' belongings, or replace students' clothing with old-fashioned versions. She is reported to be the spirit of a prospective student of the college who was killed by a car while ...
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College of St. Catherine
Saint Paul, Minnesota
73.4 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
At College of St. Catherine's St. Mary’s Hall, a gray lady appears in doorways of the second floor rooms. Students also have reported something poking them awake right before their alarms go off or cold fingers on the backs of their necks. Some have heard the sound of someone running ...
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Schmidt Brewery
Saint Paul, Minnesota
73.4 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Allegedly haunted by a variety of employees who died there in various ways. Details on the actual haunted activity are scarce but seem to fall primarily into the "eerie feeling" and "random sound" categories.
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Chanhassen Water Tower
Chaska, Minnesota
73.5 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Folks say strange noises and a ghostly dancing figure around and atop the water tower prove that it's haunted.
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Marie Schmidt-Bremer House
Saint Paul, Minnesota
73.6 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
This house is known in these parts because it belonged to Marie Schmidt-Bremer, the daughter of Schmidt Brewing Company founder Jacob Schmidt. She and her husband Adolf Bremer had a son, Edward, who was kidnapped in 1934 by the Karpis-Barker gang. The house is haunted by an apparition of a ...
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The Jonathan Padelford
Saint Paul, Minnesota
73.8 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
The Jonathan Padelford is a Mississippi River steamboat that's believed to be haunted by a man who drowned after climbing to the top of the pilothouse and then falling from it into the river. Both employees and passengers have heard this phantom scene replay, complete with footsteps and a large ...
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Wabasha Street Caves
Saint Paul, Minnesota
73.9 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Wabasha Street Caves are sandstone underground caves available for tours. They are decorated with brick walls, stucco ceilings and carpet or tile floors. Apparitions seen here include a man in a panama hat, another man who meets a woman in the bar area around 3 a.m., a man who sits ...
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Porter House Museum
Decorah, Iowa
74.2 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Actual details of this haunting are vague and hard to come by. Most accounts simply refer to "playful spirits" who inhabit this estate, without any specifics on the actual details. If you've encountered any ghostly activity while visiting the museum, drop us a line and share some details!
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Forepaugh's Restaurant
Saint Paul, Minnesota
74.3 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
Forepaugh's Restaurant serves French cuisine in an 1800s Victorian mansion. It is believed to be haunted by Molly, a young maid who had an affair with Joseph Lybrandt Forepaugh. When Joseph's wife Mary caught them in bed, pregnant Molly hanged herself from a chandelier and threw herself out a third-story ...
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Griggs Mansion
Saint Paul, Minnesota
74.3 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
The 1883 Griggs Mansion was turned into apartments, and then an art school in 1939. It has many ghosts, including a maid who hanged herself on the fourth floor landing in 1915; gardener Charles Wade, who has been heard flipping through books in the library; a thin man in a ...
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St. Paul City Hall - Ramsey County Courthouse
Saint Paul, Minnesota
74.5 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
The Ramsey County Courthouse is haunted, say witnesses who have seen apparitions in old-style clothes and heard laughter in empty rooms and high heels walking down empty halls. The apparition of a shoeshine man has been seen in the lobby, and another man has been seen hanging from a noose, ...
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Landmark Center
Saint Paul, Minnesota
74.5 miles from Blooming Prairie, MN
This beautiful castle-like location is said to be haunted by Jack Pfeiffer, a former bellhop who got in with gangsters and began laudering money. He was arrested and, fearful of going to prison, killed himself by poisoning in his jail cell. Jack's ghost enjoys ladies, drinking and partying, and can ...
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Fitzgerald Theater
Saint Paul, Minnesota
74.8 miles from Blooming Prairie, 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 ...
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Mounds Theatre
Saint Paul, Minnesota
75 miles from Blooming Prairie, 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 ...
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Minnesota State Capitol
Saint Paul, Minnesota
75.2 miles from Blooming Prairie, 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 ...
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