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Loon Lake Cemetery
Jackson, Minnesota
10.6 miles from Dickinson County, IALoon Lake Cemetery is said to be haunted--and dangerous. According to local lore, three witches were violently executed and were buried here, but not before threatening to curse anyone who desecrated their graves. Mary Jane, beheaded in 1881, was said to be the most powerful of the witches. Legend has ...
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Estherville, Iowa
15 miles from Dickinson County, IAA couple of spooky stories surround this cemetery's hill, and the fact that your car, when put in neutral, will seem to travel up it by itself. According to one story, a car full of football players was in an accident here when the car stalled. While they were pushing ...
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Moose Pond
Spencer, Iowa
17.2 miles from Dickinson County, IALocals tell a story of harrowing events that happen at 8:47 p.m. on December 23. If you visit the iced-over pond on that night, you can hear pounding on the ice and hear the screams of a young boy trapped beneath the ice. According to the story, the young boy ...
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Lot Behind Nauss Oil
Emmetsburg, Iowa
30.4 miles from Dickinson County, IAA motel once stood in this vacant lot, but it has since been demolished. The foundation/drive-/walkway is still there. Locals say the spirit of an old man in a plaid shirt and chinos walks along the way, stopping several times as if he is checking to make sure the motel ...
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Grotto of the Redemption
West Bend, Iowa
45.6 miles from Dickinson County, IAThis sacred site was constructed over a 42-year period, beginning in 1912, using semiprecious stones from every state in the U.S. and every world region. The Christmas Chapel contains a 300-lb. amethyst, and Bethlehem Cave contains 65 tons of petrified wood. The spiritual place has tons of statues depicting the ...
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Gypsy Cemetery - Union Township Cemetery
Algona, Iowa
47.6 miles from Dickinson County, IAThis small gypsy cemetery is said to be haunted by a gypsy queen, who is guarded by a murder of crows. Legend has it that in the 1800s gypsies came through here often with their wagons. If any member of their group was sick and dying, they would simply bury ...
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American Theatre
Cherokee, Iowa
47.9 miles from Dickinson County, IAStaff at the theatre maintain that it is haunted by previous owner Mr. Goldie. A seat has been seen rocking, slowly, all by itself, and it is said that the theatre's employees have many more stories to tell.
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Cherokee Mental Health Institute Cemetery
Cherokee, Iowa
48.1 miles from Dickinson County, IABehind the MHI on the north side there Is a locked gate about 4 feet tall, if you follow that path down about a foot ball field distance you should cross a small bridge,and there is a small cemetery that is home to nameless graves. It is said that if you ...
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Swope Hall - Buena Vista University
Storm Lake, Iowa
50.9 miles from Dickinson County, IAA ghost named Mary is said to haunt this hall. Legend says her house once stood in the very spot where Swope Hall stands today. She died of lead poisoning, which caused her to become mentally unstable and leap from a 3rd-story window. Phenomema experienced here involve the opening and ...
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Plum Creek Pits
Algona, Iowa
51 miles from Dickinson County, IALocals say a little boy's ghost appears at this popular fishing spot. Some say the boy was once accidentally impaled by a stick when he fell while running nearby. The ghost has been seen walking along the bank of the pit.
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Little Africa - Geigel Woods
Algona, Iowa
53.8 miles from Dickinson County, IAThis site is said to be very active with spirits, in part because the old bridge was the site of two hangings. Car accidents have been caused by apparitions standing in the middle of the road. Also, at the old farm house, the husband is said to have killed the ...
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Palace Theatre
Luverne, Minnesota
56.4 miles from Dickinson County, IAThe Palace Theater was built by Herman Jochims in 1915, and his wife Maude played piano to accompany the silent films shown there. Her ghost is said to remain here playing the pipe organ, even though it no longer works. Both Herman and Maude have been seen as apparitions, and ...
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Humboldt County Historical Museum
Humboldt, Iowa
66.3 miles from Dickinson County, IALights are seen in the building at night and some people claim the ghost of a man who drowned in the nearby river has also been spotted roaming the grounds.
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Stage Coach Inn
Ida Grove, Iowa
72.5 miles from Dickinson County, IAThe Stage Coach Inn was built in 1856 by John and Martha Moorhead; The Inn served a stage coach stop and the first court house in Ida County Iowa and was also the church, School as well as the first hospital in Ida grove were amputations sometimes accrued on the ...
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Bannwell Bridge - Terror Bridge
Barnum, Iowa
72.8 miles from Dickinson County, IALocal legend maintains that a woman once killed her 3 kids here. Some reports say she hung them from the bridge and they were hit by a train coming through. Her ghostly head is said to follow you down the road, and if you don't have your doors and windows ...
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Lambrecht's Gift Store
New Ulm, Minnesota
73.3 miles from Dickinson County, IAThis gift store is housed in a historic building, which has a darker history in relation to the murder of a woman that occurred in the building many years before. The apparition of a pale-faced woman with a terrified expression has been seen knocking on the window of the ...
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Hawkeye Theatre
Fort Dodge, Iowa
77.3 miles from Dickinson County, IAReports say visitors to the theater get the feeling of being watched, and have seen a ghostly little girl. Also, some say if you are alone here you will feel the not-so-gentle touch of an invisible hand.
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Hawkeye Community Theatre
Fort Dodge, Iowa
77.3 miles from Dickinson County, IAThis historic theatre is believed to be haunted by the apparition of a young girl who was murdered nearby. Witnesses claim to have seen her sitting in the hall after hours, and have felt her brush past them in the corridors. The chandelier at the entrance also moves of ...
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