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Pipestone County Museum
Pipestone, Minnesota
27.2 miles from Iona, MN
Housed in a building that was once the city hall, the museum is said to be haunted by the ghost of a little blonde girl who appears wearing a blue 19th-century dress and white apron. Footsteps and stomping are also heard, and reports say the ghost of the old doctor ...
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Calumet Historic Hotel
Pipestone, Minnesota
27.2 miles from Iona, MN
This historic hotel was erected during the nineteenth century to serve as a railroad stopover for the railway industry which at the time was the lifeblood of the township. The hotel featured two especially haunted rooms, which are always in demand by paranormal investigators and enthusiasts visiting the very ...
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Palace Theatre
Luverne, Minnesota
27.9 miles from Iona, MN
The 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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Loon Lake Cemetery
Jackson, Minnesota
43.7 miles from Iona, MN
Loon 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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Old Taunton Catholic Cemetery
Taunton, Minnesota
48.6 miles from Iona, MN
Reports say that the apparition of a 12-year-old girl in a rocking chair was seen rocking next to her grave.
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Gitchie Manitou State Preserve
Larchwood, Iowa
49.6 miles from Iona, MN
The 1973 Gitchie Manitou Murders involved an attack on a group of five teenagers at Gitchie Manitou State Preserve in Lyon County, Iowa. Four of the teenagers were killed and a fifth was raped. We have been there several times and have got many voices and apparitions. I was ...
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Orpheum Theatre Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
53.4 miles from Iona, MN
At the 1913 Orpheum Theater, a deceased actor's ghost is said to linger. Nicknamed Larry, the unknown and angry ghost was first noticed by living actors around 1960. Larry was known to blow fuses and drop sandbags onto living actors. And in 1972, a technical director heard a loud noise ...
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Old Minnehaha Courthouse Museum
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
53.4 miles from Iona, MN
This historic courthouse is now the county museum, and is believed to be haunted by many different spirits. Staff and visitors claim to have heard someone falling down the stairs, and have heard disembodied footsteps walking between various rooms. Various visitors have also seen an elderly man sweeping one of ...
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Washington Pavilion
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
53.7 miles from Iona, MN
Locals tell of a construction worker who died after falling into an elevator shaft. Witnesses have described the unexplained sound of ghostly footsteps and an eerie feeling of being watched.
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715 South Phillips Avenue
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
53.8 miles from Iona, MN
This historic apartment block is believed to be haunted by the apparition of a barefooted man, who has been seen wandering through the corridors. Other paranormal activity reported includes disembodied footsteps, cold spots, ghostly voices and bizarre knocking noises. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Pettigrew House Museum
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
53.8 miles from Iona, MN
This historic mansion was built in 1889, and those on guided tours of the building may get more than they bargained for. The building is rumoured to be haunted by the wife of a former attorney who owned the building. Staff claim to have seen her inspecting the building, and ...
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South Dakota State University - Doner Auditorium
Brookings, South Dakota
56.6 miles from Iona, MN
The ghost who haunts Doner Auditorium is believed to be a former janitor who fell to his death in 1919 from an alcove that housed an organ. After that, the organ played randomly on its own until it was dismantled. The ghost still walks, though, tinkering with the electricity and ...
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Vicksburg Cemetery
Renville, Minnesota
58.6 miles from Iona, MN
Vicksburg Cemetery is said to have a glowing tombstone whose grave sports bleeding flowers in spring.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
Estherville, Iowa
58.7 miles from Iona, MN
A 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
63.3 miles from Iona, MN
Locals 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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Herrick Hotel
Gary, South Dakota
69.3 miles from Iona, MN
Patrons have heard the ghostly laughter of a child who lived at the historic hotel when it was a blind school. Others have reported hearing footsteps on the upper floor of the building when no one is around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Lambrecht's Gift Store
New Ulm, Minnesota
71.2 miles from Iona, MN
This 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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Lot Behind Nauss Oil
Emmetsburg, Iowa
78.8 miles from Iona, MN
A 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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Cherokee Mental Health Institute Cemetery
Cherokee, Iowa
80.6 miles from Iona, MN
Behind 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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American Theatre
Cherokee, Iowa
81.4 miles from Iona, MN
Staff 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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Daneville Inn
Viborg, South Dakota
82.9 miles from Iona, MN
There are reports at this historic building of people seeing a strange glowing apparition floating through the main bar area when the building has closed down for the night. Strange noises and disembodied footsteps have also been heard when there is no one around. It is unclear whether the inn ...
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Akron Area Museum
Akron, Iowa
84.6 miles from Iona, MN
The Akron Area Museum, formerly the home of the Ross Family is haunted some say by the Materiach, Mrs. Lucille Ross. The 100% volunteer staffed museum has had many members experience cold drafts, noises and a feeling of a presence around the main stairway and formal dining room ...
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Akron Gold and Silver
Akron, Iowa
84.6 miles from Iona, MN
Some say not all the guests are going home at closing time at Akron Gold and Silver, a fine antiques and estate collectable shop in downtown Akron Iowa. A neighboring business owner heard a male voice after hours calling their dog by it's name "Sandy" after hours when the building ...
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Swope Hall - Buena Vista University
Storm Lake, Iowa
92.6 miles from Iona, MN
A 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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Grotto of the Redemption
West Bend, Iowa
94 miles from Iona, MN
This 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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Harrington-Merrill House
Hutchinson, Minnesota
97 miles from Iona, MN
Built around 1820, the house is said to be haunted by a Native American Sioux named Little Crow and his son, who were both shot by a farmer while spending the night in the house. Some reports say the son was not killed.
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Ness Church
Litchfield, Minnesota
100.1 miles from Iona, MN
Legends of ghostly Sioux Indians and a little girl named Annie surround this church. Some say the church lights come on and apparitions can be seen around the grounds.
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Calvary Cemetery
Sioux City, Iowa
101.9 miles from Iona, MN
Visitors to this cemetery have experienced an unexplained ringing in their ears and the feeling of cobwebs draped over their faces. It is said that these sensations strengthen the closer one gets to a certain grave, one that has a headstone carved from part of a tree. Local legend has ...
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KD Station
Sioux City, Iowa
103.1 miles from Iona, MN
The building started out in 1915 as a meat-packing plant, but changed hands to a packing operation. In 1949 a gas leak and resulting explosion killed several people. Later on, the spot became a shopping center, and it is here that strange happenings have been reported. Lights turn on by ...
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Sioux City Municipal Auditorium
Sioux City, Iowa
103.3 miles from Iona, MN
Legend has it that Rodriguez, an electrician who was electrocuted in the 1940s during the building of the auditorium, haunts the area by flickering the lights and turning them off and on. There are also cold spots felt near the site of his death. The ghost of a 12-year-old boy ...
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Dimmitt Hall - Morningside College
Sioux City, Iowa
103.6 miles from Iona, MN
Residents of this dorm have reported hearing a girl choking and gagging at night. Also, an apparition of a crying woman has been seen walking down the hall. She is said to be the ghost of a girl who committed suicide by hanging herself from the heating pipes in her ...
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Leflur / Lefler House
Sioux City, Iowa
103.9 miles from Iona, MN
Reports may differ as to spell the name of the locally famous haunted house, but its merit as a haunted site is hard to argue. Several murders have taken place on the premises. Phenomena reported include a red glow seen upstairs, a very cold attic (even in the heat of ...
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Graceland Park Cemetery
Sioux City, Iowa
104.7 miles from Iona, MN
It is said that orbs of light can be seen here, but visitors trying to take pictures report that they feel a bit disoriented and find that their cameras mysteriously fail to work until they leave the area.
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660th Ave - Gravity Hill
Watkins, Minnesota
111.8 miles from Iona, MN
One of those mysterious gravity-defying sites, legend has it that if you go there and put your car in neutral on the level road, you will be pulled backward. Some witnesses say they have suffered from headaches while on this road.
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Bannwell Bridge - Terror Bridge
Barnum, Iowa
121.5 miles from Iona, MN
Local 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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