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 shot to death on a staircase that no longer remains in the building. Her ghost is said to appear where it used to be located. And she’s got company: Other spirits said to be here include a ghost cat, a man who runs up and down the staircases, and something that likes to move objects, throw furniture, change colors of light bulbs, and turn on jukeboxes.
Pieces of the Past
362 Cummings Street
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.
Blackwoods Bar and Grill
Blackwoods is alleged to be home to a ghostly lady in white, disembodied footsteps and cold chills. According to one witness, the female ghost has been seen touching the furniture as if checking it for dust.
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
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 a blond man with a mustache has appeared near a building called the Bunker and on the grandstand roof during a rock concert.
Green Lawn Cemetery - CSAH 20 Cemetery
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.
The Moonshine Saloon
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, and the faucets have turned in in the bathroom right in front of a startled patron.
St. Cloud State University
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 the 1911 Riverview Hall, a woman’s apparition has been seen and heard walking in the hallways with high heels clicking. She also moves furniture and causes the lights to flicker. A child’s ghost is said to roam Riverside Hall as well. The James W. Miller Learning Resources Center is said to have been built over a graveyard, and has been the setting of many apparition sightings. One of the ghosts is a pacing 19th-century soldier. And the 1904 Lawrence Hall, the oldest on campus, there may be spirits lingering from a 1950 case in which a janitor killed two instructors there. An apparition of a bald man has been seen along with flashing lights.
Minnesota State University Mankato
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.
Calvary Cemetery
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 occurs here, and the spirits who do reside here just want to be left in peace.
Holiday Gas Station
The Holiday Gas Station is popular with the spirit set, it seems. Workers say there have been voices that called out their names and apparitions that appeared on the security cameras.
