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0Old Jail Bed and Breakfast
Taylors Falls, Minnesota
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 ...
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0Interstate State Park
Taylors Falls, Minnesota
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. ...
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0East Immanuel Lutheran Church
Amery, Wisconsin
16.3 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Kozy Korner Restaurant
New Richmond, Wisconsin
20.5 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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.
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Moe Lutheran Church
Clear Lake, Wisconsin
23.2 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Grant House Hotel and Eatery
Rush City, Minnesota
24.6 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Warden's House Museum
Stillwater, Minnesota
25.4 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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0Lumber Barons - The Water Street Inn
Stillwater, Minnesota
25.7 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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.
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0Matoska Park
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
28.3 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Rudy's Redeye Grill and Hotel
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
28.4 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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St. Joseph of the Lakes Catholic Church
Lino Lakes, Minnesota
29.2 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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.
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0Lake Elmo Park Reserve
Lake Elmo, Minnesota
33 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Afton House Inn
Afton, Minnesota
35.9 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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The Moonshine Saloon
Saint Paul, Minnesota
36.6 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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, ...
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William Hamm Mansion
Saint Paul, Minnesota
37.4 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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0Mounds Theatre
Saint Paul, Minnesota
37.6 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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Roselawn Cemetery
Roseville, Minnesota
37.6 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Oakland Cemetery
Saint Paul, Minnesota
37.7 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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.
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Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts
Fridley, Minnesota
38.1 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Anoka State Hospital
Anoka, Minnesota
38.6 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Minnesota State Capitol
Saint Paul, Minnesota
38.7 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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Fitzgerald Theater
Saint Paul, Minnesota
38.9 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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St. Paul City Hall - Ramsey County Courthouse
Saint Paul, Minnesota
39 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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0Landmark Center
Saint Paul, Minnesota
39.1 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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Billy's Bar and Grill
Anoka, Minnesota
39.2 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Dairy Queen
St. Anthony, Minnesota
39.2 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Gibbs Museum Farmhouse
Falcon Heights, Minnesota
39.3 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Wabasha Street Caves
Saint Paul, Minnesota
39.3 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Falcon Heights, Minnesota
39.4 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Forepaugh's Restaurant
Saint Paul, Minnesota
39.5 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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The Jonathan Padelford
Saint Paul, Minnesota
39.7 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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Hamline University
Saint Paul, Minnesota
39.9 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Griggs Mansion
Saint Paul, Minnesota
40 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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Marie Schmidt-Bremer House
Saint Paul, Minnesota
40.7 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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Cottage Grove Cemetery
Cottage Grove, Minnesota
40.7 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
Reported in this cemetery have been an apparition seen in the storage shed window and phantom perfume aromas.
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0Schmidt Brewery
Saint Paul, Minnesota
40.8 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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0The Soap Factory
Minneapolis, Minnesota
41.8 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Washington Avenue Bridge
Minneapolis, Minnesota
42 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Cuzzy's Bar and Grill
Minneapolis, Minnesota
42.6 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Minneapolis City Hall
Minneapolis, Minnesota
42.7 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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College of St. Catherine
Saint Paul, Minnesota
42.7 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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0First Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota
43 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Hamlet Park - Dead Man's Pond
Cottage Grove, Minnesota
43.4 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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Betty’s Cafe
Cameron, Wisconsin
43.5 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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.
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0The Buckingham
Minneapolis, Minnesota
43.7 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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 ...
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Minnesota Institute of the Arts
Minneapolis, Minnesota
43.9 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
Some say the spirit of a student who was raped and murdered haunts the Minnesota Institute of the Arts. The Connecticut Room is reported to have unexplained cold spots, and some students say they have awoken in the night freezing cold to the sound of screaming.
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Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, Minnesota
44 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
At the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, legend has it that the ghost of someone who was murdered in a campus building's basement terrifies the students. Some have awoken in the night to screaming inside their heads, unable to move.
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Hammill House
Spooner, Wisconsin
46.1 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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.
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Treat Me Sweet
Hastings, Minnesota
47.2 miles from Saint Croix Falls, WI
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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