Most Haunted Places in Minnesota

Grant House Hotel and Eatery

Rush City, Minnesota

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 bordello and a...

Calumet Historic Hotel

Pipestone, Minnesota

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...

Warden's House Museum

Stillwater, Minnesota

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 the baby in the...

St. James Hotel

Red Wing, Minnesota

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 white dress, who has been seen in the...

Milford Mine Disaster Site

Crosby, Minnesota

On Feb. 5, 1924, Milford Mine, a manganese mine, was flooded when Foley Lake rose, killing 41 miners. The site is rumored to be haunted by the spirits of the miners who were killed or who witnessed the...

Anoka State Hospital

Anoka, Minnesota

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 died...

Griggs Mansion

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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 black suit and top hat; a...

Lumber Barons - The Water Street Inn

Stillwater, Minnesota

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...

Anderson House Hotel

Wabasha, Minnesota

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 that her husband had perished...

County Highway 21 Hitchhiker

Warren, Minnesota

On stormy nights near the old cemetery just west of Sherack, MN drivers have reported picking up a hitchhiker, only to have him disappear from their car a few minutes later. (Submitted by Paul...

Forepaugh's Restaurant

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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...

St. Paul City Hall - Ramsey County Courthouse

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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, believed...

Montgomery Golf Club

Montgomery, Minnesota

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 ghost is one of the club's founders, who...

Pioneer Place on Fifth

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Pioneer Place on Fifth is a former Elks Lodge, currently a venue for theater and concerts, and it's haunted. The 1913 building has a ghostly elderly man who likes the area near the men's room. Unexplained noises, electrical anomalies, moving objects and other ghost sightings also have been...

Wabasha Street Caves

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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 in the audience...

West Hills

Owatonna, Minnesota

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...

Billy's Bar and Grill

Anoka, Minnesota

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 third-floor...

St. Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

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...

Landmark Center

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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...

Palmer House Hotel

Sauk Centre, Minnesota

Reportedly haunted by numerous resident ghosts, from a young boy who is often seen bouncing his ball to a possible former prostitute to a tall, lanky man who appears over your bed. Rooms 11 and 17 are apparently the rooms to rent if you are into a ghostly encounter....

Minneapolis City Hall

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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...

Mantorville Opera House

Kasson, Minnesota

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. Witnesses also...

Glensheen - Historic Congdon Estate

Duluth, Minnesota

Glensheen Mansion was built in 1905 by Chester Congdon, who died in 1916. His daughter Elisabeth inherited it. Sadly, Elisabeth was smothered by with her pillow as she slept and her nurse Velma Pietila was bludgeoned to death with a candlestick. Elisabeth's adopted daughter Marjorie and her second...

Pipestone County Museum

Pipestone, Minnesota

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 who had an office off the...

Mounds Theatre

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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...

Treat Me Sweet

Hastings, Minnesota

Treat Me Sweet was a restaurant (no longer open) rumored to be haunted by a former owner who committed suicide in the...

40 Club Restaurant and Bar

Aitkin, Minnesota

An upstairs apartment was the unfortunate setting for a 40 Club employee's suicide in 1999, and since then, folks say, strange things have happened at the restaurant. Tom's body was found after he failed to show up for work one day. Now, the jukebox plays songs buy itself(including one that wasn't...

The Buckingham

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 get in bed with me. In bed, he leaned over and...

Ferguson’s Cemetery

Norwood Young America, Minnesota

According to local legend, Ferguson’s Cemetery is the home of a ghostly little boy who peeks out over a tombstone. Reports say his grave is the one in the southwest corner, separated from the other graves. Orbs, eerie feelings and the sound of a phantom dog barking also have been reported...

Pieces of the Past

Winona, Minnesota

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...

Marie Schmidt-Bremer House

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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...

St. Cloud Times

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

At the St. Cloud Times newspaper office, staff have been visited by an apparition of a man in the basement. He sometimes wears a printer's shirt and other times a white shirt and bow tie. The ghost has been known to tinker with the electricity and play banjo music from...

St. Mary's College - Heffron Hall

Winona, Minnesota

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...

Minnesota State Capitol

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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...

Mrs B's Bed and Breakfast Inn

Lanesboro, Minnesota

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...

Old Broadway Food and Spirits - Mainstreet Brewery

Alexandria, Minnesota

The former Old Broadway Food and Spirits, reported to be empty and for sale, is rumored to be haunted. Past employees say inside the building they have experienced cold chills, an apparition of a phantom bartender that shows up on a security camera or in mirrors, and moving objects, such as pots,...

Old 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...

40 Club Sports Bar and Grill

Aitkin, Minnesota

The 40 Club Restaurant has a lot of strange happenings going on in it after a man committed suicide in an upstairs apartment in 1999. The man was named Tom who also worked at the restaurant. He was known as a reliable employee and one day, Tom didn't show up for work. When the owners checked on...

Thayer's Bed and Breakfast

Annandale, Minnesota

This 1895 Old West Victorian hotel is a full house. It is the home of a ghostly little girl, a spirit bride, and two ghost cats. The owner's husband is also said to reside here in spirit, as well as the place's two original owners. Many other ghosts are said to live here as well, and reports say...

Minnesota Institute of the Arts

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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...

College of St. Catherine

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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 down the...

First Avenue

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 was returning...

Fountain Lake

Delano, Minnesota

At Fountain Lake, witnesses say, the ghost of a Native American woman who drowned here can be heard screaming late at...

660th Ave - Gravity Hill

Watkins, Minnesota

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...

Heritage House

Embarrass, Minnesota

Local legend says an abusive father who once lived here caused his son's death by forcing him to walk on water like Jesus did. Apparitions of the boy drowning under the bridge have been...

New York Mills Regional Cultural Center

New York Mills, Minnesota

New York Mills Regional Cultural Center was built in 1885 and has a ghost, or maybe two. Staff members have felt an unseen presence and heard a disembodied voice speaking, or two voices having a conversation. As well, footsteps have been heard walking on the center's wood floors when no one living...

362 Cummings Street

Winona, Minnesota

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...

St. Olaf College

Northfield, Minnesota

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...

Palace Theatre

Luverne, Minnesota

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 witnesses say they...

The Kahler Hotel

Rochester, Minnesota

The ghosts of former Mayo Clinic patients are said to haunt the hotel, causing eerie sounds and smells and quick temperature...

Trout Lake Norwegian Cemetery

Bovey, Minnesota

At Trout Lake Norwegian Cemetery, there is said to be a grave of a witch at the bottom of a hill. Her name is Bertha Maynard, born January 26, 1872 and died January 27, 1910. Witnesses have reported hearing voices and seeing a female apparition in the...

The Moonshine Saloon

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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...

Blackwoods Bar and Grill

Two Harbors, Minnesota

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...

Hamline University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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 hauntings go....

St. Joseph of the Lakes Catholic Church

Lino Lakes, Minnesota

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...

Greyhound Bus Museum

Hibbing, Minnesota

Because it is situated next door to a cemetery, the Greyhound Bus Museum is rumored to have had some ghosts move in. Employees note bus windows that open or close by themselves and visitors have seen mysterious shadows that vanish. Paranormalists have verified the presence of the...

Cuzzy's Bar and Grill

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 the second story where...

Le Sueur County Historical Society Museum

Elysian, Minnesota

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...

Fitzgerald Theater

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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 seen,...

Chase on the Lake

Walker, Minnesota

Details of what exactly is haunting Chase on the Lake are hard to find. So too are details about how exactly the haunting is alleged to manifest. Some people believe it may be haunted due to its use as a morgue following a battle in the Indian Wars but details and geography are hard to pin down....

Moorhead Railroad Tracks

Moorhead, Minnesota

According to local legend, years ago a woman tried to jump onto a moving train but missed, and her body was dragged through the town. Her apparition is said to walk in the area with glowing red...

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

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 once an infirmary for nuns, witnesses...

Lakeview Cemetery

Mountain Iron, Minnesota

Lakeview Cemetery is believed to be haunted by apparitions, mists, shadow figures, and invisible beings visitors have heard walking next to them in the...

Gibbs Museum Farmhouse

Falcon Heights, Minnesota

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 has been seen by visitors, tour...

Dead Man's Trail

Thief River Falls, Minnesota

Dead Man's Trail is the site of a legend of a young Native American woman whose baby was carried away by the rushing river and over the falls to the rocks below. She cursed the river, saying it had stolen the tribe’s future chief. Visitors to the park have seen the woman's apparition or heard her...

The Soap Factory

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 soap factory, the site was said to...

Afton House Inn

Afton, Minnesota

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 tobacco have also...

Moorhead State University - Weld Hall

Moorhead, Minnesota

Moorhead State University's Weld Hall has a legend or two that explain its ghost. Depending on whom you hear the story from, either a construction worker, a janitor, or a maintenance man fell to his death off of a roof, a ladder, or a spiral staircase. His apparition has been seen on the stage or...

Old Taunton Catholic Cemetery

Taunton, Minnesota

Reports say that the apparition of a 12-year-old girl in a rocking chair was seen rocking next to her...

Enger Tower

Duluth, Minnesota

Rumours circulating around the Duluth area claim that in 1948, a man committed suicide by jumping off the 5th level of the tower head-first. He died on impact. The man's corpse was found hours later, and the man was never identified. Over time, visitors to the park claim to see a man on the 5th...

Green Lawn Cemetery - CSAH 20 Cemetery

St. Peter, Minnesota

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....

Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts

Fridley, Minnesota

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 sitting on the steps, have heard footsteps...

Split Rock Lighthouse

Two Harbors, Minnesota

Legend has it that a visitor in the mid-1980s lost his wallet after seeing the lighthouse, so he went back to look for it, but it was padlocked for the day. When he looked up at the tower, he saw a man in a lightkeeper's uniform on the catwalk. He returned the next day and was given his wallet,...

R.D Hubbard House Museum

Mankato, Minnesota

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 the...

Skatin' Place

Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Skatin’ Place, according to local legend, is home to a ghost named Gilbert who used to live in a farmhouse on this property. Poor Gilbert became trapped and met his demise in the swampy land, but his spirit lingers in the Skatin' Place, turning on and off arcade games and lights and walking on...

William G. LeDuc House

Hastings, Minnesota

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...

Holbrook Park

Long Lake, Minnesota

Locals may tell you that around 2 a.m. on Sunday nights, a ghstly little girl is seen walking around the park. If you get close, she disappears. When she comes back later she is with the apparition of her father and she is carrying apples in her apron. Some say if you get too close, the father's...

Chanhassen Dinner Theatre

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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 a...

Quill and Quilt Bed and Breakfast

Cannon Falls, Minnesota

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...

College of Saint Benedict - Benedicta Arts Center

St. Joseph, Minnesota

The Benedicta Arts Center at the College of Saint Benedict was built in 1964 and is rumored to be home to a tall, ghostly shadow figure. Local legend says it's the spirit of a man named Steve who fell to his death during the building's construction. Steve has shattered lights during performances,...

Roselawn Cemetery

Roseville, Minnesota

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 nicknamed...

Dairy Queen

St. Anthony, Minnesota

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...

Vicksburg Cemetery

Renville, Minnesota

Vicksburg Cemetery is said to have a glowing tombstone whose grave sports bleeding flowers in...

Black Woods Bar and Grill

Two Harbors, Minnesota

Black Woods Bar and Grill was built in 1994 and is haunted by several ghosts including a lady in white and a man whose footsteps are heard. A bookkeeper claimed the phantom followed her home and got into bed with...

Oakland Cemetery

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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...

Interstate 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. Tourists have...

Loon Lake Cemetery

Jackson, Minnesota

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...

Hoyt Lakes Memorial Cemetery

Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota

Local legend has it that there is a vanishing hitchhiker ghost at Hoyt Lakes Memorial Cemetery, said to be a teenage girl who was visiting the graveyard with friends, was cruelly left behind, and died of fright. She looks for a ride away from the graveyard so she can reunite with her...

Quarry Hill Nature Center

Rochester, Minnesota

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...

Sturges Park

Buffalo, Minnesota

Local legends say the park's old bathroom is haunted. Witnesses have seen names written in blood on the mirror. Also reported on the premises have been floating orbs and the apparition of Old man Sturges, an 1880s businessman who lived next to the...

Duluth International Airport

Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth International Airport is haunted by a woman who was killed on a road nearby. She has been spotted by security and has set off alarms and made doors open and close on their own. She is thought to haunt the airport because this is where her murderer went directly after stabbing...

William Hamm Mansion

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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 a famous brewing...

Rosewood Inn Bed and Breakfast

Hastings, Minnesota

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...

Schmidt Brewery

Saint Paul, Minnesota

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....

Holy Name Cemetery

Wayzata, Minnesota

A white apparition, phantom disappearing headlights, footsteps, voices, and unexplained wind have all been reported at the Holy Name Cemetery across from a brick...

Rudy's Redeye Grill and Hotel

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

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 hours of 2:45 AM and 3:55...

Calvary Cemetery

Mankato, Minnesota

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...

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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...

Ness Church

Litchfield, Minnesota

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...

Last Turn Saloon

Brainerd, Minnesota

Full-bodied apparitions and EVPs have been reported...