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0Rudy's Redeye Grill and Hotel
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
4 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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0Matoska Park
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
4.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Roselawn Cemetery
Roseville, Minnesota
5.4 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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
6.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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The Moonshine Saloon
Saint Paul, Minnesota
6.4 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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
6.6 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Falcon Heights, Minnesota
7.1 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Gibbs Museum Farmhouse
Falcon Heights, Minnesota
7.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Minnesota State Capitol
Saint Paul, Minnesota
7.3 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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0Mounds Theatre
Saint Paul, Minnesota
7.3 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Fitzgerald Theater
Saint Paul, Minnesota
7.6 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Dairy Queen
St. Anthony, Minnesota
7.7 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Hamline University
Saint Paul, Minnesota
7.7 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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0Landmark Center
Saint Paul, Minnesota
7.8 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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St. Paul City Hall - Ramsey County Courthouse
Saint Paul, Minnesota
7.9 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Forepaugh's Restaurant
Saint Paul, Minnesota
8.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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St. Joseph of the Lakes Catholic Church
Lino Lakes, Minnesota
8.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Griggs Mansion
Saint Paul, Minnesota
8.4 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Wabasha Street Caves
Saint Paul, Minnesota
8.4 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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The Jonathan Padelford
Saint Paul, Minnesota
8.5 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Marie Schmidt-Bremer House
Saint Paul, Minnesota
9.1 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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0Schmidt Brewery
Saint Paul, Minnesota
9.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Washington Avenue Bridge
Minneapolis, Minnesota
10 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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0The Soap Factory
Minneapolis, Minnesota
10 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts
Fridley, Minnesota
10.1 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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0Lake Elmo Park Reserve
Lake Elmo, Minnesota
10.3 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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College of St. Catherine
Saint Paul, Minnesota
10.6 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Minneapolis City Hall
Minneapolis, Minnesota
10.9 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Cuzzy's Bar and Grill
Minneapolis, Minnesota
11 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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0First Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota
11.3 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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0The Buckingham
Minneapolis, Minnesota
11.8 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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
11.9 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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
12 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Warden's House Museum
Stillwater, Minnesota
13 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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
13.1 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Hamlet Park - Dead Man's Pond
Cottage Grove, Minnesota
17.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Cottage Grove Cemetery
Cottage Grove, Minnesota
17.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
Reported in this cemetery have been an apparition seen in the storage shed window and phantom perfume aromas.
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Afton House Inn
Afton, Minnesota
17.9 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Billy's Bar and Grill
Anoka, Minnesota
18.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Anoka State Hospital
Anoka, Minnesota
18.6 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Holy Name Cemetery
Wayzata, Minnesota
22.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
A white apparition, phantom disappearing headlights, footsteps, voices, and unexplained wind have all been reported at the Holy Name Cemetery across from a brick church.
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Andy's Market Hill - Scott Park
Apple Valley, Minnesota
22.5 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
At the popular sledding spot called Andy's Market Hill, aka Dead Man's Hill in Scott Park, legend has it that a little boy named Dameon was sledding in 1998 when he was killed accidentally by an archer who shot him in the eye. Now, Dameon's sledding apparition is seen here ...
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Treat Me Sweet
Hastings, Minnesota
24.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Rosewood Inn Bed and Breakfast
Hastings, Minnesota
24.5 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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 Swift)
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William G. LeDuc House
Hastings, Minnesota
25.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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 well, and ...
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Holbrook Park
Long Lake, Minnesota
25.2 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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 ...
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Chanhassen Dinner Theatre
Vadnais Heights,
26.3 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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 ...
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Kozy Korner Restaurant
New Richmond, Wisconsin
26.5 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
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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Chanhassen Water Tower
Chaska, Minnesota
29 miles from Vadnais Heights, MN
Folks say strange noises and a ghostly dancing figure around and atop the water tower prove that it's haunted.
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