Minnesota's Haunted Museums - Haunts with Shocking History
As with ##Region##'s Haunted Theaters, many of ##Region##'s local Museums are believed to be haunted as well. Home to a variety of historical items and artifacts, museums are a well known hot-spot for paranormal activity. It's widely believed that some spirits latch on, or tether themselves to items that were of great importance to them before passing, and as home to numerous historical artifacts, it's no wonder that some spirits make their home at museums! Some museums are even located on historical grounds - battlefields, historical homes, old prisons, and other historically significant locales where soldiers, politicians, writers, and many others lived, and passed on. Find out more about ##Region##'s real Haunted History - visit a local Haunted Museum today!
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This mansion dates back to 1905 and was built by Chester Congdon, who passed away in 1916. His daughter Elisabeth inherited it but sadly, she died when smothered with her pillow and her nurse Velma Pietila was bludgeoned to death with a candlestick. Marjorie, Elisabeth's adopted daughter and her second husband Roger Caldwell, were charged for the killings but Marjorie was acquitted.... Read MoreCategories: Real Haunted Houses | Real Haunted Museums
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This museum dates back to 1853 as the home of the Minnesota Territorial Prison warden and it is rumored to be haunted. Henry Wolfer was the last warden to live here, and his daughter Trudy got married and moved away. She died of appendicitis after she gave birth to her son, and her father raised the baby in the Warden's House. People have reported an entity of a woman with stomach pains... Read MoreCategories: Real Haunted Museums
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This museum is rumored to be haunted since it is right next door to a cemetery. Staff members have said that note bus windows open and close on their own and visitors have reported seeing suspicious shadows that disappear. Paranormal investigators have checked the place out, verifying the ghostly presences. Read MoreCategories: Real Haunted Museums
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The eerie occurrences at this museum include disembodied voices, a typewriter and record player that work all on their own and a service bell that rings by itself. Read MoreCategories: Real Haunted Places | Real Haunted Museums
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This location is rumored to be haunted by Jack Pfeiffer, a former bellhop who began laundering money with some gangsters. He had been arrested and killed himself by poisoning his jail cell, in fear of having to go to prison. The ghost of Jack is believed to enjoy ladies drinking and partying, and can mostly be found in the women's bathrooms. He is quite fond of the third floor as well.... Read MoreCategories: Real Haunted Places | Real Haunted Museums
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This museum is housed in a building that was once city hall and it is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a little blonde haired girl who appears in a blue 19th-century dress and white apron. Stomping and footsteps have been heard and reports claim that the ghost of an old doctor who once had an office off the upstairs library. He can be heard squeaking his chair and shuffling papers. Read MoreCategories: Real Haunted Museums
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Spirits at this 1800s farmhouse are apparently a regular occurrence. Chairs are said to rock with no one on them, doors and cupboards are known to open and close, toys are moved around in the middle of the night, footsteps are heard in the hallways, and the spirit of a young boy has been seen by visitors, a grounds patrolman and tour guides. Read MoreCategories: Real Haunted Houses | Real Haunted Places | Real Haunted Museums
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Ghostly orphaned children are said to linger in this former orphanage and they are known to laugh audibly. At this location, books have moved on their own, witnesses have smelled phantom cigar smoke and seen the floors move and warp. The temperature has been known to change drastically and phone calls have been made to the police from an empty building. The most haunted part of the... Read MoreCategories: Real Haunted Places | Real Haunted Museums
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This mansion now operates as a museum by the Blue Earth Conty Historical Society and the employees have reported that the building is haunted, saying that even once the building is closed for the evening, some still walk the halls of the home. Visitors have reported hearing ghostly laughter, running footsteps and a strange mist that drifts from room to room. In the home's main bedroom,... Read MoreCategories: Real Haunted Houses | Real Haunted Museums