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Explore 50 haunted places in Minnesota. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
Saint Paul, Minnesota · Other
HauntedPlaces.org records sounds from upstairs, unexplained cold air, and figures interpreted as former governors or senators on stairs and in hallways. Room 217 has a separate reputation for people finding themselves unexpectedly locked inside. These are building legends, not established accounts of government officials returning. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Montgomery, Minnesota · Other
HauntedPlaces.org describes a farmer in overalls appearing on the course and a former founder watching the bar or looking through its windows. Televisions allegedly switch on unattended, while unexplained changes to the air conditioning form another part of the club's ghost lore. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Saint Paul, Minnesota · Theater
HauntedPlaces.org describes a girl in pink playing with a ball on the stage and a spirit called Red associated with shouting and thrown objects. Some late-night workers and investigators report being touched or scratched. These are attributed paranormal claims rather than verified physical threats. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Lanesboro, Minnesota · Hotel
HauntedPlaces.org describes a shadow at the foot of a bed in Room 1, doors and lights disturbed in Room 5, and a child bouncing a ball in Room 7. A white-dressed woman allegedly sighs or sobs in the shared rooms. The directory itself questions how Buffalo Bill fits the inn's ghost legend. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
New York Mills, Minnesota · Other
Staff stories collected by HauntedPlaces.org describe footsteps crossing the center's wooden floors without a visible walker. Sometimes a single voice is heard; in other accounts two unseen speakers seem to converse. An unexplained sense of company accompanies the sounds. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Alexandria, Minnesota · Other
Former staff accounts collected by HauntedPlaces.org describe a bartender appearing in mirrors or security footage at Old Broadway. Kitchenware reportedly moves, and cold sensations occur without explanation. The stories concern the historic Alexandria building through its changing restaurant names, rather than separate establishments counted twice. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Taylors Falls, Minnesota · Hotel
The Old Jail inn's stories collected by HauntedPlaces.org include a boy appearing on the second and third floors and a woman on the third. The complex's jail and former funeral-home associations supply the atmosphere of the account, but the reported figures are not conclusively identified. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Luverne, Minnesota · Theater
HauntedPlaces.org associates the Luverne theater's ghosts with Herman and Maude Jochims. Maude is said to play an organ that no longer works, continuing her connection with film accompaniment. Accounts describe both figures appearing and lights switching without explanation. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Winona, Minnesota · Other
HauntedPlaces.org records a woman's apparition appearing where an old staircase once stood at this antique-store building. Other tales describe a spectral cat, a man hurrying on stairs, and objects or furniture moving. Changes to lights and an unattended jukebox also feature in the reports. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Saint Cloud, Minnesota · Theater
A spectral elderly man is said to linger near the men's restroom at this former Elks lodge, according to HauntedPlaces.org. The theater's collected accounts also include objects moving, electrical disturbances, and noises without an apparent source. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Pipestone, Minnesota · Other
The museum's ghost stories include a fair-haired child in a blue period dress and apron, according to HauntedPlaces.org. Upstairs, paper rustling and a squeaking chair are attributed to a doctor once associated with the building. Unexplained footsteps and heavy stomping complete the reported activity. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Saint Cloud, Minnesota · Other
HauntedPlaces.org collects campus stories of objects moving at Shoemaker Hall, clicking heels and a woman's apparition in Riverview Hall, and a pacing soldier at the learning resources center. Lawrence Hall has its own reports of a bald man's figure and flashing lights. These accounts are grouped as one campus profile. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Saint Cloud, Minnesota · Other
HauntedPlaces.org recounts staff sightings of a man in the newspaper building's basement, dressed either like a printer or in a bow tie. The presence is associated with electrical mischief and unexplained banjo music. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Red Wing, Minnesota · Hotel
HauntedPlaces.org collects reports of a woman in white entering guest rooms and a workman in overalls sitting on the staircase before fading away. Other accounts describe slamming doors, whispering, a baby's cries, and faces watching visitors in the basement. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Lino Lakes, Minnesota · Other
A ghostly nun is said to remain around St. Joseph of the Lakes, according to HauntedPlaces.org. Stories credit her with unexplained footsteps, doors banging, a Bible falling from a shelf, and piano music when nobody can be found playing. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Winona, Minnesota · Other
Heffron Hall's campus legend describes figures on the upper floors and unexplained chilly drafts. HauntedPlaces.org records apparitions and cold spots, while MPR News traces versions of the story to student lore about clergy associated with the college. The tale persists despite the university's published explanation that it began as newspaper hype. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Northfield, Minnesota · Other
St. Olaf's collected lore names a piano-playing Miss Kelsey at the theater, Victorian figures in Melby Hall, and the Red Hat Boy with a ghostly dog at Thorson. HauntedPlaces.org also reports children's singing and piano music at Hilleboe. The buildings are grouped into one campus profile. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Saint Paul, Minnesota · Other
HauntedPlaces.org records footsteps resembling high heels in vacant corridors, laughter from empty rooms, and people dressed in clothing from another era. A shoeshine worker is said to appear in the lobby; another much darker courthouse story concerns an apparition hanging from a rope. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Annandale, Minnesota · Hotel
HauntedPlaces.org describes an unusually crowded collection of spectral residents at Thayer's: a child, a bride, two cats, former owners, and a proprietor's deceased husband. Its account emphasizes these claimed residents rather than a single dramatic encounter. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Rochester, Minnesota · Hotel
The Kahler's reported haunting, as recorded by HauntedPlaces.org, involves strange odors and sounds and temperatures changing suddenly. Local stories attribute the disturbances to former Mayo Clinic patients. The brief source does not identify a particular apparition or room. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Saint Paul, Minnesota · Other
HauntedPlaces.org records a glass flying across the Moonshine Saloon, a jukebox starting unattended, and taps opening before a surprised customer. Another story describes a neon sign swinging and falling without an apparent breeze. The same building appears in older lore as the Noose Bar. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Sauk Centre, Minnesota · Hotel
At Sauk Centre’s Palmer House, a long tradition of reported ghost encounters lives alongside an operating small-town hotel and public ghost tours.
Bovey, Minnesota · Cemetery
HauntedPlaces.org records voices and a female apparition at Trout Lake Norwegian Cemetery. A grave locally associated with witch folklore gives the stories their focus, but that label is a legend about the burial, not an established fact about the deceased. Historical explanations are reported lore unless independently verified.
Saint Paul, Minnesota · Natural landmark
Beneath Saint Paul, former sandstone workings became a gangster-era gathering place with a story of murdered men who never quite left.