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Haunted & Historical Michigan

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Britt Froehlke

These are the coolest places to visit in Michigan! They're either historical, haunted or both! Personally, I'll take the both! Happy Trails, get out there & EXPLORE! 👻

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Diphtheria tried to erase this town twice in the 1890's. Lots of spooky stories revolve around the cemetery here. 👻

Pere Cheney: Michigan's Legendary Ghost Town

Once the largest Insane Asylum in the country. It had its own zip code. Now only a few buildings remain. Can schedule tours & investigations now thru their site

Eloise Asylum

Said to be the most haunted cemetery in Michigan! A lot of soldiers are buried here. Go at midnight-3am for the scariest adventure 👻

Nunica Cemetery

A phenomenon never quite explained. A Michigan must see

The Paulding Lights

People claim to see the 👻 of Captain William Townsend or smell cigar smoke!

Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse

Michigan's very first prison!

Jackson Historic Prison Tours

This mansion is so cool & unique! Right next to a random tiny gas station in the middle of nowhere. The mansion never seems to get restored even with new buyers over the decades. It also changes owners often. Just sold again beginning of this yea...

The Bruce Mansion - Michigan's Haunted House

People swear to have many encounters with the infamous DOG MAN! There's a lot to be said about National Forrests! This is ours

Huron-Manistee National Forests

Another Cemetery said to be extremely haunted 👻

Oakwood Cemetery in Plainfield Township, Michigan

1894 Mansion with a crazy past! 👻

The Whitney

Dine with ghosts of the 1800's! wAn old Grist Mill, now turned restaurant. Bar is made of planks from a SHIPWRECK! Yikes, they're asking for a haunting!

Weathervane Restaurant

NOTORIOUS hangout of the Purple Gang in 1920-30's! The place of one of Michigan's most infamous murders in 1938. Dare to sleep with the fishes? 👻

Doherty Hotel

A field left to fade away, trying to bury the past. Not maintained & on private property. Thousands were moved to cemetery down the road, these souls were left to fade away. Never forget them.

Eloise Cemetery - Michigan

Opened in 1930. Closed for 30yrs for "refurbishment." Heavy feeling, don't get caught alone at night! 👻

Frauenthal Center - Performances and Event Venues in Muskegon

Used to be Mackinac College, now turned resort! Usually its the other way around...Interesting 👻

Mission Point Resort

2 Fires occurred 65yrs apart. SAME exact time of day, SAME exact day! Most historically haunted building in MI!

Historic Holly Hotel

AKA Fox Tower Cemetery. Township says theres no record of past burials but they have layout. Find a Grave has 60 Graves with names & pics. Said to be very haunted. Especially with children's footprints in the snow at graves...but no path in or ou...

Hudson Cemetery in Boyne Falls, Michigan

This place has got to be the coolest!! Can you imagine what it was like back then? The historical presence here is incredible!

Quincy Mine

People say this place has suck a bizarre energy...Twin Peaks Vibes. Never know what lingers from the past! 👻

White Pine | Michigan

This place has haunted & intrigued me since I was a kid...Just something about it always felt ominous. The historical factor is so cool to me & its sordid past...let's just say, something has to still be lingering. (Now Apartments!) 👻

A Tortured Orphanage: The Story of Marquette's Holy Family Orphanage

One of the coolest bridges ever! So neat how it lifts for boats. Something about it has fascinated me since I was really young! Definitely must see it at least once in your life!

Houghton Hancock Bridge (Portage Lake Lift Bridge)

Witnessing this as a kid will never leave my mind! Such an amazing thing to see in person, nothing like it. The historical factor on top of the modern marvel it truly is.

Soo Locks

The OLDEST town in Michigan! With that title...you know we have both, the historical factor & PLENTY of ghosts! 👻

Sault Ste Marie Michigan Visitors Bureau, UP Michigan Lodging, Hotels ...

THE oldest cemetery in Michigan, possibly the country. Dates back to 1600's. Ottawa & Chippewa buried their loved ones here first, then Europeans. The historical significance here is off the charts! Very neat.

Gros Cap Cemetery - Michigan

Ppl swear by this cemetery being EXTREMELY haunted...Would you dare to go in the middle of the night to find out?

Blood Cemetery and its haunted history

People say this place is quite strange & off putting. The claims from many are the people are creepy, stare, feels like there isn't something right there. Beach is gorgeous & that side is fine...but towards the Village 😬

Village Of Estral Beach

The legend of the Ada Witch is a West Michigan favorite. As late teenagers, we'd sneak in the Cemetery & back to the bridge over th crick! We'd gran weapons of anything we found in pur cars! Brooms, shoes, ect. Fun times! Its definitely Creepy ou...

The legend of the Ada Witch

Built in 1860's. Was at one time or another; Post Office, General Store, Butcher Shop, Ice House & now is a Restaurant. Very Historical. The classic woman in white dress is the most famous ghost all throughout the buildings history.👻

Bone Heads Bar B Que

Built in 1906. Haunted by the wife of the Sheriff from back in 1963! Very active place! She even changes clothes on the mannequin in sheriff's old bedroom! 👻

Allegan County Historical Society

Confirmed: Woman hung herself from Tree. October 2021, a man also hung himself from exercise equipment at the park. Claims: Woods around park to be very active of little girls said to have been killed there. Spooky! 👻

Rotary Park

Dates back to 1886. It was a Railroad station that was very active to that time period. Rumor is that this station is where they brought deceased service men through & unclaimed bodies were kept in the basement. They now seem to be trapped there.

Gandy Dancer

Worlds largest masonic temple. Built in the 1920's by George D. Mason. He want bankrupt while building. His wife left him & he killed himself by jumping off the roof. 👻

The Masonic Temple Detroit

From the War of 1812. Hundreds lost their lives here & POW's were massacred. Very active with dead soldiers still at war. 👻

River Raisin National Battlefield Park

Creepy eerie feeling. Might be operating at an active Prison now.

Former KI Sawyer Air Force Base (BRAC 1993)

This kind of stuff is right up my alley! We don't have a lot of Ghost Town in Michigan but this is one of the few we do have. Old Mining Town. It is in the most upper part of the UP.

Mandan, Mining Ghost town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Sad story & grave of 7yr old Mary McNaughton who passed in 1892. Her family's plot is in McNaughton Cemetery in Jackson, Michigan.

Peek Through Time: Legend of 'Little Mary' is a Jackson ghost story passed ...

In the spring of 1876, word reached Forester that the ship that the young man had been working on had gone down in a storm. Minnie was heart-broken, especially since she had not even been able to tell him goodbye the last time that he had been in por...

The Tragic Tale and The Ghost Of Minnie Quay