Haunted Places in America: Anoka State Hospital
The Anoka State Hospital in Anoka, Minnesota has gone by several names over its century of existence – First State Asylum for the Insane, Anoka State Asylum, Anoka State Hospital and its current name, the Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center – but aside from its reputation as being an insufferable sanitarium, it is also known to be haunted by the ghosts of many who died within its sinister walls.
The ‘First State Asylum for the Insane’ was built after a state legislation was passed in 1898 calling for the construction of a state mental...

