Most Haunted Places in America: Forepaugh’s Restaurant Forepaugh’s Restaurant is an old Victorian establishment serving fine, French cuisine in St. Paul, Minnesota. When you enter the elegant eatery, the intense aromas, historic scenery and luxurious ambience are all but overwhelming, so much so that you might never even realize that Forepaugh’s Restaurant is haunted by at least two past residents. Built in the mid-1800’s by Joseph Lybrandt Forepaugh, a man who struck it rich in the dry-goods industry, Forepaugh’s Restaurant was first a glorious Victorian style mansion. It featured three stories, a basement and beautifully landscaped gardens. Joseph and his family were very happy here for a number of years. That happiness crumbled when Forepaugh’s wife, Mary, caught him in bed with Molly, the maid.Read the Rest…

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 institution in Anoka, Minnesota. The asylum opened in 1900 and for the next 5 decades was solely a patient-transfer hospital. Beneath the asylum is aRead the Rest…

Most Haunted Places in America: Murphy’s Lamplight Inn Murphy’s Lamplight Inn is a quaint, two-story bed and breakfast located off M-88 in Central Lake, Michigan. The inn has changed proprietary hands a multitude of times over the last 80+ years, but for about 60 of those years, some of the residents remain the same; most notably the numerous ghostly apparitions that haunt the Murphy’s Lamplight Inn. Murphy’s Lamplight Inn was first known as the Wegota Hotel, structured by three area stone masons in 1924. At the north end of the hotel, an elegant dining area and bar were established in the ground floor. On the south side, and mostly on the second floor, the builders erected 22 guest rooms and 4 bathrooms. The Wegota HotelRead the Rest…