Browse Haunted Locations by State in the Midwest
Explore haunted locations, ghost tours, historic sites, abandoned places, supernatural hotspots, and verified paranormal reports across the Midwestern United States.
Illinois
Historic theaters, riverfront districts, prisons, and long-standing multi-source haunt reports.
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Indiana
Courthouse towns, old asylums, canal-era sites, and recurring verified paranormal activity.
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Iowa
Rural farmsteads, railroad hubs, frontier communities, and documented multi-decade haunt accounts.
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Kansas
Frontier forts, prairie towns, historic schools, and persistent region-wide ghost sightings.
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Michigan
Great Lakes shore towns, lighthouses, industrial sites, and heavily reported paranormal hotspots.
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Minnesota
River cities, Victorian districts, historic mills, and steady reports of location-specific encounters.
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Missouri
Civil War sites, riverfront warehouses, old hotels, and well-documented statewide haunt claims.
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Nebraska
Prairie settlements, historic farms, frontier-era buildings, and recurring rural haunt reports.
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North Dakota
Mining towns, military posts, old hotels, and long-running small-town paranormal accounts.
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Ohio
Industrial cities, historic prisons, canal-era districts, and major verified haunting locations.
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South Dakota
Badlands towns, frontier landmarks, mining camps, and consistent multi-source ghost encounters.
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Wisconsin
Lakefront cities, farm communities, historic breweries, and well-established regional haunt activity.
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Browse Haunted Categories in the Midwest
Ghost Tours in the Midwest
Walking tours, haunted history routes, nighttime investigations, cemetery walks, riverfront ghost tours, and guided paranormal experiences across the region.
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Haunted Places in the Midwest
Historic homes, hotels, theaters, cemeteries, battlefields, asylums, lighthouses, and public sites with long-documented paranormal activity.
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Haunted Houses & Attractions
in the Midwest
Seasonal haunted houses, year-round horror attractions, immersive haunted walkthroughs, scream parks, and indoor/outdoor fright venues.
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Paranormal Podcasts
in the Midwest
Shows covering Midwestern hauntings, regional investigations, folklore research, eyewitness accounts, cryptid reports, and historic supernatural events.
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Paranormal Conventions & Events in the Midwest
Midwestern conventions and events featuring apparitions, shadow figures, unexplained sounds, residual energy, poltergeist activity, and location-based encounters.
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Escape Rooms in the Midwest
Seasonal haunted houses, year-round horror attractions, immersive haunted walkthroughs, scream parks, and indoor/outdoor fright venues.
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Haunted Places, Ghost Tours & Paranormal Sites in the Midwest
The Midwest contains a wide range of documented haunted locations tied to frontier settlements, river towns, industrial cities, mining regions, and historic transportation routes. With decades of folklore, recurring sightings, and preserved historic districts, the Midwest is home to hotels, asylums, theaters, battle sites, farmhouses, lakeside towns, and public landmarks known for active paranormal reports. This region includes both major metropolitan cities and small rural communities with well-recorded hauntings.
Midwest Region Highlights
● Historic riverfront apparition hotspots
● Decades of reports from Civil War and frontier battlefields
● Cities with strong, active paranormal investigation groups
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Top Haunted Cities in the Midwest
Chicago, Illinois
A major metropolis with landmark hotels, theaters, and historic districts tied to long-running paranormal reports.
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Indianapolis, Indiana
A capital city where old hospitals, theaters, and urban corridors anchor recurring haunt accounts.
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Detroit, Michigan
An industrial-era city marked by historic hotels, factories, and neighborhoods with sustained ghost sightings.
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St. Lous, Missouri
A riverfront city defined by older districts, iconic landmarks, and multi-source paranormal claims.
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Cleveland, Ohio
A Great Lakes city with documented activity across theaters, museums, ship sites, and historic urban blocks.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A lakefront city where breweries, historic homes, and preserved districts produce steady haunting reports.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
A regional hub featuring bridge sites, mills, theaters, and long-standing accounts tied to older neighborhoods.
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Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas
A bi-state city known for jazz-era buildings, stockyard districts, and multi-decade urban haunt narratives.
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Davenport, Iowa
A Mississippi River city shaped by historic hotels, theaters, and recurring claims tied to waterfront areas.
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Lincoln, Nebraska
A regional capital with campus legends, historic districts, and consistent reports from older civic sites.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What types of haunted businesses are included in this region? This region page lists haunted attractions, ghost tours, haunted houses, paranormal experiences, escape rooms, themed events, and other independent businesses with a documented haunted or paranormal focus.
2. How are businesses selected for this region? Listings must be independently owned, meet Hauntica’s basic vetting standards, and fall within the state or regional boundaries shown. Chain operations and low-quality submissions are filtered out.
3. Is the information on these businesses user-generated? No. Hauntica indexes documented, non-user-generated information from business websites, public sources, and verified references. User submissions do not create listings.
4. Do all businesses listed here operate year-round? Not always. Some operate seasonally or offer limited schedules. Each listing notes when the business is open, closed, or running specific event periods.
5. Can a business in this region request to be added or updated? Yes. Haunted businesses can request inclusion or updates, but all submissions go through Hauntica’s vetting process to confirm legitimacy and category fit.
6. Why does this region have more or fewer haunted businesses than others? Business density varies by tourism demand, population size, event markets, and the number of operational haunted attractions or tours in that area.
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