Have you ever walked alone at night and felt an unusual coldness? What about the touch of a hand on your shoulder? While spending time in old buildings, do you feel like something is observing you and following you around? Everyone is fascinated, if not terrified by a good ghost story. You can walk along Saint Anthony Main, the first road in Minneapolis, to chase after ghosts…if you dare.
Saint Anthony Main has a lot of history, and with history comes many ghost stories.
Flickr/Carolyn Whitson The road along the eastern bank of the Mississippi has had an important role in the city. Along the road sits a variety of wonderful restaurants, shops, and a movie theater. You’d never even think that the street is haunted.
As Minneapolis was being built by settlers, it hurt indigenous groups of people.
Flickr/Carolyn Whitson In the 1950s a lock and dam was built in this area, destroying what was known as “Spirit Island.” It had been a burial ground for indigenous people, and it is rumored that with the destruction of their resting places, spirits were cursed to remain in the area.
Every part of Saint Anthony Main has a story of haunting.
Flickr / Kent Landerholm Tunnels near the Pillsbury A-Mill have been sites of white ghostly bats. Sitting alone in Father Hennepin Bluffs Park has an ominous feeling, even if you’re visiting in the middle of the day.
Even if you don’t necessarily believe in ghosts, there’s no doubt that there’s just something ever so slightly off about Saint Anthony Main.
Flickr/Yosomono
If you’re scared of chasing ghosts alone, take a tour of Saint Anthony Main’s haunted sites with Real Ghost Tours.
Yelp/Real G. There are stories of a showgirl’s demise over the bar at Pracna’s, the constant presence of a farmer from Iowa, and so much more. You’ll be on a tour with a real ghost hunter who joins history and theater to make for a spectacular time. If you don’t have goosebumps by the end of the tour, you are surely tough as nails.
When things go bump in the night, we have two choices: to chase after spirits or to be chased by them. In Minneapolis, there are many spirits and ghosts to be chased. What’s your favorite haunted venue in Minneapolis? Let us know in the comments below.
Flickr/Carolyn Whitson
The road along the eastern bank of the Mississippi has had an important role in the city. Along the road sits a variety of wonderful restaurants, shops, and a movie theater. You’d never even think that the street is haunted.
In the 1950s a lock and dam was built in this area, destroying what was known as “Spirit Island.” It had been a burial ground for indigenous people, and it is rumored that with the destruction of their resting places, spirits were cursed to remain in the area.
Flickr / Kent Landerholm
Tunnels near the Pillsbury A-Mill have been sites of white ghostly bats. Sitting alone in Father Hennepin Bluffs Park has an ominous feeling, even if you’re visiting in the middle of the day.
Flickr/Yosomono
Yelp/Real G.
There are stories of a showgirl’s demise over the bar at Pracna’s, the constant presence of a farmer from Iowa, and so much more. You’ll be on a tour with a real ghost hunter who joins history and theater to make for a spectacular time. If you don’t have goosebumps by the end of the tour, you are surely tough as nails.
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