Twin Cities Haunted Handbook 100 Ghostly Places You Can Visit in and Around Minneapolis and St. Paul

by Morris, Jeff; Merk, Garett; Charbonneau, Dain

• ISBN13: 9781578605071
• ISBN10: 1578605075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-11
• Publisher: Clerisy Press

Summary

Twin Cities residents love their cities so much that some of them stick around even after they should pass to the Great Beyond. Ghost hunters Jeff Morris, Garett Merk, and Dain Charbonneau take you to 100 haunted places where you can see or hear these ghostly citizens for yourself.

Author Biography

Jeff Morris achieved his degree in English from the haunted Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and spent the early part of his career as an English instructor at a college in Cincinnati. While teaching, Jeff became interested in the ghost stories in the Cincinnati area. In 2005, he started working with his brother, Michael Morris, on their first book, Haunted Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio, which was published in June of 2009 by Arcadia Publishing. Beyond the book, Jeff has become very involved in the paranormal field in the Midwest. In 2006 he and his brother founded Miamitown Ghost Tours, which continues to run year round. In 2009, they joined a paranormal investigation group called CAPER (Cincinnati Area Paranormal Existence Research), and they started an online radio show called “Miamitown Ghost Talk.” In the fall of 2010, both Jeff and Michael published Cincinnati Haunted Handbook. He lives in Cincinnati. Garett Merk attended college at the University of Dayton and earned a degree in Computer Engineering. He joined the US Navy in late 2004. While in the Navy he had the opportunity to investigate several places in the Southern/Central California area. Garett is the founder of the Tri-State Paranormal and Oddities Observation Practitioners (TriPOOP). He enjoys research and investigations of haunted locations in an effort to capture indisputable evidence of the paranormal. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dain Charbonneau currently resides in Minnesota where he grew up enjoying camping and fishing. He is the founder of the Twin Cities Paranormal Research Group with the purpose of investigating claims of paranormal activity and researching the history that the tales of activity stem from.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. x
Foreword	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Rules for Exploring the Locations in this Book	p. 2
parks and lakes	p. 3
Adam's Hill Park	p. 4
Alimagnet Park Trails	p. 6
Arcola Trail Bridge	p. 8
Bluff Park	p. 10
Braemar Golf Course	p. 12
Carlos Avery State Wildlife Management Area	p. 14
Dead Man's Hill	p. 16
Dead Man's Pond	p. 18
Fort Snelling	p. 20
Fountain Lake	p. 22
Grey Cloud Island	p. 24
Holbrook Park	p. 26
Indian Mounds Park	p. 28
Lake Rebecca Park Reserve	p. 30
Lebanon Hills Regional Park	p. 32
Lilydale Park	p. 34
Minnesota State Fairgrounds	p. 36
Montgomery National Golf Club	p. 38
Seltz' Point at Lake Como	p. 40
Shakopee Memorial Park	p. 42
Sturges Park	p. 44
Swede Hollow Park	p. 46
cemeteries, hospitals, and churches	p. 49
Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center	p. 50
Calvary Cemetery	p. 53
Cottage Grove Historical Cemetery	p. 55
East Immanuel Lutheran Church	p. 57
Ferguson Cemetery	p. 59
Green Lawn Cemetery	p. 61
Grey Cloud Island Cemetery	p. 63
Hastings State Asylum Cemetery	p. 65
Holy Name Cemetery	p. 67
Lakewood Cemetery Mausoleum	p. 69
Long Lake (Union) Cemetery	p. 71
Marian Center	p. 73
Memorial Pet Cemetery	p. 75
Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery	p. 77
Monastery at DeMontreville	p. 79
Oakland Cemetery	p. 81
Oxlip Evangelical Free Church	p. 83
Ramsey County Poor Farm Cemetery	p. 85
St. Paul Cathedral	p. 87
Vang Lutheran Church	p. 89
museums, shops, and entertainment	p. 91
AMF Earle Brown Bowl	p. 92
Anoka County Historical Society	p. 94
Antiques on Main	p. 96
Artique Inc	p. 98
Carver Country Flowers and Gifts	p. 100
Gibbs Farmhouse Museum	p. 102
Hillcrest Recreation Center	p. 104
Ignatius Donnelly's Nininger City Home Site	p. 106
Jessie Tomme Salon	p. 108
LeDuc Mansion	p. 110
Mill House Gallery	p. 112
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts	p. 114
Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum	p. 116
Padelford Packet Boat Company	p. 118
Party Papers	p. 120
Schmitt Music	p. 122
Skatin' Place	p. 124
The Soap Factory	p. 126
Wabasha Street Caves	p. 128
Warden's House Museum	p. 130
food, spirits, and lodging	p. 133
Billy's Bar & Grill	p. 134
The Busted Nut	p. 136
Dairy Queen	p. 138
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel	p. 140
First Avenue Nightclub	p. 142
Fitzgerald Theater	p. 144
Forepaugh's Restaurant	p. 146
Mabel Tainter Theater	p. 148
The Moonshine Saloon	p. 150
Mounds Theater	p. 152
The Old Jail Bed & Breakfast	p. 154
The Onion Grille	p. 156
The Peacock Inn	p. 158
Pizza Hut	p. 160
Regal Cinemas Brooklyn Center	p. 162
Saint Paul Hotel	p. 164
St. James Hotel	p. 166
Water Street Inn	p. 168
schools and public places	p. 171
Anoka City Hall	p. 172
Burnsville Center	p. 174
County Highway 22 in Linwood	p. 176
Falcon Ridge Middle School	p. 178
Hamline University Drew Hall	p. 180
Hamline University Old Main Building	p. 182
Johnson Memorial Drive	p. 184
Landmark Center	p. 186
Mall of America	p. 188
Minneapolis City Hall	p. 190
Minneapolis College of Art and Design	p. 192
Minnesota State Capitol	p. 194
Saint Odilia Church and School	p. 196
South St. Paul Library	p. 198
St. Anthony Main	p. 200
St. Olaf College	p. 202
St. Paul City Hall-Ramsey County Courthouse	p. 204
St. Thomas College and the Legend of the 13 Graves	p. 206
Washington Avenue Bridge	p. 208
Willow Lane Elementary School	p. 210
Chapters Organized Geographically	p. 213
Daytripping (or in this case, Nighttripping)	p. 216
Places that Didn't Quite Make the Book	p. 218
Location Checklist	p. 222
About the Authors	p. 226
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