Michigan

Paulding Light

Watersmeet, Michigan

The mystery light in the woods—since 1966, the debate continues.

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Former Hospital

Eloise Asylum

Westland, Michigan

1839 poorhouse-grown psychiatric city, now a haunted attraction.

Ship

Whitefish Point, Michigan

Edmund Fitzgerald wreck site

The November 10, 1975 loss—Lake Superior’s most famous wreck.

House

The Whitney

The 1894 lumber baron mansion—now a restaurant where the family reportedly stays.

Former Hospital

Allegan Lodge

Allegan, Michigan

Former hospital associated with documented cultural history.

Inn

High confidence

Terrace Inn

Petoskey, Michigan

Inn associated with documented cultural history.

Bridge

Algoma Township, Michigan

Hell’s Bridge

The Algoma Township footbridge tied to the Friske child-killer legend.

Thunder Bay shipwreck sanctuary

Alpena, Michigan

The "Shipwreck Alley"—over 200 documented wrecks in the bay.

Cemetery

Woodmere Cemetery

The 1868 cemetery—where the auto barons sleep.

Michigan Central Station

The 1913 depot—the ruin that Ford saved.

Hotel St. Regis

The 1966 hotel—where the "happenings" reportedly occur.

Detroit Athletic Club

The 1915 club—where the members’ ghosts reportedly play.

Grande Ballroom

The 1928 ballroom—where the MC5 played and the ghosts stayed.

Michigan Theatre

The 1926 palace—now a parking garage inside the ruin.

Lee Plaza

The 1929 tower—the abandoned apartment hotel.

Hotel Orchard

The 1929 hotel—where the "happenings" reportedly occur.

Henry Ford Museum

The 1929 museum—where Lincoln’s chair and Kennedy’s car sit.

Greenfield Village

The 1933 village—where Ford moved the buildings.

Town

Grosse Pointe

Grosse Pointe, Michigan

The lake suburb—where the mansions hold their dead.

Palmer Park

The 1893 park—where the Log Cabin and the virgin forest stand.

Detroit Public Library

The 1921 library—where Cass Gilbert’s marble keeps the books.

Detroit Historical Museum

The 1951 museum—where the "Streets of Old Detroit" live.

Motown Museum

Hitsville U.S.A.—where the Supremes recorded.

Eastern Market

The 1891 market—where the sheds still sell.

Tiger Stadium site

The 1912 ballpark—where Cobb and Kaline played.

Russell Industrial

The 1915 complex—where the artists and the ghosts share the halls.

SS City of Milwaukee

Manistee, Michigan

The 1931 car ferry—where the ghosts ride the lake.

SS Badger

Ludington, Michigan

The 1953 ferry—the last coal steamer on the lakes.

Cemetery

Elmwood Cemetery

The 1846 cemetery—where the city’s founders rest.

Theater

Regent Theatre

Allegan, Michigan

Theater associated with documented cultural history.

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)

The porch that charges admission—and the ghosts of the island’s great hotel.

Whitefish Point Lighthouse

Paradise, Michigan

The "Graveyard of the Great Lakes" light—and the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Big Bay Point Lighthouse

Big Bay, Michigan

The Lake Superior light where a keeper’s son was murdered in 1951.

Point Iroquois Lighthouse

Brimley, Michigan

The 1871 tower at the mouth of the St. Marys—the site’s 1662 battle.

Old Presque Isle Lighthouse

Presque Isle, Michigan

The 1840 tower where the keeper’s wife still lights the lamp.

Fayette

Garden, Michigan

The iron-smelting town on the Garden Peninsula—preserved mid-death.

Quincy Mine

Hancock, Michigan

The "Old Reliable"—the deepest copper mine’s shaft still open.

Bath School site

Bath, Michigan

May 18, 1927—the school board member who bombed the school.

Detroit Masonic Temple

The 1926 temple—the world’s largest Masonic building, with the architect’s ghost.

Theater

Fox Theatre

The 1928 palace—where the organ still plays.

Fort Wayne

The 1845 star fort—where the soldiers reportedly drill.

Northville Psychiatric Hospital

Northville, Michigan

The 1952 hospital—where the tunnels connected the buildings.

Traverse City State Hospital

Traverse City, Michigan

The 1885 Kirkbride—now the Village, where the "beauty is therapy" dead stay.

Packard Plant

The 1903 factory—the abandoned ruin where the workers died.

Belle Isle

The island park—where the "Lady in White" reportedly walks.

Eloise

Westland, Michigan

The 1839 poorhouse—where 7,000 patients stayed.

Ford Rouge Factory

The 1928 plant—where the River Rouge still runs.

Highland Park Plant

Highland Park, Michigan

The 1910 plant—where the Model T line ran.

Pewabic Pottery

The 1907 pottery—where the Stratton ghosts reportedly stay.

House

Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan

Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

The 1929 Cotswold—where the Ford family stayed.

House

Fair Lane

The 1915 estate—where Henry Ford’s ghost reportedly walks.

Carl D. Bradley

Rogers City, Michigan

November 18, 1958—the freighter that broke in half.

Daniel J. Morrell

Harbor Beach, Michigan

November 29, 1966—the ship that split in the storm.

Cedarville

Mackinaw City, Michigan

May 7, 1965—the collision in the straits.

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

SS Valley Camp

The 1917 freighter—the museum ship where the Edmund Fitzgerald’s lifeboat rests.

Kamloops

Isle Royale, Michigan

December 1927—the freighter that froze in Superior.

Armistice Day Blizzard

Lake Michigan, Michigan

November 11, 1940—the storm that killed 66 sailors.

Great Storm of 1913

Lake Huron, Michigan

November 7-10, 1913—the "White Hurricane" that killed 250.

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Mission Point Resort

The island’s other haunted resort—Harvey the jilted bridegroom.

Singapore

Saugatuck, Michigan

Ghost town associated with documented cultural history.

Mansion

Felt Mansion

Saugatuck, Michigan

Mansion associated with documented cultural history.

Edgewater

Michigan

Ghost town associated with documented cultural history.

Fort Gratiot Lighthouse

Port Huron, Michigan

Michigan’s oldest lighthouse—1829, guarding the river’s mouth.

Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

Mackinaw City, Michigan

The castle-styled light guarding the straits—and the keeper in the window.

Seul Choix Point Lighthouse

Gulliver, Michigan

Lighthouse associated with documented cultural history.

Cemetery

Pere Cheney Cemetery

Roscommon, Michigan

Cemetery associated with documented cultural history.

Road

Marrow Road

Michigan

Road associated with documented cultural history.

Cabin

Mary Kay Cabin at Ox-Bow

Saugatuck, Michigan

Cabin associated with documented cultural history.

Jail

Allegan Old Jail Museum

Allegan, Michigan

Jail associated with documented cultural history.

Forest

Allegan Forest

Fennville, Michigan

Forest associated with documented cultural history.

Doherty Hotel

Clare, Michigan

Hotel associated with documented cultural history.

Cliff Mine

Ahmeek, Michigan

The first profitable Keweenaw copper mine—the ruins in the woods.

Stannard Rock Light

Marquette, Michigan

The "loneliest place on the continent"—24 miles from land.

Town

Ontonagon

Ontonagon, Michigan

The copper town at the river mouth—where the boulder came first.

Gay

Gay, Michigan

The stamp-sand town—the bar that outlived the mill.

Alabaster

Tawas City, Michigan

The gypsum town—the company houses on the bay.

Natural

Porcupine Mountains

Ontonagon, Michigan

The Porkies—the largest old-growth left in the Midwest.

Town

Eagle Harbor

Eagle Harbor, Michigan

The harbor town where the lighthouse watches the wrecks.

Joe Louis Arena site

The 1980 arena—where the Wings played and the octopus flew.

Historic Site