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Michigan keeps 88 dossiers on places still working — the legend rides alongside the day job. A hotel, a theater, a lighthouse can carry a haunting reputation and a full schedule at once; the filing records what is claimed about the ground, not what the staff will tell you at the desk. Check hours and seasons before you go — the record is not a timetable.

88 dossiers10 counties covered92% open to visitorsPaulding Light — deepest file
Other Michigan shelves:historic sites18
Site
Medium

Paulding Light

Watersmeet, Michigan

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

5 claims · 3 legends→
House
Medium

The Whitney

Detroit, Michigan

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

3 claims · 1 legend→
Inn
High confidence

Terrace Inn

Petoskey, Michigan

Inn associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Thunder Bay shipwreck sanctuary

Alpena, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Woodmere Cemetery

Detroit, Michigan

The 1868 cemetery—where the auto barons sleep.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Michigan Central Station

Detroit, Michigan

The 1913 depot—the ruin that Ford saved.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Hotel St. Regis

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Detroit Athletic Club

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Grande Ballroom

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Michigan Theatre

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Lee Plaza

Detroit, Michigan

The 1929 tower—the abandoned apartment hotel.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Hotel Orchard

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Henry Ford Museum

Dearborn, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Greenfield Village

Dearborn, Michigan

The 1933 village—where Ford moved the buildings.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Grosse Pointe

Grosse Pointe, Michigan

The lake suburb—where the mansions hold their dead.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Palmer Park

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Detroit Public Library

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Detroit Historical Museum

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Motown Museum

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Eastern Market

Detroit, Michigan

The 1891 market—where the sheds still sell.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Tiger Stadium site

Detroit, Michigan

The 1912 ballpark—where Cobb and Kaline played.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Russell Industrial

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

SS City of Milwaukee

Manistee, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

SS Badger

Ludington, Michigan

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Elmwood Cemetery

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Regent Theatre

Allegan, Michigan

Theater associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)

Mackinac Island, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Fayette

Garden, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Quincy Mine

Hancock, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Bath School site

Bath, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Detroit Masonic Temple

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Fox Theatre

Detroit, Michigan

The 1928 palace—where the organ still plays.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Wayne

Detroit, Michigan

The 1845 star fort—where the soldiers reportedly drill.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Northville Psychiatric Hospital

Northville, Michigan

The 1952 hospital—where the tunnels connected the buildings.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Traverse City State Hospital

Traverse City, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Packard Plant

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Belle Isle

Detroit, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Eloise

Westland, Michigan

The 1839 poorhouse—where 7,000 patients stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Ford Rouge Factory

Dearborn, Michigan

The 1928 plant—where the River Rouge still runs.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Highland Park Plant

Highland Park, Michigan

The 1910 plant—where the Model T line ran.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Pewabic Pottery

Detroit, Michigan

The 1907 pottery—where the Stratton ghosts reportedly stay.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan

The 1929 Cotswold—where the Ford family stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Fair Lane

Dearborn, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Carl D. Bradley

Rogers City, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Daniel J. Morrell

Harbor Beach, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Cedarville

Mackinaw City, Michigan

May 7, 1965—the collision in the straits.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

SS Valley Camp

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

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

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Kamloops

Isle Royale, Michigan

December 1927—the freighter that froze in Superior.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Full Michigan record → state index· Every operating filing → status shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive