The canon
Midwest — 27 dossiers on file
The heaviest files in North Dakota
27 dossiers. 8 sites. 17 open to visitors, a record reaching back to 1885. The North Dakota shelf, ranked — what witnesses filed on one side, what the paper supports on the other.
27
dossiers on file
17
open to visitors
1885
oldest dated · North Dakota State Hospital
Apparition
most-filed claim · 12 files
The 25 deepest files
The ghost church on the prairie—the last building standing.
Custer’s last post—where he rode to the Little Bighorn.
July 20, 1881—where Sitting Bull surrendered.
The winter of 1804-05—where Lewis and Clark met Sacagawea.
The best-preserved frontier fort—and reportedly one of the most haunted.
The rest of the shelf
Ranks 26–27 — shallower files, still on record, still sorted by depth.
Filed alongside
Record last amended October 2, 2026 · ranked with the archive