Dead Man's Pond - Cottage Grove, Minnesota

In quiet little Hamlet Park of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, a tragedy would occur years ago that still ripples through to this day.  Many believe that a small, swampy pond located in the park is haunted and just waiting to claim the life of its next victim.  The algae covered pond is very shallow, but the underlying mud goes very deep.

There are lots of swampy algae covered ponds all over.  Some of them hold more dark secrets than others like the one in Hamlet Park of Cottage Grove, Minnesota.

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Phantom Lovers of Forepaugh Mansion - St. Paul, MN

Joseph Forepaugh moved to the St. Paul area in the middle of the 1800s and became a successful merchant setting dry goods to the locals and westward travelers.  Upon his good fortune, he build a beautiful Victorian mansion where he lived with his wife Mary and their children as well as the house maid Molly.  However, good fortune and happiness turned to turmoil and devastation.  Two lovers met an untimely end and some say that the overwhelming power of this luxurious mansion still holds the spirits of two of the former residents to this day.  Read the full story>>

Haunted Forepaugh's Restaurant, formerly Forepaugh's Mansion is the scene of love affair between two ghosts from days gone by

The Green Lantern on Grey Cloud Island - St. Paul Park, Minnesota

The ghost of Grey Cloud, an Native American Princess from the Dakota Sioux tribe is believed to walk an island bearing her name carrying a green lantern.  Read the full story>>

Dakota Sioux Chief Wabasha III (Red Leaf) was the father of Grey Cloud