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Aurora Ghosts: Frontier Frights from Leland Tower to the Fox River
53 N Broadway (Aurora Regional Fire Museum), Aurora, IL 60505
Research updated August 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
From $32 per person per the operator's GetYourGuide listing (Product ID 1035345) at time of research.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About 1 mile of paved downtown Aurora sidewalks along the Fox River, meeting outside the Aurora Regional Fire Museum.
Equipment
Photos OK
Leland Tower (1928, tallest Illinois building outside Chicago at completion) · Two Brothers Roundhouse (1856 railroad building) · Historic downtown Aurora, Fox River corridor
US Ghost Adventures runs its Aurora program under the brand Aurora Ghosts, meeting nightly outside the Aurora Regional Fire Museum at 53 N Broadway. The route passes Leland Tower, a 22-story 1928 building that was the tallest in Illinois outside Chicago at completion and operated as a premier hotel until the 1960s; the corpus entry for the building documents reported suicides among hotel guests during that era, alongside its later history as an apartment building. The route also passes Mount Olivet Cemetery, a historic Aurora burial ground.
The operator's marketing separately references Two Brothers Roundhouse, an 1856 former Chicago & Aurora railroad building now home to Two Brothers Brewing, where a different operator runs its own ghost tour and investigation product.
Sources
At Leland Tower, the operator's narrative ties reported cold spots and phantom odors to the building's documented history of guest suicides during its hotel years, alongside reported activity linked to organized-crime figures who stayed there. At the Aurora Regional Fire Museum, the operator describes reported figures moving in the shadows and unexplained gusts of wind. At Two Brothers Roundhouse, the operator's narrative describes shadowy figures and an apparition of a little girl reported by restaurant staff.
The operator's route narrative also names Mount Olivet Cemetery (called 'Mount Olive Cemetery' by the operator), tied to reported disembodied voices; the Fox River, tied to the reported drowning of a local resident named George Wormley in the 1880s; and the Republic Museum, tied to Aurora's Civil War history. The operator's GetYourGuide listing separately names Hotel Aurora and the E.D. Huntoon House as extended-tour stops.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history independently verified for this listing beyond what is separately sourced here; it is included as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
A 1-hour, roughly 1-mile walking tour meeting outside the Aurora Regional Fire Museum, 53 N Broadway. The route covers the Fire Museum, Leland Tower Apartments, and Two Brothers Roundhouse. From $32 per person. Runs nightly, all ages.
An extended version of the standard Aurora Ghost Tour, adding stops including Hotel Aurora and the E.D. Huntoon House per the operator's GetYourGuide listing. Ask the operator for current stops and availability.
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Featured stop; the corpus entry documents reported suicides during the building's hotel years, matching the operator's reference to the site's history. Presented history-first, without naming individuals.
Operator refers to this stop as 'Mount Olive Cemetery,' a likely naming variant; matched by address and description.
Meeting point and featured stop; operator's marketing describes reported figures and poltergeist-like activity inside the museum at night. No corroborating corpus entry found.
Featured stop, now home to Two Brothers Brewing, built 1856 as a Chicago & Aurora railroad hub. A different operator runs a separate ghost tour and investigation product at this address (see the corpus's own Aurora Two Brothers Roundhouse Ghost Tour & Investigation entry); no standalone physical-venue corpus entry was found to match this stop.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative, tied to a reported 1880s drowning of a named local resident, George Wormley; no corroborating corpus entry found and the claim is not independently verified.
Named in the operator's route narrative, tied to Aurora's Civil War history; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named as an extended-tour stop on the operator's GetYourGuide listing (not on the base usghostadventures.com page); no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named as an extended-tour stop on the operator's GetYourGuide listing (not on the base usghostadventures.com page); no corroborating corpus entry found.
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