20 haunted and historic destinations in Michigan.
Clinton Township, MI
Located in the woods off 18 Mile Road and Hayes Road in Clinton Township, this small cemetery contains approximately 30 burial stones dating primarily to the 1800s, representing the pioneer settlement period of Macomb County. The site reflects the region's early history during the nineteenth century.
East Leroy, MI
East Leroy was settled in 1835 and became a station stop on the Michigan Central railroad branch line running from Battle Creek to Goshen, Indiana in the early twentieth century. The railroad was operational through the 1920s before eventually being abandoned, leaving behind the remnant corridor visible today.
Livonia, MI
Livonia Cemetery was established in 1836 along Farmington Road in Livonia, Michigan, serving as the primary burial ground for the developing community. The cemetery contains over 1,000 interments spanning nearly two centuries of local history, with graves dating from the nineteenth century through the present.
Fennville, MI
Fennville is a city in Allegan County, Michigan, located on State Route 89 approximately eleven miles southeast of Saugatuck and thirteen miles west-northwest of Allegan. The area was settled in the mid-nineteenth century around sawmill and grist mill operations established by Benjamin Fenn, a lumberman who arrived from New York.
Breckenridge, MI
The Breckenridge Elementary School building was constructed in 1936 in Gratiot County, Michigan. It served as the primary elementary school for Breckenridge until 1994, when a new elementary school was built. The original building now operates as the AIM School (Alternative Instruction for Mental teenagers) and serves as an event venue.
Berville, MI
Berville is an old settlement in Berlin Township, St. Clair County, Michigan, founded in the 1840s. Originally known as Baker's Corners, the community developed as a small rural settlement along the Pere Marquette Railroad's Almont branch, approximately thirty miles west of Port Huron.
Dearborn Heights, MI
Berwyn Elementary School was constructed in 1958 as an elementary school serving Dearborn Heights and the surrounding Wayne County community. In 1979, the City of Dearborn Heights began leasing the building from the Crestwood School District and converted it to the Berwyn Senior Recreation Center to serve the expanding senior population.
Marquette, MI
Big Bay Point Lighthouse was constructed beginning in May 1896 and completed in October 1896. Congress authorized the light station in 1893, with $25,000 appropriated for construction. The lighthouse automated in 1944 and later opened as a Bed & Breakfast inn.
Big Rapids, MI
The Big Rapids cinema occupies a historic theater building originally constructed as the Colonial Theatre, which opened on Michigan Avenue at Elm Street in Big Rapids. By 1930, the theater hosted Vitaphone and vaudeville performances. The facility was renamed Big Rapids Theatre by 1941 and has since operated under various cinema operators.
Metamora, MI
Metamora Township was formed in 1838 from the eastern half of Hadley Township in Lapeer County, Michigan. Named after the character Metamora from an 1829 theatrical production, the township developed as a lumbering and agricultural community. Blood Road itself was named after Norman B. Blood, a township supervisor in the 1850s.
Mackinac Island, MI
Bogan Lane Inn was built in the mid-1850s during Mackinac Island's transition from fur-trading center to fishing hub and emerging tourist destination. The structure represents residential architecture from an era when the island was rapidly developing economically and socially.
Mackinac Island, MI
Bois Blanc Island was ceded to the United States in 1795 through the Treaty of Greenville. The island's primary economic activity during the 1800s centered on lime kiln operations and timber extraction serving Mackinac Island and mainland communities. A resort community developed in the late 1800s, with a post office established in 1884.
Shepherd, MI
Shepherd, Michigan is a village located in Coe Township, Isabella County. The community was first settled by lumberman Isaac Shepherd and others along the Salt River. It was formally platted in 1866 and given a post office named Salt River in 1857. The village had a population of 1,469 at the 2020 census.
Kalamazoo, MI
Borgess Hospital officially opened to the public on December 8, 1889, Kalamazoo's first hospital. It was funded by Bishop Caspar Henry Borgess's donation of $5,000 toward a down payment on an Italian Revival mansion. Eleven Sisters of St. Joseph from Watertown, New York staffed the pioneering facility with untrained but dedicated workers.
Bridgeport, MI
Bridgeport High School is located in Bridgeport, Saginaw County, Michigan. The school serves the Bridgeport Area Schools district and functions as an active secondary educational facility.
Brighton, MI
Brighton Women's Correctional Institute operated as a women's detention facility in Livingston County, Michigan. The facility functioned during an era when capital punishment was legal in Michigan and housed inmates under conditions typical of nineteenth and twentieth century prisons.
Calumet, MI
The Calumet Theatre opened in 1900 in Calumet, Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The theater attracted major performers including Helena Modjeska, Sarah Bernhardt, Frank Morgan, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and John Philip Sousa. The facility remains an active cultural venue.
Kalamazoo, MI
Bronson Methodist Hospital opened in 1900 as Kalamazoo Hospital and was renamed in 1907 after Titus Bronson, the city's founder. The hospital serves the Kalamazoo region as a major medical facility and teaching hospital.
Atlanta, MI
Camp 8 Cabin is an abandoned structure located on Camp 8 Road in Atlanta, Montmorency County, Michigan. The cabin served as a residential dwelling in the Upper Peninsula.
Troy, MI
Camp Ticonderoga is a restaurant located in a converted family home on Rochester Road in Troy, Oakland County, Michigan. The building originally served as a residential dwelling.