Foshay Tower · Mississippi Riverfront Mill District · 1878 Washburn A Mill Explosion
American Ghost Walks is a multi-city ghost-tour operator founded by Mike Huberty. The Minneapolis Ghost Walk was created in 2015 after Huberty, then living in downtown Minneapolis, began talking to local business owners about reported hauntings in their buildings and developed a 90-minute walking route from that research. The company's site describes the tour as based on original research, including interviews with firsthand witnesses and historical records.
The company later added the Minneapolis Ghost Bus Tour, a three-hour narrated coach tour developed with Minnesota storyteller Dangerous Linda Lee, departing from 821 S Marquette Avenue on Saturday evenings. A Minneapolis Bachelorette Ghost Tours package, priced from $34.99 per person for a customizable 2-to-4-hour experience, was added as a separate bookable product. American Ghost Walks also operates walking tours in St. Paul, Stillwater, and Red Wing, Minnesota, part of a broader multi-city brand with programs across the Midwest, Maine, and beyond.
The walking tour meets near Mill Ruins Park at 102 Portland Ave S; the Ghost Bus Tour meets at 821 S Marquette Ave. Both products list a minimum age of 13.
Sources
- https://www.americanghostwalks.com/minneapolis
- https://www.americanghostwalks.com/tour/minneapolis-ghost-walks
- https://www.americanghostwalks.com/tour/minneapolis-ghost-bus-tour
- https://www.americanghostwalks.com/minneapolis-bachelorette-ghost-tours
ApparitionsUnexplained SoundsCold SpotsResidual Haunting
The Minneapolis Ghost Walk centers on downtown landmarks the operator ties to reported paranormal activity: the Foshay Tower, where guests are told the building's namesake Wilbur Foshay -- who lost much of his fortune in the 1929 stock market collapse and was later convicted of mail fraud before a presidential pardon -- is still reported on the observation deck; Minneapolis City Hall, tied by the operator to a former jail in the building; and Mill Ruins Park, the site of the 1878 Washburn A Mill explosion. The operator's own itinerary also references reported activity connected to the history of the Washington Avenue Bridge and to the Guthrie Theatre.
The Minneapolis Ghost Bus Tour expands the route to First Avenue, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Soap Factory, framed around cases the operator's site names including the Harry Hayward murder case, a 19th-century Minneapolis con man convicted of murder. The tour was developed by owner Mike Huberty and storyteller Dangerous Linda Lee from what the operator describes as original interviews and historical research.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history verified independently for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tours cover, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Media Appearances
- Stillwater Gazette
- The Minnesota Daily
- MSP Magazine
