1920s Tichigan Lake speakeasy and resort property
28837 Beach Drive, Waterford, WI 53185
Age
All Ages
Cost
Free
The original Tichigan Lake Inn (later What About Linda's) is reported as closed at the 28837 Beach Drive address. Tichigan Lake's Hilltop Pub & Restaurant remains an active nearby establishment.
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Limited Access
Tichigan Lake shoreline
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Photos OK
Est. 1920 · 1920s Prohibition-era speakeasy · Chicago-Tichigan whiskey trafficking corridor · Tichigan Lake resort era
The Tichigan Lake Inn at 28837 Beach Drive in Waterford, Wisconsin sits along Tichigan Lake in Racine County. The original building dates to the 1920s and operated as a Prohibition-era speakeasy linked to Chicago organized-crime liquor trafficking. According to building accounts published by owners and reproduced in regional Wisconsin paranormal writing, barrels of whiskey were hauled from the property by horse and wagon up to Highway 164 at the top of the nearby hill for shipment to Chicago.
The building has operated under multiple names over the years, including the Tichigan Lake Inn and Roma's Tichigan Lake Inn. The most recent occupant, What About Linda's, is reported closed at the Beach Drive address. The nearby Tichigan Lake's Hilltop Pub & Restaurant continues to operate.
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Owners and staff at the Tichigan Lake Inn have reported a series of vivid phenomena, often with customers present, including margarita glasses flying horizontally off the glass rack before crashing to the floor; beer tappers turning on at once with no one nearby; the blender starting itself and then turning off just as the bartender reached to do so; a kitchen bell ringing while no one was in the kitchen; and footsteps to the upstairs followed by the apparition of a previous regular who is no longer living.
The owners describe the activity as playful and often laugh-prompting rather than threatening, while noting that spending the night alone is reported to be unsettling. The accounts are documented in regional Wisconsin paranormal writing and reflect the building's identity as a long-running lake bar.
View the Tichigan Lake Inn building (most recently operating as What About Linda's, now closed) on Beach Drive in Waterford, Wisconsin. Pair the drive with Tichigan Lake's Hilltop Pub & Restaurant for active waterside dining.
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