The Most Haunted Places in North Dakota

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   1. Bonanzaville, USA West Fargo · Museum / Historical Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   Bonanzaville, USA in West Fargo assembles 34 historic buildings on 12 acres, including the Houston House, once home to inventor David Henderson Houston, who patented the first roll film for cameras in 1881. The most repeated ghost story describes children's laughter heard inside the Houston House in winter, when no children are present. The Brass Rail Saloon is named as a site of reported activity, and the museum runs paranormal investigations each October.

   6 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 2013-2025 · retold in 6 later publications

2. 2. Harvey Public Library Harvey · Museum / Historical Site · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified three distinct published accounts at this museum site, across five kinds of published source. Two later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include cold spots and electrical anomalies.

   3 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1931-2022 · retold in 2 later publications

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   3. St Joseph's Hospital Dickinson · Other Dark Tourism Site · Family Comfort: Low

   Six Swiss nuns of the Sisters of Mercy opened St. Joseph's Hospital in Dickinson in 1912 and ran it for seventy-five years. In 1926 five hospital workers died in succession, an episode attributed to encephalitis but remembered as the mystery of the dying nuns. After it moved to a building in 2014, the structure became St. Joe's Plaza; staff reported the morgue elevator running unattended, moaning near the cafeteria, and children's laughter in the basement.

   3 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1926-2023 · retold in 3 later publications

4. 4. Riverside Cemetery Fargo · Cemetery / Burial Ground · Family Comfort: High

   HauntBound identified three distinct published accounts at this burial ground. Two later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include a sensed presence and orbs.

   3 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1920-2017 · retold in 2 later publications

5. 5. Trollwood Park Fargo · Outdoor / Natural Site · Family Comfort: High

   Cass County established a hospital and poor farm in 1895 for residents without family or means; when it closed in 1973, its three cemeteries held 1,000 unmarked graves, 300 of which were relocated in 1985. The grounds became Trollwood Park and hosted a performing arts school. During performances, witnesses described a woman in a dark 19th-century dress dancing beneath a willow near the Cemetery #2 marker, mistaken for part of the show before she vanished.

   3 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1960-2022 · retold in 5 later publications

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