GHOST TOURS IN MICHIGAN

During the 1800s in the settlement of Ada, a young married woman would sneak out to meet her lover near the area now known as Seidman Park. One night when her husband followed and caught her in the arms of her lover, he started a fight, during which all three were killed. “People have reported at various times seeing a woman in a long white dress walking along the roadside. When people draw cl... [Read more]

HISTORY OF THE MANSION: It was built in 1864, originally as an eight room home, with the kitchen in a shed in the back. Different owners, throughout it's history, "improved" it by adding more rooms and the massive, enormous front pillars, transforming this mansion into a pretty big place. James T. Phillips, who had started and ran the Grand Rapids Clock and Mantel Company, bought this mansion i... [Read more]

HISTORY OF MANIFESTATIONS: The sheriff's wife traditionally made home-cooked meals for all the inmates. Many items from the community have been donated to the museum. Many inmates passed through this jail as guests of the county for their criminal offenses. For those hard to handle troublesome inmates, a solitary confinement hole, called the `hot box,'' was used to discipline and ultim... [Read more]

The Landmark Inn was constructed in 1917 and it was not finished until 13 years after, in 1930. The hotel finally opened to the general public on the 8th of January 1930. It ran as a full service hotel with 100 rooms until the 1970s, when it started falling apart. The hotel finally closed in 1982. It was not until 13 years after when someone else bought the hotel and restored it from top to botto... [Read more]

HISTORY: The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, is a "Civic" or community theatre, ( a non-profit organization) which has grown and evolved throughout the years, offering the community opportunities to participate and enjoy the musical and dramatic elements of thespian endeavors, as well as offering internships, theatre and dance classes, and opportunities to volunteer. It started as a tiny, determin... [Read more]

Demented Mitten Tours is Mid-Michigan's premier paranormal touring company. We specialize in the weird and macabre, offering tours of historically notorious and rumored haunted locations in the Mid-Michigan area. We offer public tours, private tours, and destination events.

The Old Regent Theatre is a film & non-film events theater, with an authentic 1930s aura, inside and out. It was restored the first time in 1996, and again in 1997, in its Art deco 1930s style, made popular at the 1925 World's Fair. The Regent Theatre has "a cream-colored vitrolite facade with red and green highlights. The six second-story windows have been closed up and covered with vitrolite wit... [Read more]