Walk Duluth's most haunted locations. 13 stops, self-guided. 3 stops free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
Elisabeth Congdon, 83 years old, was smothered with a satin pillow in her bedroom at Glensheen Mansion on June 27, 1977. Her night nurse Velma Pietila was bludgeoned to death with a candlestick on the staircase. The double homicide became Minnesota's most sensational murder case — and the 39-room Jacobean Revival mansion has never been quiet since. Duluth's 13-stop self-guided ghost tour traces the lakeside city's darkest history, and every stop is free. Nopeming Sanatorium, opened in 1912, held tuberculosis patients who mostly died; investigators still record the sound of desperate breathing from empty wards. The Maritime Visitor Center, dedicated to Lake Superior's 350 shipwrecks and 10,000 drowning victims, produces phantom fog and wet footprints from figures in life jackets who walk the shoreline seeking rescue that never came.
On June 27, 1977, 83-year-old Elisabeth Congdon was smothered with a satin pillow in her bedroom at Glensheen Mansion. Her night nurse, Velma Pietila,...
Fitger's Brewery operated from 1881 to 1972 on the Lake Superior shoreline. August Fitger, a German immigrant, built the brewery into one of the large...
The Duluth Union Depot opened in 1892, a French Norman chateau-style building serving seven rail lines. At its peak, over 5,000 passengers passed thro...
You approach the Kitchi Gammi Club, founded 1883 as a gentlemen's club for Duluth's mining and shipping elite. The Tudor Revival mansion has hosted ge...
You enter the Duluth Armory, built 1915, a fortress-like structure that trained National Guard units through two world wars and countless deployments....
You stand at Endion Depot, opened 1899 as a streetcar station connecting Duluth neighborhoods. The building is now commercial space, but transit worke...
You enter the former Sacred Heart Catholic Church, built 1892, now converted to a music venue. The sanctuary retains its soaring ceilings and stained ...
You approach the site of old Central High School, demolished but not forgotten. The building educated Duluth students from 1892 to 1971. Urban legends...
You stand at the Maritime Visitor Center, dedicated to Lake Superior's shipping history—a history written in wrecks and drownings. Superior has claime...
You cross the Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth's iconic portal between lake and harbor, completed 1905. It's an engineering marvel and a magnet for the desp...
You ride the chairlift at Spirit Mountain, Duluth's ski resort since 1974. The slopes are family-friendly by day. By night, ski patrol reports phenome...
You descend to Glensheen's basement, a space tour guides avoid discussing. The mansion's public narrative focuses on architecture and family history. ...
The Duluth ghost tour includes 13 documented haunted locations.
The first 3 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 13 stops, a History Nearby premium subscription is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
No. This is a self-guided walking tour. Each stop includes the address, a map pin, and the full haunting story. Walk at your own pace, start anytime, and take any route you like.
Plan for approximately 2.5 hours. This accounts for walking between stops and reading each haunting story. You can also split it across multiple evenings.
The most visited stop on our Duluth tour is Glensheen Mansion at Glensheen Mansion, 3300, London Road.
3 stops free in Duluth. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.