Haunted Minneapolis by de Beaulieu, Ron

Ghoulish Legends from The City of Lakes

Haunted government buildings, theaters, museums, restaurants, parks, and, of course, cemeteries--Minneapolis has it all. Local folklore comes to life at the Turnblad Mansion, where the piano plays on its own, and at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, where the subjects of portraits move about. Spirits of victims in the disastrous 1878 mill explosion haunt Mill Ruins Park. The Foshay Tower's elevator seemingly goes haywire for no reason, and inmates and guards in the Hennepin County Jail report sightings of an underdressed spectral figure.

Local author Ron de Beaulieu investigates the roots of the Mill City's ghost stories, ranging from the tragic to the horrific as well as heartwarming and perplexing.

Author: Ron de Beaulieu
Publisher: History Press
Published: 09/08/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781467171458

About the Author

As of this year, Ron has spent more time in Minnesota than anywhere else in the world. She now lives in South Minneapolis but previously lived in Southeast; before that, she lived in St. Paul. And before that was a long time ago, or so it seems to her now. Ron started writing books to share the interesting things she was learning in grad school at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, where she got an MA in history and a PhD in sociology. Haunted Minneapolis is her fourth book, preceeded by Minneapolis Murder & Mayhem, St. Paul Murder & Mayhem, and Minnesota's Most Notorious Mobster: The Making and Breaking of Kid Cann.