{"id":98880239,"date":"2015-10-19T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/5-spooky-spots-you-can-visit-in-the-midwest\/"},"modified":"2020-05-01T08:18:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T12:18:31","slug":"5-spooky-spots-you-can-visit-in-the-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/5-spooky-spots-you-can-visit-in-the-midwest\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Spooky Spots You Can Visit In The Midwest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whether you enjoy feeling terrified or just want to know what places to avoid for the rest of your life, it\u2019s always nice to have a handy list of creepy and spooky places.<\/div>\n
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But, strangely, so many lists featuring scary places within America noticeably lack locals from one specific region. Sure, there are\u00a0New England B&B\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0that were once the sites of infamous murders for the East,\u00a0plantations\u00a0haunted by the horrors of their histories for the South, and mansions built by insane owners to represent the West. But where are the Midwestern creep spots? The chilling destinations that you can stop by in arguably the most American area of America (and also dead center of the country)?<\/div>\n
\u00a0Well, buckle up reader, here are five spooky spots to visit on your next road trip through the wholesome heartland.<\/div>\n
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Stepp Cemetery<\/a>, Bloomington,\u00a0<\/strong>Indiana<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
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Just off Highway 37, lies the abandoned cemetery that\u2019s home to a legion of local legends and modern folklore. The most popular tale is that of a woman in black who can be seen walking through the cemetery, and sometimes along the nearby road, making an eerie moan. The spot has become a popular stop for ghost hunters and fans of the supernatural over the years.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0The Villisca Axe Murder House<\/a>, Villisca,\u00a0Iowa<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
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In 1912, eight people (six of them children) were murdered during the night in the small town of Villisca, Iowa. The crime was never solved and the house in which the mass murder occurred has become a tourist attraction, where visitors can pay to tour the house and even stay the night.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Bachelor\u2019s Grove Cemetery, Bremen Township,\u00a0<\/strong>Illinois<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
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This abandoned cemetery in suburbs of Chicago is home to a plethora of reported ghost sightings and was even the site of some serious paranormal investigations at one point\u2014supposedly even generating photographic evidence of the existence of ghosts.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Ohio State Reformatory<\/a>, Mansfield,\u00a0Ohio<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Is there anything creepier than an old prison? The answer, of course, is no. And the historic landmark that is the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield is proof of that. Although the site has been the location for plenty film shoots and private events, it\u2019s also does a good bit of business hosting ghost tours and Halloween experiences.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Lemp Mansion<\/a>,\u00a0St. Louis, Missouri\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Mansions aren\u2019t exactly the most un-spooky places to visit (think pretty much every ghost movie you\u2019ve ever seen) and if there\u2019s any place that proves that it\u2019s this family home in St. Louis that was the site of four suicides by the same affluent family, who are said to haunt the building\u2026which is now restaurant and inn.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Have you visited one of these spooky spots? Or have you been to a place even scarier? Upload it to our\u00a0<\/em>Spookiest Spots in America Photo Contest\u00a0or post on Instagram or Twitter with\u00a0<\/em>#OTspookyspots<\/a>! You could win $250 in OneTravel giftcards! Hurry, it all ends on October 30th!
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Pic, Ohio State Reformatory, via Flickr \u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Tom Hart\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n
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Whether you enjoy feeling terrified or just want to know what places to avoid for the rest of your life, it\u2019s always nice to have a handy list of creepy and spooky places. But, strangely, so many lists featuring scary places within America noticeably lack locals from one specific region. Sure, there are\u00a0New England B&B\u2019s\u00a0that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98880239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98880239"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98905633,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880239\/revisions\/98905633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98880239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98880239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98880239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}