Minnesota is home to a number of popular "haunted houses" and old, creepy homes. And as we near Halloween, WCCO Radio's Susie Jones takes us to one in Stillwater where stepping into the Warden's House is like stepping back in time.
Call it - a certain 'feeling in the air.'
"The Warden's House is a little different than maybe other haunted houses in that there are so many true tales of terror and tragedy that happened here at the house," explains Heidi Heinz who is the site director.
She did share some of her experiences while showing off the home.
"I've experienced things where I leave at night and leave things one way and we'll come back the next morning and it's a different way," says Heinz.
She says music seems to attract the spirits, which in turn attract people to the house.
Twin Cities Paranormal Society's Thomas Troupe explains.
"I think it's a curiosity. I think it's, if there are spirits, they're curious about what we're doing," says Troupe. "And some of them are maybe even talking to each other about us."
The Warden’s House Museum was built in 1853 and served as the home for the wardens of the territorial and state prison. Over the next six decades, there were thirteen wardens that lived in the house until 1914 when the prison moved to its present site in Bayport.
It is far from the only famous haunted house in Minnesota, with places like the Wabasha Street Caves, or Forepaugh's Restaurant in St Paul always high on the ghost hunter list. And the Anderson House Hotel in Wabasha, Minnesota, is frequently described as haunted.
Troupe is one of those investigators and says anyone interested in the Warden's House will learn about the history of the building, and the ghosts that still wander the halls.
"Our team is scientific," he explains. "We don't go off of feelings. Yes, there are places we go to we're like, I didn't get that feeling here, but again, we don't lean into that when we talk about stuff."
He says the presentation will include several stories of inmates who died in Minnesota's first prison which used to stand right next to the house on Main Street.
The Twin Cities Paranormal Society is hosting two presentations at the house, on Friday and Saturday at the house. There are some tickets still available.