

Haunted Traverse
For Spirited Adventures!
Traverse City's Original Ghost Tours & Paranormal Experiences
✔️ Origin of ghost stories researched by or shared with Dez & her family
✔️ Family settled the area 170+ years ago-8th Generation
✔️ Original Ghost Tour in Traverse City
✔️ Female-owned
✔️Historically Researched


Historical Ghost Lantern Tour
Summer-Fall
Monday-Saturday
Explore Downtown Traverse City's history of origin, history, local ghost stories, & admire beautiful downtown architecture. The tour has some humor, theatrical story telling by local guides. Some insight into paranormal investigation techniques.
Best For: History lovers, ghost-story enthusiasts, families seeking a spooky-yet-informative evening.
Heads-Up: Not ideal for those wanting a cemetery tour, or a pure paranormal or “ghost-hunting” adventure.
🪦 Atmosphere: ★★★☆☆
🪦 History: ★★★★★
🪦 Chills: ★★★★☆
🪦 Hands-On Activity: ★★★★☆ (Optional Intro to Ghost Hunting)
🚶 Walking Distance: Approx. 0.9 miles (1.4 km)
Explore downtown Traverse City with lantern light, visiting historic sites and hearing stories that blend local history with ghostly lore.

Ghost Hunting Experience
June-October
Select Nights Each Week
Want to try your hand at real paranormal investigation? This interactive experience takes you to one of Northern Michigan’s haunted sites, where we’ll use ghost-hunting tools like spirit boxes, EMF detectors, and digital recorders to see what we can stir up.
I’ll guide you through the process and the history behind the location. While nothing is staged — and we can’t promise activity — many guests leave with stories of their own.
🕯️ Come with an open mind. Leave with goosebumps.
Best for: Paranormal enthusiasts, skeptics who want to try it for themselves, ghost-hunting beginners.
Not for: Those wanting a theatrical show or a guarantee of ghostly encounters
🪦 Atmosphere: ★★★★★
🪦 History: ★☆☆☆☆
🪦 Chills: ★★★★★
🪦 Hands-On Activity: ★★★★★
🚶 Walking Distance: Approx. 0.125 miles (0.2 km)
Join an immersive ghost hunting experience where you and your group actively investigate the paranormal, guided by an experienced ghost hunter.

Spirits of Halloween-Special Ghost Hunting, S'mores and Fireside Ghost Stories
Select Nights in October Only
A longer and more in depth exploration of ghostly happenings on the Ghost Farm told around a campfire. Then when the chills are running up the spine, we unfold a ghost hunt near the time when the veil is thinnest.
🕯️ Come create a memorable Halloween!
Best for: All Hallows Eve Lovers, Paranormal enthusiasts, skeptics who want to try it for themselves, ghost-hunting beginners.
Not for: Those wanting a theatrical show or a guarantee of ghostly encounters
🪦 Atmosphere: ★★★★★
🪦 History: ★☆☆☆☆
🪦 Chills: ★★★★★
🪦 Hands-On Activity: ★★★★★
🚶 Walking Distance: Approx. 0.125 miles (0.2 km)
Join an immersive ghost hunting experience where you and your group actively investigate the paranormal, guided by an experienced ghost hunter.
Spirit of Oakwood Cemetery Tour
June-August Only
Select Evening Dates
Quiet, beautiful, and haunting in its own right — Oakwood Cemetery holds the stories of Traverse City’s early residents, told among their resting places. On this respectful walking tour, we’ll share graveyard legends, forgotten histories, and local ghostly lore tied to the very people buried beneath your feet.
🕯️ Please note: This is the only cemetery tour in Traverse City! A popular tour with limited spots.
Best for: Ghost Story lovers about people, asylums, and haunted cemeteries. This cemetery offers a quiet environment to explore cemetery iconography, ghost stories, and forgotten stories of Traverse City's past.
Not for: Guests seeking paranormal investigations.
🪦 Atmosphere: ★★★★★
🪦 History: ★★★★☆
🪦 Chills: ★★★★☆
🪦 Hands-On Activity: ★★★☆☆
🚶 Shortest Walking Distance of All Our Tours!
(Approx. 0.25 miles / 0.4 km — gentle loop with regular stops.)

Haunted Traverse Tour Calendar
Why choose
us?
#1 Tour in Traverse City, Michigan
We are the only tour company based in Traverse City, Michigan dedicated to paranormal adventures. Our tours are a great way to see the City's ghostly happenings, strange occurrences, and fascinating history. All our walking tours will be led by knowledgeable and engaging local tour guides and touch on paranormal topics in an entertaining and educational storytelling style. Lastly, join us on a journey into the paranormal depths of Traverse City where the past meets the present. Our tours are crafted to fully immerse you in the local history and supernatural events that make this area unique. Experience the beset of Traverse City and its inhabitants on our must-take tour.

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