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South Dakota’s haunted places are shaped by frontier history, mining booms, prairie isolation, and weathered towns where old stories never fully disappear. Hotels, saloons, cemeteries, roads, and historic buildings all contribute to the state‚Äôs ghostly reputation. If you are searching for haunted places in South Dakota, this guide covers eerie landmarks, paranormal claims, and the kinds of local legends that thrive in wide-open country.

  • Keystone Cemetery: Where Mount Rushmore’s Carvers Rest

    Keystone Cemetery: Where Mount Rushmore’s Carvers Rest

    Look up from the plots at Keystone Cemetery and the four presidential faces are right there, a mile or so off through the pines.…

  • Larry in the Balcony: the Orpheum Theater in Sioux Falls

    Larry in the Balcony: the Orpheum Theater in Sioux Falls

    Vaudeville acts, second-run pictures and community theatre have all taken turns on the same boards inside the Orpheum Theater in Sioux Falls, a 1913…

  • Room 812: The Lady in White at the Hotel Alex Johnson

    Room 812: The Lady in White at the Hotel Alex Johnson

    Eight stories of dark brick rise above Rapid City’s downtown, and for nearly a century the Hotel Alex Johnson has been the tallest thing…

  • Easton’s Castle South Dakota: History and Reported Hauntings

    Easton’s Castle South Dakota: History and Reported Hauntings

    Easton’s Castle South Dakota is a nineteenth century mansion in Brown County, built in 1889 by the agriculturist C.A. Bliss and later taken over…

  • Bullock Hotel Deadwood: History and Reported Hauntings

    Bullock Hotel Deadwood: History and Reported Hauntings

    The Bullock Hotel Deadwood stands at the corner of Wall Street and Main Street in Deadwood, South Dakota, and it is the oldest hotel…

  • Haunted History of the Lucky Nugget Gambling Hall in Deadwood

    Haunted History of the Lucky Nugget Gambling Hall in Deadwood

    Address: 622 Main Street, Deadwood, SD 57732Phone: (605) 578-1100Status: Permanently Closed A Piece of Deadwood’s Infamous Past The Lucky Nugget Gambling Hall once stood on Main Street…

  • Fairmont Hotel

    Fairmont Hotel

    Exploring the Mystical Aura of the Fairmont Hotel in Deadwood, South Dakota Nestled in the historic town of Deadwood, South Dakota, the Fairmont Hotel…

  • Mount Moriah Cemetery

    Mount Moriah Cemetery

    Discover the Legends of Deadwood at Mount Moriah Cemetery Steeped in the rich tapestry of the Wild West, Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, South…

  • Mount Marty College

    Mount Marty College

    Exploring the Haunted Halls of Mount Marty University Nestled on an expansive 80-acre campus in the quaint town of Yankton, South Dakota, Mount Marty…

  • Old Minnehaha Courthouse Museum

    Old Minnehaha Courthouse Museum

    Discover the Haunted Halls of the Historic Old Minnehaha Courthouse Museum Nestled in the heart of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the Old Minnehaha Courthouse…

  • Sioux San Hospital

    Sioux San Hospital

    The Haunting Legacy of Sioux San Hospital In the heart of Rapid City, South Dakota, the Sioux San Hospital stands as a monument to…