Haunted Michigan - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

South Manitou Island, part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, was once home to bustling logging and farming industries. These days it’s home to ghost towns where the voices of those former, long-gone inhabitants can still be heard.

Located 16 miles off the shore of the Leelanau Peninsula, the island has also been the site of shipwrecks that some blame for the island’s restless spirits. According to legend, when one ship’s passengers were stricken with cholera, they were buried on this island – in some cases, while they were still alive.