Experience a walking history and ghost tour that brings the spirits of Traverse City to life! This engaging and theatrical outdoor walking tour touches on the fascinating history of Traverse City, and the tales of the hauntings unfolding in downtown Traverse City, and concludes with a short introduction to ghost hunting with real ghost hunting equipment!

This is a 100% outdoor walking tour on sidewalks, dirt paths, and a grassy park lawn.  

This tour operates in the rain! We will cancel due to extreme weather conditions.

We do not enter any of the buildings on this tour.

Famous sites we stop at include: Hannah Mansion, City Opera House, the State Theater and Carnegie Library.

No restrooms available at start or end of the Tour

• We do a short 5-minute intro into ghost hunting to conclude the end of the tour. This is optional for our guests. Ghost Hunting equipment is provided. Guests are welcome to bring their own. Please note that this part of the tour is less than 5 minutes in duration.

This 100% outdoor walking tour may have guests encountering sun, rain, and outdoor insects. Please plan accordingly. Public restrooms are located in the businesses in downtown Traverse City. This tour does not make a restroom stop during its duration.

*Guests are asked to arrive 10 minutes prior to the start of the tour as the tour starts promptly.

*This 90-minute walking tour will span .8 miles through downtown Traverse City starting OUTSIDE the Higher Self Bookstore at 313 E Front St. Traverse City. (The bookstore is not associated with Haunted Traverse Tour Co.)

*We will speak on some of the more famous sites such as the WTCM Radio Station, State Theatre, City Opera House, Hannah Mansion, and Carnegie Library.

*The tour ends at a different location than the starting point. The intersection of 6th and S. Union St. Also known as Hannah Statue Circle.

Tours are presented with theatrical, storytelling by your experienced, local tour guide on the history of Traverse City and the ghost stories shared with Haunted Traverse City's Founder-Dez.

Tour guides are passionate about the paranormal and have their own experiences. This tour was designed and often hosted by Dez, a local tour guide who is passionate about all things paranormal, folklore, and history.

Prepare for a woven story of history, ghostly happenings, and a paranormal investigator's insight into what Dez looks for when researching a haunted location.

Your tour guide will ask for your name on the reservation to check you in and then quickly chat to get to know your party attending.

We meet outside the Higher Self Bookstore which does NOT have public restrooms. Please, plan to use the public restrooms found throughout downtown Traverse City before checking in with your tour guide.

**The nearest public restroom is located at Milk & Honey Ice Cream Shop located 5 minutes walking distance away from where the tour meets/starts. **

Please meet 10 minutes prior to the start of the tour. Your guide likes to hear about your interest in the paranormal or history.

Because your guide wants to hear from our guests about their interests, you may find the guide chatting with other guests. Please wait patiently to be checked in if you find your guide speaking with another guest. We promise we will check you in and chat about your interests too!

This tour operates in some periods of darkness. A flashlight is recommended. Many guests use the flashlight feature on their fully charged phones.

Please plan for the weather (this tour does operate in rain, cold, and breezy conditions). Some helpful tools: flashlight, umbrella, poncho, sweatshirt, walking shoes.

Please plan to walk at least .8 miles on the tour. If you do not have transport picking you up at the end of the tour, you will need to walk back to where you parked your vehicle.

This tour operates in some periods of darkness. A flashlight is recommended. Many guests use the flashlight feature on their fully charged phones.

Please plan for the weather (this tour does operate in rain, cold, and breezy conditions). Some helpful tools: flashlight, umbrella, poncho, sweatshirt, walking shoes.

Please plan to walk at least .8 miles on the tour. If you do not have transport picking you up at the end of the tour, you will need to walk back to where you parked your vehicle.

If you do have a transport service such as Uber picking you up at the end of the tour, the best way to do this is to schedule it for 15 minutes after the end of the tour and to have the ride service pick you up at the corner of S. Union and 6th streets (also known as Perry Hannah Statue's Circle).

Please plan to be outside for at least 90 minutes in Northern Michigan. Guests may encounter winged bugs, insects, rain, sun, weather, a spooky ghost story…

Friendly Puppies are welcome on the tour.

Wheelchairs/Strollers may be accommodated with one special accommodation that will need to be made to avoid the stairs the tour navigates during the last 5 minutes of the tour when we do our introduction into host hunting.

Ghost Hunting is not required to participate in. Please walk with your guide through the location and additional conversation on the history and paranormal activity will be discussed before we conclude with one final story at Perry Hannah's Statue.

People that struggle with walking at least a mile may find this tour not to their liking.

We try to accommodate and walk at the slowest pace but if you need to be the one to set the pace for the tour, please come walk next to the tour guide from location to location.

One item to consider is renting or bringing a mobility scooter if you feel that your walking pace may be slower than the tour or you have difficulty walking long distances.

Boo Scooter is available to rent on first come first serve basis. We have one scooter available/tour.

Hello!

Dez here, founder and primary tour guide for Haunted Traverse Tours. I often get asked if ghosts are real and if this tour will provide proof that spirit exists.

I take the passionate position that to truly understand the paranormal one must have a paranormal experience that defies scientific explanation. This is my one hope for everyone to see how infinite our universe is and how full of possibility our lives are.

However, I do not believe that my ghost tours are the venue to help prove paranormal happenings are real. So with that, please know that this tour and all tours with Haunted Traverse Tour Company are for entertainment purposes only.

Now with that being said, I have had several paranormal experiences in downtown Traverse City and throughout my life. I continue to explore why these strange occurrences happen and have become a folklorist, historian, and paranormal investigator that travels the world trying to expand my understanding in this subject.

I hope this tour helps you ask the questions and helps you expand your interest in the paranormal too! At the least hopefully the tour is a fun, engaging, spooky fun time for you and yours.

So, get ready for lots of history, some entertaining ghost stories, lots of laughs, and explanation of how TC came to be! All of this packed into a full 90-minutes in downtown Traverse City.

I hope to see you out on one of my curated tours passionately researched and designed by myself.

~Dez, Owner and Tour Guide for Haunted Traverse Tour Company