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The Hastings Way Heckel's is now closed.  But the Big Steer has moved to the north.  Check out the Chippewa County page on this website.

"...features an interpretive center containing the new Interactive Tall Tales Room for the child in all of us, and many other buildings authentic to the 1900's logging era including a bunkhouse, cook shanty, heavy equipment building, blacksmith shop, barn and other exhibit rooms."
- section from Official Site

  (located in Carson Park)
1110 Carson Park Dr.  Google Maps
Eau Claire, WI  54702
(715) 835-6200

hours:
• mid-April thru Labor Day  (daily)  10am – 4:30pm
• Labor Day thru end of Sept  (Tue - Fri)  1pm – 4:30pm
(Sat - Sun)  10am – 4:30pm

  bronze statue stands in Carson Park in front of Carson Park Stadium

  702 Water St.
Eau Claire, WI  54703
(715) 833-2120

  1801 Piedmont Rd.
Eau Claire, WI  54703
(715) 852-6600

Memorial High School is "Home of the Old Abes", referring to the winged mascot of the 8th Wisconsin's Company C during the Civil War.    Two identical statues exist in the state, one in Park Falls (Price County) and another in Jim Falls (Chippewa County), marking the location where the original Old Abe was captured.

  3622 Mall Drive
Eau Claire, WI  54701
(715) 8833-2202

The Stones Throw

"an employee there for a few years reports almost everyone that worked there had strange things happen. People would hear footsteps in the old kitchen hallways downstairs, beer bottles would mysteriously break and/or fly across the room in the basement. Bartenders would hear doors slam downstairs after the bar had closed and they were the only ones there. Once long after everyone had left, a bartender was getting ready to leave when he shouted "ok everybody out" jokingly knowing he had already cleared the bar of people. At that instance, a man stood up from his chair, shook out his coat and proceeded to walk to the door, where he disappeared completely. That bartender left and never worked again. It is one of the oldest buildings in town, and it is rumored that a man hung himself there in the early 1900's."
- section from The Shadowlands website

Fire Station 10

The ghost of Alex the firefighter has been reported.  See "Unexplained Research" link at right for more details.

Eau Claire UFO Sightings

"At that point the object changed its shape from a circle to a triangle shape. The flashing red lights were on either side of the points at the base of the triangle, and they were flashing in unison. Than the triangle started to rotate right, and it seemed to divide in half and become two separate pieces."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 02-16-02 report

Banbury Place

Strange occurrences happen in this old rubber factory, which is now a connected series of businesses.  See "Unexplained Research" link at right for more details.

Banbury Place-BONUS Episode
by The Haunting Experiments

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The Eau Claire Academy

The ghost of a nun has been seen.  See "Unexplained Research" link at right for more details.

The Old Allen Cameron House
private property

The ghost of the former owner haunts the building.  See "Unexplained Research" links at right for more details.

Haunted Eau Claire Part Two
by The Haunting Experiments

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Kjer Theater

"Earl Kjer, founder of the theatre, often haunts the theatre by messing with the lights, props, curtains. Can also be seen sitting in his usual seat in the theatre."
- section from The Shadowlands website

Luther Hospital

Paranormal activity reported...    See "Unexplained Research" link at right for more details.

Sacred Heart Hospital

Ghosts have been observed...    See "Unexplained Research" link at right for more details.

Haunted Apartment  (2004)

Ghost Jogger on Vine Street

"Almost every night in the month of September around midnight you'll be driving and see a woman about 20 to 30 years in age jogging down the side walk, when you get almost right next to her she runs straight for your car like she wants you to hit her, and when you look back to see where she went shes gone. Some say based on her description she was a woman who was hit by a drunk driver on September 13 of 1986 while crossing vine"
- section from The Shadowlands website

Haunted Eau Claire Part One
by The Haunting Experiments

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The Basement Girl

"I turned to see what it was and saw a girl, she was moaning and screaming. I yelled for help, but what came out of my mouth was nothing. The girl came closer and closer to me. I tried moving but I just fell to the floor."
- section from Ghost Village report

Unexplained Research

Wisconsin's foremost paranormal researchers, Chad Lewis & Terry Fisk, have compiled quite a resume in the field of the unknown.  Their interest in subjects such as ghosts, UFOs, cryptic creatures and the like has inspired not only their extensive website, but several books, a radio show, a television series, and reoccurring paranormal conferences that are held throughout the Midwest.  Once again, see "Unexplained Research" link at right for more details.

Lakeview Cemetery

Folks who visit this graveyard on the city's west side have supposedly heard knocking sounds coming from the graves themselves.

The Opera House

"The Opera House was made over and they built a customer service center on the top floor. It has been said that in the break room is where the actors would change and that a few actors died there. Sometimes late at night the doors to the break room shut by themselves and the chairs will move. There have also been sightings of two old people watching the workers and standing in corners."
- section from The Shadowlands website

Forest Hill Cemetery

"Once at the crypts, the cold spot returns. Then the sound of metal on concrete scaping (sic) comes out of the crypt. With the doors vandalized, it is vaguely possible to look inside, but nothing out of the usual is seen. Another russling (sic) from inside the vault sends our heroes packing back to the vehicle, parked in front of the chapel."
- section from Chippewa Valley Paranormal Investigators website

Rope Swing

"College students have been disappearing from the area people have seen strange figures and have heard noises of little children crying the sounds are coming clearly from down by the water. People say if you go there at 12 at the 1st of every month and swing off the rope you will get caught up in a under tow or they also say its the children pulling you under. Many have been reported missing one body was found in the water close to the shore. SO BEWARE! AND STAY AWAY!"
- section from The Shadowlands website

The Downtown Rope Swing
by The Haunting Experiments

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Carmike Cinema & Oakwood Mall

The movie theater and the mall itself have had rumors of paranormal incidents, but nothing too specific is known.

Soo Line "S" Bridge

This circa-1910 railroad bridge is now used by bicyclists & pedestrians and, reportedly, ghosts.  See "The Haunting Experiments" link at right for more details.

Mystery Of The Soo Line Bridge
by The Haunting Experiments

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Updates From The Haunting Experiments

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  1404 Carson Park Dr.
Eau Claire, WI  54702
(715) 834-7871

hours:
• Memorial Day thru Labor Day  (Mon - Sat)  10am – 5pm
(Sundays)  1pm – 5pm / (Tuesday evenings open until 8pm)
• during school year  (Tues - Sun)  1pm – 5pm
(Saturdays open at 10am)  /  (Tuesday evenings open until 8pm)
• house and school open mid-April thru mid-October during museum hours

"In 1871, a year before Eau Claire formally became a city, Herman and Augusta Schlegelmilch built one of the community's first brick homes in hope of surviving the lumber town's many fires. Tour this beautiful home filled with furnishings from the earliest decades of its long history."
- section from the Explore Wisconsin website

  517 South Farwell St.
Eau Claire, WI  54701
(715) 832-7871

"This restored farmhouse, built in 1864 by Peter and Cordelia Truax, can be toured on Sundays..."
- section from the Explore Wisconsin website

  905 Kane Rd.
Eau Claire, WI  54703
(715) 834-2161 or (715) 834-1766

hours:
May thru September  (Sundays)  1pm – 6pm