Peshtigo Fire Museum

A former church moved across the river in 1927, now a museum dedicated to the Peshtigo Fire of October 8, 1871 — the deadliest wildfire in American history, killing up to 2,500 people in a single night.

Visitors to the museum have heard ghostly voices, smelled phantom smoke when there's no fire, and seen the ghosts of fire victims wandering the exhibits. The Peshtigo Fire killed more people than the Great Chicago Fire, which happened the same night. The spirits of those who perished in the inferno seem trapped in an eternal loop of that terrible October evening.