Entry No. 13 — the Chicago file — filed under: haunted

Bachelor's Grove Cemetery

Founded around 1840 and now an abandoned, overgrown burial ground enclosed by the Rubio Woods forest preserve in Cook County, Bachelor's Grove is widely called the most haunted cemetery in America. Decades of reported encounters include phantom cars, a vanishing farmhouse, and the famous 1991 'Madonna' photograph of a translucent woman in old-fashioned dress seated on a tombstone. Reaching the toppled, vandalized graves means a short walk in from the road along an old gravel path; the grounds are open sunrise to sunset only.

The move: Park at the forest-preserve lot and hike the quiet trail in to find the scattered, time-worn headstones where the White Lady was photographed.

📍 Before you go Roughly 20 miles southwest of downtown; open sunrise to sunset only, and after-dark visits are heavily patrolled and can result in fines. Wear shoes for a short unpaved walk in.

• 📍 Midlothian (Bremen Township)
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: Entrance via Bachelor's Grove Woods, W 143rd St west of Oak Park Ave, Midlothian, IL 60445

Hours: Added 2026-06-23 — confirm current hours before you go.

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Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-23