Haunted things to do in Wichita
Looking for haunted places & dark-history spots in Wichita? These 8 are the genuinely strange ones — Highland Cemetery (Wichita's abandoned pioneer cemetery), Hattie Waller statue & Maple Grove Abbey, Maple Grove Cemetery, Accent Bridal & Tux (the haunted former bordello) and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Wichita they'd never find on their own.
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Highland Cemetery (Wichita's abandoned pioneer cemetery)
Wichita's oldest cemetery (est. 1870) was abandoned by its cemetery company in 1982 and is the city's most va…
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Hattie Waller statue & Maple Grove Abbey, Maple Grove Cemetery
Across the street from Highland, Maple Grove hides the haunting marble likeness of three-year-old Hattie Wall…
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Accent Bridal & Tux (the haunted former bordello)
This family-run bridal shop occupies a building that was once a Delano bordello, and the staff swear it's sti…
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Cosmosphere
The Cosmosphere is a fully accredited, Smithsonian-affiliated space museum that improbably anchors a Kansas w…
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Hutchinson Fox Theatre
The Hutchinson Fox Theatre is a genuine 1931 Boller Brothers art deco movie palace — one of the finest betwee…
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Etzanoa - The Great Settlement
Beneath the fields of southern Kansas lies one of the largest pre-contact cities in North America — up to 20,…
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Border Queen Museum & Talking Tombstone Tours
Caldwell's Border Queen Museum preserves the blood-soaked legacy of America's deadliest cowtown — more marsha…
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Chisholm Trail Museum
Housed in the donated 1916 Hatcher Hospital building, this 40-room county museum packs over 20,000 artifacts…