This is Michigan's Most Haunted Place

MICHIGAN — Michigan has a rich history when it comes to ghost stories and paranormal history, but apparently a little island 16 miles offshore in Lake Michigan is the scariest of them all, according to a Thrillist.

Ghostly thrill-seekers may want to check out South Manitou Island, as its legends have convinced the magazine it's the most haunted place in the entire state.

The popular magazine cited two of the island's legends, in which one is to believe that a ship of cholera-stricken passengers stopped at the island, and the sailors buried them in a mass grave while some were still alive.

The other legend revolves around the SS Francisco Morazan, which ran aground on the island's coast in 1960, and a young boy died trying to explore the shipwreck on his own.

The magazine also said that voices are often heard hallowing from the island's two cemeteries and through a cedar forest.

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South Manitou Island is one of two off the coast of Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore coast in Leelanau County. It is also part of an island chain in Lake Michigan that extends north to the Straits of Mackinac.

The island is also widely recognized for its dense history and three miles of sandy beaches that are only accessible by ferry. In addition, the island features unique sand dune formations, ten miles of pebble beaches and a grove of old growth white cedars that date back over 500 years.

The Manitou Passage State Underwater Preserve was established in 1988 to conserve the historic and archeological value of over fifty known shipwreck sites, dating from 1835 to 1960.

Other spooky attractions you may want to check out across the state:

• Doherty Hotel
• Eloise Asylum
• Ghost Tour Grand Rapids
• Haunts of Mackinac
• Haunted Traverse Walking Tours
• Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse
• The Whitney Detroit