Spooky Galena's Ghost Map - Galena, Illinois

The Galena Ghost Map is free. Tap a ghost, hear the story, and visit the real address in Galena, Illinois. The Mayor’s Missing Silverware is a free mystery game on this same page. The Galena Ghost Hunt is a separate self-guided adventure with a physical first-edition collectible coin. It is not open yet.

• The Lady in Black, 230 S. Main Street, Galena, Illinois. Inside the DeSoto House roams the mysterious Lady in Black. For years people reported seeing a woman in black descend the stairs and vanish into a wall. When the wall was later opened, an old doorway was found. Ask the front desk about her story and see if you catch a glimpse of her.
• Charles S. Hempstead, 611 S. Bench Street, Galena, Illinois. Here roams Charles S. Hempstead, Galena’s first mayor. He died in 1874 following a mysterious concussion. See if you can feel his presence here.
• Mary Ann Miller, 123 N. Commerce Street, Galena, Illinois. Here roams Mary Ann Miller. According to Galena ghost lore, Mary was locked in a jail cell for drunk & disorderly conduct beneath the Old Market House here when floodwater rushed in. She drowned in her cell. Her cries are said to linger beneath the building. Can you hear Mary Ann’s cries?
• Louis LaMaster, 110 Green Street, Galena, Illinois. Here roams Louis LaMaster by the old post office, an early Galena settler and smelter. In 1846, delirious with fever, Louis slipped away during the night toward the river. The next morning, his body was found in the Fevre River, today’s Galena River, in about three feet of water. See if you can locate his presence here.
• Elihu B. Washburne, 422 S. Main Street, Galena, Illinois. Here roams Elihu B. Washburne, statesman, diplomat, and close friend and political ally of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. His former law office was here on Main Street, and he was buried in Galena after he died in 1887. See if you can feel his presence here.
• Gen. Jasper A. Maltby, 110 N. Main Street, Galena, Illinois. Here roams Gen. Jasper A. Maltby, gunsmith, inventor and one of Galena’s famed Civil War generals. Gen. Maltby lived above his gun shop here with his wife and son. Badly wounded by artillery at Vicksburg, he never fully recovered and died in 1867. His body was later brought home to Galena for burial. See if you can feel his presence here.
• Gen. Augustus Louis Chetlain, 157 N. Main Street, Galena, Illinois. Here roams Gen. Augustus Louis Chetlain, Galena businessman and one of the city’s legendary nine Civil War generals. He operated his glassware and crockery business here before marching off to war. Gen. Chetlain survived the battlefield, died in 1914 and was brought home to Galena for burial. See if you can feel his presence here.
• Gen. John Corson Smith, 125 S. Bench Street, Galena, Illinois. Here roams Gen. John Corson Smith, Galena builder, Civil War general and future Illinois lieutenant governor. His firm helped build the Methodist church standing here. Gen. Smith was badly wounded at Kennesaw Mountain and suffered from the wound for the rest of his life before dying in 1910. See if you can make contact with him here.
• George E. Heller, 110 Meeker Street, Galena, Illinois. Here roams 17-year-old George E. Heller. On July 4th 1882, George left a holiday picnic to swim in the Galena River near the old woolen mill. Seized by cramps in the water, he slipped beneath the river as his cousin desperately tried to save him. His body was recovered about an hour later. Can you feel George’s presence along the river?