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Echoes of America: Life & Legacy

Stories of the lives we live, the places we love, and the history we leave behind.


Historic Mineral Springs Hotel in Alton, Illinois, in an atmospheric twilight scene

Haunted Alton Preview: The Mineral Springs Hotel


The History Behind the Shadows

The Mineral Springs Hotel is another familiar name in stories about Alton’s haunted places. But before the legends, there is the history of a building and a community that changed over time.

Our October 30 installment will explore the site’s historical background alongside the reports and folklore that have helped keep its reputation alive.

Follow the five-part Haunted Alton series beginning October 26. New stories arrive each morning through Halloween.

The story continues in the pages of Echoes of America.

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