Illinois’ Most Haunted Place Is a Zoo Built on a Cemetery

When you think of something haunted, you probably picture an old building, a wide-open field, or maybe even a dark, eerie road, but a zoo? That’s not usually on the list. Yet in Illinois , the most haunted place in the state just so happens to be a zoo.

The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago is a free zoo where guests can spend the day learning about animals, enjoying time with family and friends, and, if you believe the stories, possibly encountering something otherworldly. That’s because before it became a zoo, the land was once a cemetery where more than 35,000 bodies were buried.

From Cemetery to Zoo: The Dark Past of Lincoln Park

According to CN Traveler , the site served as a graveyard in the 1840s and 1850s, but it had to be relocated due to concerns about the city’s water suppl