HANCOCK, MI – Ruby reds and glowing golds are fading to russet as Lake Superior’s crisp October winds whip across Michigan’s northernmost peninsula, heralding the arrival of spooky season.

An eerie autumn charm is taking hold in the Keweenaw Peninsula – especially at a historic copper smelter turned ghoulish playground.

A trip to the Haunted Smelter at Quincy Smelting Works is a “descent into madness,” according to Visit Keweenaw .

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The historic buildings are the perfect stage for spine-tingling sets, atmospheric chills and ghastly ghouls (live actors) in one of the Copper Country’s most storied locations.

Built in 1898, Quincy Smelting Works is perched on the banks of the Portage Canal. Quincy Mining Company used the sme

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