Voigt House Victorian Museum

Built in 1895 for wholesale grocer Carl Voigt, this perfectly preserved Queen Anne mansion is Grand Rapids' most intact Victorian home. Museum staff report the sound of children playing on the third floor nursery when no children are present, a piano playing a single bar of music and stopping, and the smell of cigar smoke in the library despite no smoking for decades. The spirit of Carl Voigt is reported sitting in his study chair, visible only in the corner of one's eye — when you turn to look directly, the chair is empty.