Peoria State Hospital

The building - which once was called the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane - is open to the public on Fridays and Saturdays year-round.
Tours of the building - which was constructed in 1898 and opened in 1902 - are being hosted on Friday and Saturday nights. Two one-hour historic tours start at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., two 150-minute paranormal ghost tours start at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., and overnight tours run from midnight to 6 a.m.
On overnight tours, patrons roam the 50,000-square-foot building searching for ghost activity. Tour guides are stationed on each floor.
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