Best Of: Best Way To Spend October in Minneapolis

Whorticulture.com Presents: The Best Way to Spend October and Halloween in Minneapolis!

This one was submitted by our friend Nicole and it sounds freaking awesome.  I've never been to a haunted house that has a safety word.  A SAFETY WORD.  DO WANT.


Here is my review of  The Soap Factory Haunted Basement, which is the scariest haunted house that I've ever been to!!

The link to the website is: The Soap Factory

The Soap Factory
518 2nd Street SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
612.623.9176


The Soap Factory  first began as a railroad warehouse  along the  Mississippi River and later became a soap factory during World War II. In 1995, The Soap Factory  became  home to an art gallery, studio space, and an  artistic laboratory.

This upcoming halloween season marks the 4th year for the scariest halloween event in Minneapolis. The haunted basement runs October 1st- October 31st (Thurs-Sun).  This years theme is "Distortion", promising new mind-bending phobias.

Last year was my first visit to the Haunted Basement. The 30 minute unguided tour runs in groups of four. While in complete darkness, you are surrounded by a cavernous maze of unexplainable oddities, distorted  appendages, noxious odors, (such as rotting corpse), rooms that spin, flashes of light, which leaves you
with the taste of fear in your mouth.

Before visiting the Haunted Basement, it's important to know the following:

            1. There are a limited number of tickets available each night.
(purchase them online)

            2.  No admittance if you are under 18.

            3. You must sign a waiver once you arrive

            4. Wear comfortable shoes (no high heels or flip flops allowed)

            5. No alcohol is allowed (you will get denied entry if you appear intoxicated).

            6. Too scared? The code word to escape is "Uncle"

Note from Whorticulture: I did a little research on this, and every single review I read said people were absolutely terrified, and it was the scariest haunted house they'd ever been to.