In the middle of Nowhere Haunted house created for fun, frights and escape attempts year-round

KARE 11's Jason Hackett and CeCe Gaines visited our unique haunt, Nowhere Haunted House, in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.

On a dark and stormy morning, KARE 11's Jason Hackett and CeCe Gaines visited a unique haunt in Inver Grove Heights.

Their passion connected McKay and Ross to like-minded masters of fright, Ian Knutson and Mike Reimer. "We got together with these guys, and we just brainstormed how we could have a haunted entertainment center that could be open year-round," McKay recalled. 

Now, everything inside this haunt is hand-crafted, hand-selected, and hand-painted by a group of home haunters.

Mike Reimer, Ian Knutson, Nicole Ross, and Galen McKay showcase their one-of-a-kind haunted house.

The group helped transform an old pawn shop into this one-of-a-kind entertainment complex in Inver Grove Heights. 

"We started building in March of 2022," said Knutson. "That took us pretty much a whole year before our last Halloween to be open. Mini golf and [the] arcade didn't even start until this Spring. We basically lived in there all year."

When the group started, the space was a blank canvas. 

"We created every single thing here; we built by hand using auctions, Facebook Marketplace, Craig's List and Menards. We just built everything, and Nicole was our painter. We painted all of the sets," said McKay, who also said they were working full-time jobs. "We just did it as a passion."