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*Fall Spook-tacular Tour

Dates:October 16, 2026
Meets:F from 7:30 AM to 10:00 PM
Location:MCC Sarpy Center Parking Lot
Cost: $199.00

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Not for the faint hearted, this tour includes the Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, MO, known as the original 'State Lunatic Asylum No. 2'. Explore the 130-year history of the state hospital and centuries what stories of hauntings and rather bizarre mental health treatments. Afterwards, enjoy a delicious lunch served in a top-rated local restaurant that will delight your palate. Meet your step-on guide in Atchison, KS, proclaimed to be the most haunted town in the state. Your guide will focus on the paranormal involving mansions and buildings including the famous Waggener House (as legend has it the owner made a pact with the devil) and the Sallie House which has earned a national reputation as one of the most haunted places in America. Note, the home and its haunting have been the subject of movies, television specials, and a documentary. Due to the home's previous dark history and reports of some tourists receiving bruising and unexplained injuries after entering the home the tour will be limited to the grounds and not the interior of the house. Cost paid to MCC is for the deluxe motor coach, the group luncheon, "Haunted Atchison Tour" step-on guide, Glore Psychiatric Museum fee, and a mansion fee. Bring money, including cash, for other meals and shopping. Our deluxe motor coach departs promptly at 7:30 a.m. from Sarpy Center; park and meet the bus at the northeast parking lot. Return is at approximately 9:00 p.m. No discounts. Traveling Classrooms experiences are for ages 18 and up unless otherwise noted. Moderate walking is required on all trips. No refunds are available for cancellations made within 14 days of the trip date. Side destinations are subject to change due to availability or weather.
Fee: $199.00
Hours:13.50
CEUs:1.35

MCC Sarpy Center Parking Lot

Kevin Kowskie

Kevin Kowskie is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is passionate about travel and art. His artwork has been displayed at the College of St. Mary’s, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Durham Museum and has been included in a group show at the Joslyn Art Museum. Kowskie’s love for foreign travel and cultural enrichment goes back as far as he can remember. While traveling with his family to Rocky Mountain National Park as a child, he developed a keen desire to expand his journeys to distant lands, and the rest was history. After traveling through much of the United States as he got older, this ambition drew him to expand his travels on an international scale—discovering destinations in Canada, Mexico and a dozen European nations. In his early thirties, Kevin and a friend devoted two weeks every year to backpacking through Europe and visiting different nations and destinations via train. He loves encountering new cultures and meeting people from diverse backgrounds. After someone suggested to him that Omaha would appreciate seminars on European travel, Kowskie followed his passion to become a noncredit instructor on the subject for MCC. Planning, organizing and leading group tours are part of his favorite pastimes. Kowskie is currently a trip leader and coordinator for MCC’s Traveling Classrooms, sharing his experience and knowledge as part of the motivated Continuing Education staff.

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