The Devil-s Doorway

Long before European settlers assigned sensationalized, sinister names to the region's geography, the area surrounding the Devil’s Doorway was a deeply sacred space for Indigenous peoples, most notably the Ho-Chunk Nation (People of the Sacred Voice).

The keyword "The Devil's Doorway" serves as a fascinating lesson in how a single phrase can take on a life of its own, leading to wildly different destinations. It is, in its own way, a conceptual doorway leading into the worlds of classic cinema, modern horror, natural beauty, ancient folklore, literature, and music. The Devil-s Doorway

ARCHIVIST This was recovered during the demolition of the St. Joseph’s Convent in 1993. It was bricked inside a basement wall. No one knows who filmed it. Long before European settlers assigned sensationalized