,...built in 1859. It's been very nicely restored in mostly original condition. During two periods in its life it was a whorehouse. Evidently,..the whores have all died out, however.

Anyway,.. our room has a nice, big 4 poster king size bed and a nice bathroom with antique fixtures.

The only downside is,...it's right over the hotel bar,...and it's packed. They started rolling in about 5PM and got progressively louder as the evening has progressed.

Just when I thought it couldn't get any louder,....the band fired up.

Ain't but one thing to do when you're in a hotel room over a loud bar,.....go downstairs and order a series of doubles.

They told us when we checked in that they would hold our room ticket open and we could put our dinner and bar tab on it if we chose to do so.

This is liable to turn into a $350 hotel room.

Jealous.....

Stayed at a turn of the century hotel once on one of our anniversary trips.

They had one of those antique fainting couches set up in the corner of the room.

Later that evening, the missus went along with fully trying it out.

Woke up the next morning and realized it would now probably need to be reupolstered.

Threw some pillows over it and checked out, lol.

Nice. The Driskill in Austin is haunted. Cool place but haunted. Stayed in a couple of very famous historic ones years ago in downtown San antonio that were allegedly haunted as well, spooky but nothing like the Driskill in Austin.

We're here.

This spirit is said to be that of a murdered prostitute. . . an undocumented event that occurred during prohibition times when the hotel was a speak-easy and brothel. This shy ghost is quite friendly. She simply sits on the bed in the middle of the night and kisses guests on the cheek, then disappears in a smoky haze.

I've spent a couple of nights in the Stanley Hotel too.

,.....didn't see any ghosts there, either.

Stayed at a real nice refurbished old hotel in Glenrock Wyoming...

We stayed in the Bullock hotel in Deadwood. Wild Bill was sitting at the bar too. I had about 15 Jack and waters that night

I was going to warn you it's probably haunted .

I did a week long job at the Driskill about 5years ago, and just about every where I had to be was in un occupied and empty parts and rooms of the hotel that weren't used. Swear I always felt someone watching and hairs on the back of my neck would stand up. I knew absolutely nothing about that place at all until much later after I was done there . Read about it and it all made sense.

There is a little hotel like that in Elk Mountain Wyoming. I didn't stay there but my brother and his wife did. They bought 40 acres just west of town and owned it like 3 months and someone offered them too much money to keep it. Supposedly there are oil sands in the area. Apparently the new owner thought he'd make a killing on splitting up that 40 acres. A few months later Barak Obama was elected and he shut it all down.

kwg

My childhood home was bordered on two sides by graveyards. Growing up,...most of my neighbors were dead people.

I don't get too worked up about "haints".

There might be some,...but they don't seem to feel the need to make themselves known to me.

They've been given plenty of opportunity.

Ramblin' Jack and Mahan?

Y’all don’t break the antique headboard tonight!

Grandpa always said he earned his receding hairline from banging his head on the headboard night after night.
With 9 kids and the way my grandma was always smiling, I never doubted it.

Cedar Key?
Nice place.

I liked the old hotel across from the bus depot in Spokane, Shabby, but clean and cheap. Good beds.

But that was 50 years ago.... and fit my pocket book at the time. Stayed there I think 3 times, passing through.

No whores, however. Could not have afforded one anyway.

We stayed in one in Americus, GA - didn't tell the wife the place was haunted - I don't believe in such things,
Anyway, that night she woke with a start, felt a hand on her shoulder that wasn't mine. To this day, she's very sensitive about that.

We live in Savannah, GA - lots of "haunted" places here

We spend the night at the Coupland Inn next to the dancehall on occasion. It was a whorehouse in the 1800’s. All kinds of boom boom been had in that building!

Apparently, not completely restored to its former self.

He probably stopped by to celebrate the burning of the nearby town of Rosewood.
Cedar Key is the closest place to spend the night.

Occidental hotel in Buffalo, Wy is great. Other than modern heat/air and running water, much as originally built. Visited by many/most of the old west names. Definitely worth adding to any trip out that way.

We have stayed in the Antlers Inn in Walden, CO several times. Always enjoy it, neat old place.

In my early years I worked a ranch west of Cowdrey for an entire year. Spent some time in the bar at the Hotel. Fun times.

Did the renovation include new mattresses, or was that left as a "relic"? Bet those walls could talk.

Irma Hotel in Cody, WY, Buffalo Bill's old hotel built in 1880's, great bar and restaurant, rooms have flush toilets and TV.

We stay in the Lancaster hotel when we go see the Astros. It was built in 1926, very nice!

We stayed there last summer, nice town!!!

Is this a hotel for those of the geriatric set?

I stayed in the Peck House Hotel in Empire, Co. 1880's place with great food. I think it recently closed.

First trip to Buffalo WY, we stayed at the Occidental for a couple nights. Interesting stay.

It’s still there, and easily recognizable. It’s strictly a private residence now.

yep

The Menger Hotel in San Antonio and the Blessing Hotel in Blessing Texas

After looking over the Stanley, we stayed at the Holiday Inn. Looked like a fire trap.

I did stay at the Crescent in Eureka Springs. At least it's a masonry structure, not a wood frame building. It's sort of a weird place with reported ghosts, although I didn't see any. It was the location of my son's wedding and they did a good job.

DF

Yeah, are we talking about the building or the guests...??

DF

Cool old bar there.

Yep it is a nice bar!

I stayed in the Grand Union in Fort Benton MT a few nights. It was built during the steamboat days.

Sort of neat to step back in time once in a while. A bit tough though to get some ladies to share a down the hall bathroom. Cookie would be more amendable to doing a sub-zero night in a wall tent. Only downside to me is no air conditioning if one's in during a heat wave.

Just moved from an old house that was built in 1917. Said to be haunted but in 20 years of living there the sounds of creaking and groaning and various other noises at night became natural. Hope old man Sitko don't keep the new owners awake...much...

So which tribe put up that teepee? Man, Columbus wasn't even here yet!

They have a cool one up in Ft. Scott KS we've stayed in several times, Wife runs a marathon up there then we go to the Pioneer Days Festival, what a hell of a fun weekend it is.

Lyon Inn. The restaurant there is decent. I think the restaurant is called "Nate's Place". My Dad is buried in National Cemetery Number 1, Fort Scott.

The Crescent is a nice place. They really play up the ghosty aspect of it. On in Eureka Springs is another, supposedly haunted hotel, the Basin Park.

10-4, cool deal EE, I've walked that cemetery in the evening before the sun went down, a lot of reverence came over me there.

Spent the night in one in Llano TX. (Dabbs Hotel) Was crazy nice! Breakfast included.

.....Unfortunately some rich family bought it and turned it into a residence. 100 ft. from the Llano river!

Almost forgot. They had life-sized posters of Bonnie & Clyde posing in front of the hotel.

Oops, another addition.. They had feather double beds!!!! ...and of course it operated as a bordello once also.

lol 1917....

In the late 90's the wife and I stayed in the Seven Gables Inn / Grand View Inn complex in Pacific Grove california. This was around the time they did the national Visa/Amex commercials saying you could stay there no problem, just no American Express. we had a quaint little room, left one afternoon and walked down Cannery Row for the evening. Returned to a lovely written note on the bed which said "we hope you enjoyed your outing tonight, so we left the windows open to cool your room. But please note that the window dressings in this room are hand made (insert something really expensive here) at a cost of over $10,000 so please close before the rain comes in or you will be charged with the damage. This was about 1/3rd of our yearly salary, we slammed the windows shut with a quickness!

I think the same lady who owns the Crescent, owns that one, too.

She lives in the Crescent penthouse appt, or did 10 years ago when I was there. Her husband had just passed.

DF