America's Most Haunted Hotel, Eureka Springs

The 1886 Crescent Hotel was built as a luxury Victorian resort atop the Ozark mountains of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, then briefly operated as a women's college before its most notorious chapter: Norman Baker's fraudulent cancer clinic from 1937 to 1940. Baker charged dying patients for treatments that offered no medical benefit, and the hotel retains his intact basement morgue.

The Overlook's Real Counterpart in the Colorado Rockies

The Stanley Hotel opened on July 4, 1909, built by Freelan Oscar Stanley, co-inventor of the Stanley Steamer automobile, as a summer resort for wealthy Eastern visitors. Stanley himself had relocated to Estes Park in 1903 seeking relief from tuberculosis, found it, and decided the Rocky Mountain air warranted a proper destination resort. The main building was among the first fully electrified hotels in the American West.

Second Empire Victorian estate built 1871 by Mark Twain's childhood friend John Garth; Twain stayed in what is now the Samuel Clemens room, and guests still report pipe-smoke phantoms there.

Garth Woodside Mansion is a Second Empire Victorian country estate completed in 1871 by Colonel John H. Garth and his wife Helen Kercheval Garth, both childhood schoolmates of Samuel Clemens. Twain stayed at Woodside on his return visits to Hannibal, including a documented 1882 trip up the Mississippi on the steamer Baton Rouge. The property has operated as a bed and breakfast since 1987.

Tennessee's Mineral Spring Hotel with a Violent Past

The Thomas House Hotel in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee began as the Cloyd Hotel, built in 1890 during the town's mineral spring resort boom. Red Boiling Springs attracted visitors claiming therapeutic benefits from its sulfur springs, and the hotel served that clientele through multiple ownership changes before the springs fell from commercial favor. The building has experienced at least three fires, numerous deaths, and a brief period of reported cult activity in the…

1893 Mineral Spa & Bathhouse in Okawville, Illinois

The Original Springs Hotel sits on the site where Okawville's mineral water trade began in 1868. After an 1891 fire destroyed the original bathhouse, the current hotel and bathhouse opened on May 1, 1893, and have operated continuously since — making the property the last natural mineral spa hotel in Illinois.

Mission Revival mansion completed c.1908-1910 with 32 custom stained-glass windows and Louis Millet art-glass fixtures; current operators downplay haunting reports while regional listings detail Fannie Willis Johnson lore.

The Fannie Vick Willis Johnson Home at 2430 Drummond Street in Vicksburg is a Mission Revival mansion built between 1902 and 1908-1910 (sources vary on the completion date) for philanthropist Fannie Willis Johnson. Designed by New Orleans architects Keenan & Weiss and supervised by local architect William Stanton, the house contains 32 custom stained-glass windows and original Louis Millet art-glass fixtures. It now operates as Oak Hall Bed & Breakfast.

Hill Country Hotel Tied to a 600,000-Acre Ranch Empire

The Y.O. Ranch Hotel in Kerrville, Texas, takes its name from the historic Y.O. Ranch founded in 1880 by Charles Schreiner. The hotel offers 190 rooms with Hill Country and Old West design and houses the Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse. Although the hotel itself is a relatively recent build, it serves as a public expression of the Schreiner cattle and conservation legacy.

Kate Morgan's Beautiful Stranger Legacy

Hotel del Coronado opened on February 19, 1888, designed by James and Merritt Reid as a wood-frame Victorian resort on the Coronado Peninsula. Financed by Elisha Babcock Jr. and H.L. Story, the building was constructed in just eleven months. It hosted President Benjamin Harrison in 1891 and has received countless heads of state and Hollywood celebrities since. The hotel is a National Historic Landmark and remains a fully operating luxury resort under Hilton's Curio…

Elbert Hubbard's Arts and Crafts Utopia, Still His in Spirit

Elbert Hubbard opened the Roycroft Inn in 1905 in East Aurora as a hostelry for visitors to his Arts and Crafts community. Hubbard had established the Roycroft campus in 1895 as a printing and craftsmanship collective inspired by William Morris's English Arts and Crafts movement. He died on May 7, 1915, aboard the RMS Lusitania. The Inn was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986 and continues to operate as a hotel and restaurant.

Riverboat Era Grand Hotel on the Ohio River in Marietta

The Lafayette Hotel in Marietta, Ohio opened in 1918, built on the foundation of the 1892 Bellevue Hotel that had been heavily damaged by fire in 1916. The new structure incorporated surviving portions of the original building and was named for Marquis de Lafayette, who visited Marietta in 1825. Reno Hoag and his son S. Durward Hoag incorporated ownership of the hotel in 1924; Durward ran the property until selling it December 17, 1973.

1911 Beachfront Hotel with the Lovelorn Bride

Grand Galvez, originally Hotel Galvez, opened in 1911 as part of Galveston's recovery from the catastrophic 1900 hurricane. The Spanish Colonial Revival landmark on Seawall Boulevard is the only historic beachfront hotel on the Texas Gulf Coast and now operates as part of Marriott's Autograph Collection.

Pennsylvania's Lake Resort Hotel and Haunted Bride

Hotel Conneaut was established in 1903 on the grounds of Conneaut Lake Park in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, replacing an earlier Exposition Hotel. The property was expanded substantially in 1925 with the addition of a main dining room and the Crystal Ballroom. On April 29, 1943, lightning ignited a fire that destroyed the main lobby, dining room, and approximately 150 guest rooms. The hotel survived and continued operating. New ownership in 2024 brought renovations. It…