I wound up on a pretty interesting adventure today. I flew most of the weekend and was looking for something to do that would get me off base for a while. Thanks to the generosity of my friend Joe, I have a vehicle for a couple weeks so I thought I would take advantage of the freedom and do something on my own. I’m usually rushed through sites here since my peers don’t always appreciate the beauty of certain spots and don’t have the patience for my obsessive photography.
After some searching on the web I found the perfect place. Evidently there is an old abandoned hotel that is rumored to be haunted. The story goes that a rich businessman had this real fancy hotel complex built on some sacred sites, which led to the project falling through before it was ever opened. Soon into the construction, several accidents claimed the lives of those working on the hotel. Workers began to fear going to the site, and soon everything was abandoned. The businessman went bankrupt not long after the hotel idea failed, and now resides in an insane asylum.
Sounds cool, huh? I don’t believe in all the “haunted” stuff, so it didn’t bother me too much to make the trek on my own. It was actually a really cool place. You can clearly see that the place was very close to being completed. There are carpets, appliances, plumbing fixtures, and all. After years of abandonment most everything is broken, trashed, destroyed, and covered in graffiti, which only adds to the eerie feeling. If I ever wanted to film a post-apocalypse thriller, this would be my set. It’s not just a single building either. This place was intended to be a giant resort complex. You can spend hours walking around the grounds. You can see all of my pictures here.
It’s not intended to be a tourist spot either. In fact it’s quite possible that people aren’t supposed to be in there at all. I didn’t see a single soul there. However, there weren’t any signs forbidding entrance. To get there, I had to buy a ticket to see nearby castle ruins (which were actually pretty nice too). Those pictures are also in the gallery.
