Adventures with the other side

The Menger Hotel San Antonio Tx Richard and I planned a trip to San Antonio last year to visit some of my in laws. San Antonio has a long history so it stood to reason that I would be able to find a haunted hotel to spend a night in. As it turns out there are several in this city so it took me a few days of reading about them to decide where to stay.   The Menger is located directly across the street from the Alamo and boasts numerous ghosts as guests so it was decided that is where we would stay.   My in-laws are wonderful and always indulge my haunted pursuits so once I had chosen a hotel my sister in law quickly agreed to spend the night with us. This incredible hotel was built 1 February 1859 by William Menger a German immigrant, on the site of his very popular brewery. In the beginning this small hotel only had 50 rooms but the hotel was so successful that plans to expand were quickly put in place and a 40 room annex was built with a ...

The White Eagle Saloon and Hotel I have very different expectation when I stay in an American Hotel as opposed to staying in a European hotel, but the one thing that is the same is my insistence on having a private room and bathroom.  Last year when my husband took me to Portland to see a Black Sabbath concert I broke that rule. Our original plan was to fly in see the concert then spend one night and fly back home, we only really needed a bed to sleep in. Of course I immediately started looking for haunted hotels in the area and came across the White Eagle Saloon and Hotel. It looked perfect; an old building with a haunted history, but it also came with shared bathrooms. I decided to break my own rule and just enjoy the experience; after all it was only for one night. Later when I found out my son and his girlfriend were going to drive up and meet us I opted for a second room for them and a second night for all of us. The White Eagle was opened in 1905 by two Polish i...

Historic Anchorage Hotel and Club Paris For our anniversary this year my husband and I decided to spend the night at the Historic Anchorage Hotel, it is of course rumored to be haunted. This quaint hotel was built in 1916; it began as a simple wooden structure and was turned into a luxury hotel in 1917 with the current building which was constructed as an annex opening in 1936. In 1964 the hotel survived the 9.2 magnitude Good Friday earthquake that left much of Anchorage in ruins. Sadly overtime the hotel fell into disrepair but in 1989 new owners restored the hotel to its former glory. Today hotel guest report so many ghost sightings that the front desk keeps a log. One ghost that is said to haunt the hotel is Anchorage’s first police chief Jack Sturgis who on February 20, 1921 was found shot with his own gun just steps away from the hotel, he was then dragged to the hotel but quickly died, rumor has it that he returns every year on the anniversary of the still unsolved ...

The Plaza Hotel Las Vegas New Mexico My first night at a haunted hotel was the Plaza in Las Vegas New Mexico, I took my then finance on a trip to meet my Aunt who lived there and we decided to stay at the hotel. I loved it so much I have returned on multiple occasions. The Plaza Hotel was built in 1881 by a group of businessmen, in 1882 Bryon T Mills an attorney came to Las Vegas and became the owner of the Plaza Hotel, it is said by some that his spirit haunts room 310. My fiancé ( now husband) and I spent the night there in April of 2008, our room was lovely decorated in antiques and looking very much like it must have when it opened over 100 years prior.  Our night was fairly uneventful, nothing out of the ordinary occurred with the exception the television cabinet being open when we went to bed and closed when we woke up. In 2015 I had heard the hotel had been remodeled so when my sister called to say she wanted to take a sister's trip there to see ou...