Stanley Hotel

I guess I have to admit we went because of Ghost Hunters. :) Have been twice now. I like the hotel overall, very nice grounds, rooms are pretty nice, has the flavor of a nice, old, Colorado mountain hotel (and I’ve stayed in several). Haven’t seen any ghosts :) But definitely take the ghost tour if you’re into that. It is pretty fun.

parts of dumb and dumber were filmed here.

Haunted! Didn’t believe in ghosts until I worked here. There’s a lot of history in this place, the manor house was used as a tuberculosis ward until it was closed in the 20s, it was reopened using the money given to the hotel for rennovation after filming the TV version of ‘The Shining’. Steven Kind stayed here while writing the book. Recently there was a convention with members of TAPS and experts on paranormal research. Tickets were too expensive for me to attend.

Very nice place and town to visit. That being said, “Red rum, red rum”…“Here’s Johnny!”

If you have ever seen the Shining (and if you haven’t, crawl out of your hole), then you HAVE to visit here. Just seeing it for yourself really brings it all to life. I do still want to go stay there, just to say I have.