HELLo Hotel It's Friday The Thirteenth

You can't scare me anymore

with your 13 steps!

I came home the back way from

my daughter's house in Milwaukee yesterday.

County Road R winds through some

pretty gorgeous Wisconsin hills

between Manitowoc and Green Bay.

One of the most photographed sights

is the old Maribel Caves Hotel.

Before that there was another old hotel and

people used to go to be cleansed and healed

by the sweet spring waters that flowed there.

Here is the only picture I could find of 

The Maribel Caves Hotel

when it was still in use.

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It has always kind of fascinated me.

It was built in 1900 and 

supposedly visited by Al Capone.

It went up in flames in the 1920's,

was rebuilt  and burned again in the 1960's.

It was reported to be haunted and 

singing could be heard

along with sightings of  a child 

dressed in white.

When there was a new moon it "glowed".

The floors have been gone for several years

and this is what it looked like from the first time 

I ever saw it.

This was considered to be haunted

and was often called Hotel Hell because of the 

red stains on the walls of the cellar

and there were accounts of moans

and cold spots when it felt as if you

were brushed by cold hands.

There used to be doors from the basement

that went into the Maribel Caves,

some of which were located below the hotel.

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This place has scared generations of kids

that would go there at night.

Including my son who swore he heard 

"something" in the old stables.

We had had some bad storms in the last few weeks.

Bad storms with high winds.

Sadly, when I went by this time,

here is what I saw.

Gone- All Gone-

Only the door facade stands intact.

No one will walk those haunted halls again.

No more reason to be scared.

Or is there?

This is what you see just down the road.

Camping anyone?

I've got a camper you can rent cheap!