Old abandoned (off-limits) places fascinate me.  Even as a kid, I was curious about the old buildings near a friend’s house.  Hearing stories of what they used to be made me wish I could go back in time and see them before they became dilapidated and mostly abandoned.  We went in some of them (shh, don’t tell my parents) and explored.  I could never understand why someone would let their property go until the building was worthless.

My husband was looking up waymarking and came across this old hotel that’s near us.  From what I can find on the internet, the current owners bought it with the intent to fix it up.  However, it currently looks like this.

It wasn’t a small place either.  This is the roof line that you can see over the trees.  I looked around online, but wasn’t able to find any pictures of what it looked like in it’s heyday.  I did find some where someone was able to get inside and take pictures as it is now (or as it was several years ago).

Personally, I think it would still make a great fishing lodge.  There’s a fishing pier nearb y.  You could rent basic rooms out to fishermen (or fisherwomen) and have a place for people to clean their fish and maybe even cook them up for dinner.

What about you – do you imagine what old buildings were or what they could be?  Have you snuck into an abandoned building?