Categories: Ranger, Texas • Tags: abandoned, abandoned building, American history, buildings, clouds, cloudy, decay, decaying, downtown, downtown Ranger, east texas, ghost town, highway, historic, historic downtown, mural, old, old buildings, rain, Ranger, Ranger Texas, Ranger TX, southern, storm clouds, storms, stormy, structures, texan, texas, tx, urban exploration, urban x, vacant
Categories: New Mexico, Vaughn • Tags: abandoned, abandoned building, America, cafe, cafe sign, color tv, desert, downtown, encino motel, ghost town, highway, motel, motel sign, new mexico, NM, ranch, ranch house cafe, ranch view motel, road, road trip, roadside, roadside attractions, schlitz, sign, signage, southwest, southwestern, travel, urban exploration, urban x, urbanx
Baker Hotel, originally Hotel Colorado, was built in 1927. Present day Colorado City is a small town, with a lot of history. This hotel is a much smaller version of the famous Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, TX.
Categories: Colorado City, Texas • Tags: abandoned, abandoned building, baker, baker hotel, building, colorado, Colorado City, haunted, hotel, movie, movie marquee, ruins, sign, signage, small town, texas, tx, urban exploration, urban x
Categories: Mineral Wells, Texas • Tags: abandoned, bank, building, corvette, downtown, drive thru, driveway, flat tires, main street, mineral wells, Ontario plates, teller, texas, tx, urban exploration, urban x
The story of The Baker Hotel is one of triumph and decline, and hopefully a glorious rebirth! Talks are underway about restoring and re-opening the hotel, but it may take considerable effort as funds are still needed. For years the hotel was a beacon for those seeking healing through mineral water therapy, and attracted many famous people of the day. Mineral water still exists in these parts, but the hotel now primarily attracts urban explorers and ghost hunters. I hope […]
Categories: Mineral Wells, Texas • Tags: abandoned, baker hotel, crazy water, ghost hunting, graffiti, mineral water, mineral wells, restoration, restore, spa, texas, urban exploration, water therapy
I’m a fan of detours on road trips, however, this detour was short lived. I felt uneasy immediately upon entering the town. I’m sure this is due to watching too many “The Hills Have Eyes” movies. Fluvanna is about an hour and a half away from Lubbock, TX. It seems this area was deserted around the 1940’s, after railways were taken over by highways. As far as I can tell, it is still a ghost town.
Categories: Fluvanna, Texas • Tags: abandoned, beetle, bluff, brush, buildings, car, cliff, country, feild, fluvanna, grass, gravel, highway, horizon, powerlines, road, rocks, sky, stop sign, street, summer, texas, windmill
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