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Every once in a while I browse Google maps to see what's around me. Sometimes I find something that, in itself, is an unsolved mystery. ::queue music::

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This time I found a house, a rather large one, not far from where the 2013 US open was held (which is some VERY pricey land/real estate), that looks like it's been sitting for 20 years or so. According to Zillow it's 6,400sq feet, with 6 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. The house itself is 85 years old, and was last purchased in 1990.

As you can see in the pics, it has a tennis court, pool, and carriage house/garage. In the second pic it looks like it's getting some attention, so maybe it's not in this condition currently. But either way, I wouldn't want to be in this 'haunted mansion' at night.

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So why was it abandoned? Did someone die in the house? Was it murder? We will never know!


So post up your creepy, weird, or ridiculous Google satellite or street view photos
 
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Phillydog1958

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​The Robert Stack photo is a nice touch. I forgot that he did that series. Of course, he's most noted for his role as Elliot Ness, in the "Untouchables." That was great TV.
 
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Horoscope Fish

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Behold the power, the majesty that is Bombay Beach, California; a CDP (Census Designated Place) with a population that hovers around 250. Back in the late 1940's and early 1950's there were plans to turn this area, known generally as the Salton Sea, into the new "Las Vegas of the west" with numerous casinos, hotels, campsites and other big tourist attractions being planned.

At some point the isolated location of the Salton Sea caused too many problems, the money dried up and the plans for development were abandoned. A tiny community still exists and places like Bombay Beach, and the coastal areas around the whole of the Salton Sea, provide target rich environments for someone willing to make the drive. From my place at the northern end of San Diego, this is a solid three hour drive.

For some awesome pics go to Google Image Seach and plug in "Salton Sea, CA".
 

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Phillydog1958

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My submission is the Stanley Hotel. It's said to be haunted. We had a district meeting there. We had to spend 2 nights in the hotel. We arrived on the first day and my first night was so ...so. But, on the second night after, taking the guided tour, earlier that day, things got interesting. The Stanley is a gorgeous, old, wood building. The floors creak and the building plays on the imagination, especially after taking the tour. To summarize, I didn't sleep that second night. I tossed and turned and stared at the ceiling most of the night. The tour guide said that Jim Carey left his room in the middle of the night and didn't look back. He stayed there during the filming of "Dumb and Dumber."

The following was taken from Wikipedia: I apologize if it's too long for some.

The Stanley Hotel is a 140-room neo-Georgian hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Located within sight of the Rocky Mountain National Park, the Stanley offers panoramic views of the Rockies. It was built by Freelan Oscar Stanley of Stanley Steamer fame and opened on July 4, 1909, catering to the rich and famous, including the RMS Titanic survivor Margaret Brown, John Philip Sousa, Theodore Roosevelt, the Emperor and Empress of Japan, and a variety of Hollywood personalities.[SUP][2][/SUP] The hotel and its surrounding lands are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[SUP][1][/SUP]
The Stanley Hotel also hosted the horror novelist Stephen King, inspiring him to write The Shining. Parts of the mini-series version of The Shining were filmed there, although Stanley Kubrick's cinematic version was filmed at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon and at Elstree Studios in England. The Stanley Hotel shows the uncut R-rated version of Kubrick's The Shining on a continuous loop on Channel 42 on guest room televisions.

Many believe the Stanley Hotel is haunted, having reported a number of cases of ghostly activity, primarily in the ballroom. Kitchen staff have reported to have heard a party going on in the ballroom, only to find it empty. People in the lobby have allegedly heard someone playing the ballroom's piano; employees investigating the music purportedly found nobody sitting at the piano. Employees believe that particular ghost is of Freelan O. Stanley's wife, Flora, who used to be a piano player. In one guest room, people claim to have seen a man standing over the bed before running into the closet. This same apparition is allegedly responsible for stealing guests' jewelry, watches, and luggage. Others reported to have seen ghosts in their rooms in the middle of the night, simply standing in their room before disappearing.
The Syfy television show Ghost Hunters was invited to investigate the hotel. The manager showed them the various places where these alleged ghost activity has occurred. Ghost Hunters discovered some rational reasons for the various phenomena, such as wind and pipes. However, they could not decipher incidents in the ballroom. Ghost Hunters also claimed to experience other paranormal occurrences, such as seeing people in hallways then hiding and hearing children running and playing on the floor above them. The biggest alleged occurrence was that during changing of the film in the camera, a table jumped two feet in the air. Ghost Hunter Jason stayed the night in the room with the "ghost thief"; he stated that the bed moved, the closet doors unlocked and opened and his thick glass by the bed cracked open on the inside. The Stanley Hotel was also the lockdown site for the TV show Ghost Adventures on October 15, 2010.
After hearing claims that paranormal activity at the hotel are due to the geological makeup of the property, Rocky Mountain Paranormal contacted the USDA for information on the site. The scientists' conclusion, based on a satellite survey of Colorado, showed "nothing unusual about the aeromagnetic data in the area of Estes Park as compared to that general area of the Rockies". After this request for geological information, the government sent soil scientists to do a thorough soil survey on the property. The results showed the soil is mainly crumbled schist containing nothing radioactive. No large deposits of quartz, limestone or magnetite were evident.[SUP][4][/SUP]
Stephen King got the idea for The Shining after staying in room 217 in the almost empty hotel on the night before it closed for an extended period.
In Skeptical Inquirer's Naked Skeptic column by Karen Stollznow she discusses RMPRS's investigation of The Stanley Hotel, "During the investigation, The Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society researched popular beliefs and claims; they solved some mysteries, they performed valuable outreach, and they maintained the historical integrity of the Stanley Hotel. However, they didn’t discover any anomalous phenomena. They found a leak in the ceiling but no ghosts."[SUP][5]

The neoclassical hotel was the inspiration for the fictional Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's novel The Shining. While he and his wife were staying at the Stanley, King conceived the basic idea for the novel. The 1997 television miniseries version of The Shining was filmed at the Stanley, and it has been used as a location site for other films as well, most notably as the "Hotel Danbury" in Dumb and Dumber.[SUP][6][/SUP]
In May, investigators with The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) investigated the hotel for the SciFi program Ghost Hunters. TAPS returned to the hotel on October 31, 2006 for a live, six-hour follow-up investigation. Premiering in July 2010, Ghost Hunters Academy had the finale of the second season take place in The Stanley Hotel. In November 2008, UK channel LIVING broadcast Most Haunted's investigation of the hotel.[SUP][7][/SUP]
Ghost Adventures also filmed an episode there in the 4th season. In 2013, The Stanley Film Festival, an independent horror film festival, will be held at the hotel between May 2 - 5, featuring film screenings, panels, student competitions, audience awards and receptions.[SUP][8][/SUP]

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As stated, it's a beautiful building.
 
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Krs_2007

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Funny you posted that, that is great town to visit. I have a picture of it as well and was going to post earlier. Sorry taken during my off years when I went with a point and shoot Kodak. It did take good pictures.

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