Formerly the La Baron Hotel, the Wyndham San Jose Airport is a hotel in north San Jose. The decor, seemingly stuck in the 70s, eerily reminded me of the “Overlook Hotel” from Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 version of The Shining starring Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall. Ghost Stories The Wyndham is haunted by a businessman who is said to have committed suicide in room 538. He is said to appear in hallways on the 4th, 5th,

About The Horton Grand Hotel The Horton Grand Hotel started as two separate buildings on two separate plots of land in New San Diego (Now downtown San Diego). When the Grand Horton and the Brooklyn Hotels were slated for destruction in the 1970s they were purchased from the city of San Diego for a $1.00 each, dismantled brick by brick, stored in a warehouse, rebuilt and reopened as the combined Horton Grand Hotel in 1986.

About La Casa de Estudillo The Casa de Estudillo was completed in 1829 by commander of the Presidio of San Diego, Captain Jose Maria de Estudillo. He only lived in the house for a year before he died, and the house passed on to his son, Jose Antonio Estudillo. He served in many positions under Mexican and then Spanish rule. His family lived there until 1887. It was restored in 1910 and donated to the

El Campo Santo Cemetery El Campo Santo cemetery has a long and unfortunate history. After the rise of New San Diego and the decline of Old Town, the cemetery was no longer maintained. Just two years after the last body was buried there, a streetcar line was built through the cemetery over some existing graves. Preservationists began their campaign in 1937 by restoring some of the grave-markers and building a short wall around a small

The Whaley House The Whaley house is regarded by some as the most haunted house in San Diego, and is certainly the most famous. It was built on the site of San Diego’s first public gallows. The house was constructed by Thomas Whaley between 1856 and 1857. Whaley was a prominent businessman. He added the one story addition to the house that became the County Courthouse, but by 1870 most of the activity and development

The Old Adobe Chapel The structure that stands now is a reconstruction of the original after it was razed in the 1930’s. The original structure was built in the 1850’s. It is said to be the setting of fictional wedding of Romona in the novel of the same name by Helen Hunt Jackson. Ghost Stories We explored here as part of the 2005 www.Ghost-Trackers.org ghost hunter conference and can not find any references anywhere other

About El Fandango Restaurant Although the building that houses the El Fandango Restaurant was only recently constructed, the land on which it sits has a rich history. Part of Old Town, it is the oldest settled area in San Diego. The restaurant was built on the sight the Machado family mansion which burned to the ground in 1858. The extensive story of the Machado family can be found on the San Diego Historical Society website.

William Heath Davis House The William Heath Davis House is the oldest surviving structure in Downtown San Diego (New Town). He never actually lived in the house that now bears his name, but it is the same age and style of his house that was located at State and F streets. The current structure was moved to it current location at 410 Island Avenue from State and Market streets. Both homes were prefabricated on the

Originally named the Lady Windemere, the hotel that would become the Georgian Hotel was built in 1933. The hotel catered to the rich, famous, and infamous of the area as a way to escape the Los Angeles and Hollywood. At the time it was surrounded by forests and not much else in the sleepy community of Santa Monica. Celebrities such as Clark Gable and Bugsy Siegel visited the hotel and its speakeasy during the prohibition

There cannot be many of you out there that do not know at least a little about Disneyland. Opened in 1955, Disneyland is the dream come true of Mr. Walt Disney the father of Mickey Mouse and the entire Disney empire. Disney is the theme park of theme parks with eight themed areas: Main Street U.S.A, Adventureland, New Orleans Square, Critter Country, Frontierland, Fantasyland, Mickey’s Toon Town, and Tomorrowland. Disneyland is known as the “Happiest