Driskill Hotel

The Driskill Hotel: The hotel’s grand opening was on the 20th of December 1886. It was even featured on the special edition of the Austin Daily Statesman. Then-governor, Sul Ross, chose to have his inaugural ball in the hotel’s ballroom and, since then, it has become a Texan tradition. Through the 19th and 20th century, the hotel changed several hands. In 1930, the hotel’s original building was expanded by Trost & Trost. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 25, 1969. The most recent renovation was back in 1996. Room 525 is rumored to be the most haunted room in the entire hotel. It is believed that two young women who were in the hotel for their honeymoons committed suicide in the same room twenty years apart from each other. Some of the reported phenomena include ghostly apparitions, unexplained leaks, sensations, distant voices and unexplained noises. The hotel’s fourth floor is also the home of a woman who committed suicide. The spirit of a female has been seen on the fourth floor. The hotel staff has also reported a woman crying on the fourth floor even when there is no one there.

(From here to the next place tour goers can either walk the 10 blocks or use city scooters for $1)