Though its story remains lesser-known, the hotel that inspired The Shining is just as chilling as its fictional counterpart.
Long before his stay at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado prompted author Stephen King to write The Shining, this Rocky Mountain lodge was leaving its visitors terrified. Seen here under construction in the early 1900s, the hotel was home to an unexplained explosion in 1911 that left a chambermaid maimed. She returned to work, but after her death years later, guests reported seeing her ghost stalk the halls, especially the scene of the incident in Room 217.
This was the exact room where King spent his fateful and terrifying night at the Stanley in October 1974.
i went there it was not very scary