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the hotel does not offer tours, if you decide to stay you may request a specific room. Be sure to visit the bar, though-weird things have been known to occur there as well.

Address: 2 Water Street, Jackson, CA 95642
Rates: $75+ (July 2008)
Phone: 209-223-0500
Website: Unavailable

5. The Groveland Hotel at Yosemite National Park: Groveland, CA

Originally a rooming house for management overseeing the Hetch Hetchy Dam project, the Groveland Hotel opened in1827 for prospectors working the gold mine and creek behind the hotel.

One of these prospectors, Lyle, stayed at the Groveland Hotel for fifteen years before he died in his room in 1927. Lyle is said to have been a man who preferred to keep to himself, and so it comes to no surprise that no one realized he was dead until a few days time when concerned friends investigated.

But Lyle doesn't seem to be in any hurry to leave.
Room 15, lovingly referred to today as "Lyle's Room," is where-or near where-most activity occurs. Lyle is best known for his distaste for finding women's cosmetics on his dresser. If he finds anything of the sort, he tosses them off or throws them into the sink. Lyle is also known for turning lights on and off, and the hotel reports Lyle "often delights in turning the shower water on when no one is looking."

He's also known to disappear on occasion-perhaps to visit his girlfriend at the Hotel Charlotte.

Hotel owner Peggy Mosley has said just about everyone at the Groveland has had their own Lyle experience. If you're interested, give the hotel a call and request Room 15. Have a bit of fun with Lyle-just don't be surprised if you leave something on his dresser and come back to find it elsewhere.

Address: 18767 Main Street, Groveland, CA 95321
Rates: $145-$285 all year (July 2008)
Phone: 800-273-3314; 209-962-4000
Website: www.groveland.com

6. The Ione Hotel: Ione, CA

Built in the early 1850's, this antique-filled hotel is home to a nineteenth century saloon and a fine-dining restaurant called the Twisted Fork. In 1987, the hotel burned to the ground and has been since renovated; the fourteen rooms are situated on the second floor, one of which is the Bridal Suite which touts a mahogany canopy bed and a clawfoot tub. The hotel has endured many fires, and those fires claimed many lives.

Some of those who died in those fires are still around.
The Amador Ledger Dispatch reported on Halloween of 2007 that a reputed "ladies man" named George died in Room 13, and is still in his room today. A former owner is remembered

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