Entry No. 18 — the Boulder file — filed under: haunted hotel
Hotel Boulderado
Opened on New Year's Day 1909, Hotel Boulderado is Boulder's most storied lodging — a five-story Italian Renaissance and Spanish Colonial Revival landmark whose cantilevered stained-glass lobby ceiling was modeled on San Francisco's Palace Hotel. The original 1908 Otis cage elevator still carries guests upward. Stephen King name-dropped the Boulderado in both The Shining (as Stuart Ullman's off-season refuge) and Misery (as the writer Paul Sheldon's creative retreat). The most charged rooms are 302 and 304: in 1924, a man administered chloroform to himself while his wife was in the bathroom, and she emerged to find him dead. On the fifth floor, a life-size portrait of Beatrice "Miss Honey Bee" Lennartz (1904–1998) — a music teacher who frequented the dining room for decades — watches over the hallway where her presence is still reported.
The move: Book rooms 302 or 304 for the full effect, or arrive early and linger over cocktails at the Corner Bar beneath the stained-glass ceiling. End the evening asking the front desk about the ghost lore — staff are well-versed and candid about what's verified versus legend.
📍 Before you go The hotel is open year-round; rooms book up quickly on fall and winter weekends when ghost-seekers visit. Valet parking is available off 13th Street; metered and free street parking is nearby. Check-in is guaranteed at 4 PM (early bag drop available). Rooms 302 and 304 are in high demand — reserve well in advance. The Corner Bar and Spruce Farm and Fish restaurant are open daily.
- 📍 Boulder
- 💸 $$
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Indoors
Where: 2115 13th Street at Spruce Street, Boulder, CO 80302
Hours: Added 2026-06-11 — confirm current hours before you go.
⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.
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last checked: 2026-06-11