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A few months ago I took a little trip out to a West Virginia town like I do every year. There's an abandoned hotel restaurant and gas station right in the middle of town with a nice park behind it and a great parking lot. It's just as active as any public space. Every year I take a little look around to kill some time, but there have never been any entrances until this year. I found a little plaque in the gas station calling this a travel plaza, which was kind of a surprise to me comparing it to modern travel plazas.
Enjoy the pictures 
1. Waiting for the parking lot to clear a bit so I could make my entrance.
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4. The light from these windows made shooting very difficult.
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6. In the hardware section. While it's normally cool to find light tubes not smashed, this place had them sitting on a shelf for sale. I thought that was kinda funny.
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9. The mold was terrible, especially back where the drinks were.
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16. All of the alcohol was empty, but everything else was till there.
17. Beds still made,
18. soap still wrapped.
19. Beds less neat, but everything else in perfect shape. I sent this to a friend and he didn't even realize it was abandoned.
20. Moving on to the restaurant.
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25. A nice view of the park right outside. Not even a fence lies in between.
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Too bad the zimas were empty.
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There's a West Virginia?! (Sorry, old Simpson's joke)...these are some nice shots; looks like a fun explore with a decent amount of stuff to see. Those guest rooms are neat; there's a real time capsule feel to the place (and that first shot with the Dew bulb made me smile).
I've done a few motels, but unfortunately both were fire damaged and mostly gutted - or rotted- though one did have a bit of a claim to fame.
Anyway, nice job and thanks for sharing!
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Enjoyed the pics! Reminds me of a few i got into here in Texas. Did you notice any dates on anything? The Pineapple Juice can looks quite rusted and old, but you never know it might be under a bad ceiling. I think the bottle of sandwich spread has curdled hahah! Like the guest room shots and the kitchen.
[last edit 7/31/2019 5:08 PM by MisUnderstood! - edited 1 times]
A place of Mystery is Always worth a curiosity trip!
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Thanks everyone!
The news papers were dated for summer of 2004, actually a few weeks away from when I visited. There were stacks of reservation cards from the hotel sitting in the gas station with people's info on them. Everything from their name to their credit card #. It would be interesting to find those people today.
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