Golden North Hotel 3rd and Broadway St , Skagway, AK (907) 983-2451 Two ghosts haunt this old hotel. Employees of the hotel have named one of them "Mary." They believe she is the spirit of a young lady who died of pneumonia in her room, while waiting for her fiancé to return from a gold-prospecting expedition. She still haunts Room 23, where ghostly images of a woman have appeared and guests have complained of choking sensations in the middle of the night. Room 14 is haunted by a strange "light form" that moves around in the room at night. Nobody knows who, or what, it represents. I have stayed in this hotel on three occasions. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary, but a couple of times I had a creepy feeling that I was being watched by someone, or something. This is a unique hotel. It's all done up in 1890's period decorations. The employees all wear period clothing. The bar boasts they have the longest bar in Alaska and it is, indeed the longest bar. It is well over 90 feet in length. This is not a 90 foot straight shot. It has corners in it. During the tourist season (April through September) the bar has one night a week called "Gold Rush Nickel Night" Your first drink is full price. Anything after that....5 cents! They also have a small, live theater performance called the "Soapy Smith Review". Soapy Smith was a notorious character during the gold rush. On Nickel Night the players from the Soapy Smith Review will wander into the bar (in costume) and have fun with the customers. Soapy will be there handing out little bars of soap with his picture on them. |