22 Grand Old Railway Hotels Left Vacant Along Forgotten Routes

2. Michigan Central Station Hotel, Detroit, USA: Urban Giant's Long Slumber

While primarily a station, Detroit's magnificent Beaux-Arts Michigan Central Station (1913) was designed with a grand hotel on its upper floors, a vision never fully realized or quickly abandoned. As rail travel declined and the station itself closed in 1988, this entire colossal structure became an infamous symbol of urban decay, its empty windows staring out like hollow eyes. For decades, the planned hotel spaces remained silent, a testament to a forgotten era of rail dominance, before a recent monumental effort began to reclaim its lost glory.