24 Eerie Abandoned Places with Dark Pasts and Even Darker Secrets

19. Hotel del Salto: Colombia’s Haunted Luxury Hotel

Perched on a cliffside overlooking Tequendama Falls, the Hotel del Salto was once a glamorous escape for Bogotá’s elite in the 1920s. However, as pollution in the river below worsened, tourists stopped coming, and the hotel closed in the 1990s. Over the years, it gained a dark reputation as a hotspot for suicides, with people jumping from its balconies into the roaring waterfall. Left abandoned for decades, the decaying mansion developed a chilling atmosphere, with broken windows and moss-covered walls. While recently converted into a museum, its haunted reputation remains.