32 Grand Old Railway Hotels Left Vacant Along Forgotten Routes

19. The Oakes Garden Theatre (Old Niagara Falls Park & River Railway structures), Niagara Falls, ON, Canada: Scenic Railway's Echoes

While not a traditional hotel, the Oakes Garden Theatre complex in Niagara Falls incorporated remnants of the former Niagara Falls Park and River Railway structures, which included elegant terminal buildings and viewing pavilions that acted as destinations in themselves. As the scenic railway evolved and parts were decommissioned, these grand architectural elements, built for a specific railway-driven tourism, were repurposed or left to decline before being integrated into new designs, their original function as railway-era gathering points largely forgotten by visitors.