I actually stayed here for a week back in the late 70s. I got caught in a snow storm and got snowed in near Mt. Pocono and this was the only place I could find a room that a taxi could still get to. The room they had me in had a Champagne glass for a "bath tub". It was the coolest thing ever. It was everything you can picture a cheesy resort of this type to be and then some. They had the bathrobes, the slippers, room service 24 hours a day, the maid would go in and clean the room in the afternoon, and then come back at night and turn the bed down and leave rose petals and chocolates. And it was that maid who you scored the weed from, should you be so inclined. The club was something else too. It had a raised stage that had a long table and thats where the Newlyweds would sit to play their version of the Newlywed Game. People in the club would write down TV Newlywed Game type questions like.. what was the last argument about? Or what friend of hers does he find most attractive. If your question was chosen and the couples answers didn't match, you got a shot of whatever you wanted. The winning couple got a bottle of Champagne, and they always shared it with the club goers. That bar at one time was heart shaped, even though you can't tell it now. And it had the same "valentines red" on it that was found everyplace though out the rooms and lodge itself. The place was immaculate. Its 10 steps passed fucked up to see what it looks like now. Awesome video. I'm going to go find a maid.
+Exploring With Josh +Emma Crawford My daughter came across this video while searching for videos of Penn Hills in her glory days. This certainly brought back a bunch of lovely memories of our honeymoon. The strange thing is Emma, I read your post, I re-read your post and then I had my husband come read your posting, and if we are not mistaken and we very well could be, we think we might have been snowed in there along the side of you. Was it the Presidents Day snowstorm of 1979? Do you remember anything about Snowmen uprising? Or about the "run" that took place 2 days before they opened up the roads? Only someone that was there snowed in when we were would know about this 2 things. Did you play the Newlywed Game? I know it is a gigantic long shot to meet someone from 37 years ago in a place as vast as this, but I thought I would ask you anyway, it's worth a shot. Please let us know if any of this sounds familiar.
+Jenny Defranco Is this some kind of a joke? I know all about the run on the cigarette machine. I also remember they were .55 cents a pack for the long ones and .50 a pack for the short ones. Only someone that was there would know about the "Smoking Snowmen." I didn't play the Newlywed game because I was there alone. Did you ever attend one of Alices Tea Parties?
+Emma Crawford We are wondering the same thing, Is this a joke? Of course, we attended the daily tea party. It was 1979 after all! Tony, my husband wants me to ask you if you know anything about Ice Skating in the indoor arena? Or going to the hot tubs by the indoor pool? What we are confused about is that the only single lady we knew there did not have your name.
+Jenny Defranco I am guessing this is for real?? This is the internet, I do not use my real name. As for ice skating, I remember going to the rink with my "Alice in Wonderland" friends. We were afraid the pool would not hold us to skate on, even though at one point we were thinking about trying to take a swim in it. Do you remember a Christmas Tree?? WHO ARE YOU? What would make me know this is actually someone that I knew then? Were you guys staying in the Lodge or an outer building? Who do you think I am??
+Exploring With Josh josh if you ever want to know a cool abandoned place to explore there are 2 huge hospitals in maryland that are abandoned. one of them used to house children with special needs. one hospital is called collingwood psycheatric hospital and one is glen dale hospital. i always wondered what was inside but i have heard haunting stories about it, search it up, maybe it will interest you and you can go to it sometime there is also a crownsville hospital which is huge and very easy to get inside
Here's a thought: Out of all the couple's who had their honeymoon at this place, how many of their relationships are a mirror image of this abandoned resort?
Friggin' vandals ruin everything. I love when things go untouched, so explorers can enjoy abandoned places and get a better idea what it looked like before. Can't stand the assholes that destroy them.
Barbara Power I'm actually doing a project on how this place has changed over the years. I was wondering if you'd be open to emailing me about your experiences there and how it's changed. let me know!
It's a shame what people do to beautiful places like this. If I was a millionaire I would look at these places and fix them. People probably had amazing memories them and I would love to c these places restored again
+Olivia Bernd That's how I think about it, too. Like my house. It was built in 1838. Think about all of the people who lived here before me! It always makes me sad to see places left to rot that could have been repurposed, or at the very least furnishings donated to needy people. So much waste.
Wow what's it like living in toy land Olivia. Do you not fancy joining in with reality now and again... If I had a space ship I would go wizzing round the world really fast until I was dizzy and had to lye down ! Know what I mean ..
+Olivia Bernd I agree, I feel especially heartbroken when I see some abandoned and almost destroyed chateau and I can see it used to be pretty, it is such a shame. This is why I admire people who invest their time and money in reconstructing such places. I´d like to be one of them someday too.
that it EXACTLY what I think when I watch these videos. Everything must have been beautiful, and ppl just go and ruin everything. Even the most expensive things they ruin! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this :3
I actually live about 15 minutes away from Penn Hills my mom worked there when she was younger, now it have fences around the entire resort and you get in a lot of trouble if your caught in it.From what i've heard Penn Hills has a new owner and I think they are planning to do something with it. You should take a look into Birchwood resort some friends and I looked through it and it looks like everyone just left its amazing
Well, new capital could modernize it well for it's next bankruptcy if they fail to market it properly like they should take into account that many stable marriages are the second and might have to be bringing kids with them on their honeymoon.
Why the need to destroy, even if it was abandoned? I would have claimed those apartments if I was an homeless or a hobo, not destroy it! What a wast! Sad.
+Zechariah Boswell They same homeless people do live there. I live really close and pass it a lot but I haven't seen any. I walked around it a few times but never in it, it's pretty cool. It's also rumored to be haunted but no one has ever really gone to investigate.
I live about 10 minutes away by car now and I actually saw it the summer of 2008 right before it closed down. every time I passed by in the summer on my way to my relatives I would see people on the tennis courts playing and just walking around the resort in general, I wondered what had happened to it the next summer when I came up from the city again and saw no activity. each year after that it's been like watching a slow motion time lapse video (in real time though) of how much the resort has decayed
It really annoys me how such a beautiful place in a beautiful area has been vandalised and broken. I hope someone gets the money to open it back up again because a lot of people would be happy. Please no negative comments
I honeymooned there in 1991. I was 24yrs old my (ex) husband was 25. We had the room with the round bed and heart shaped jacuzzi. For dinner they sat us in big round tables with 5 other couples that you never met before. In the game room they had a couples game called the newlywed game, where they ask couples questions about each other. We divorced in '97, but this brings back great memories. Can't believe what it looks like now. Got to say- be careful in run down places like that and thanks for the video.
This place used to have the 1964 world's fair lamps on the property. I'm so glad someone came in, and got those out of there before they were destroyed. Thanks for the tour Josh :D The property just sold to a new owner, and they are clearing out the grounds so we will see what they do with the actual buildings. -Christina
I grew up five minutes from this place. I remember going inside with my dad back in the early 2000s as a kid but didnt know what it was until I got older.
There's a Nicole Dollanganger's song named 'heart shaped bed' and on her Instagram you can find photos of her in a heart shaped jacuzzi, idk if it's the exact place but it came to my mind
So cool! Thanks for taking us on this exploration. I would be too spooked to go into anything abandoned lol and also, thanks for the narratives (definitely makes it less scary to watch). Subscribed!
I genuinely enjoy your videos and I love the places you find, they're so interesting. Though it's so hard to watch when the camera is swung around so much, it makes me nauseous :/
I like when you find some background information on these places. It's cool the commercial in the beginning , showing this place was once a really nice get away, to what it is now.
love the video man :D we just explored an abandoned hospital and we did the oujia board and heard some creepy noises on our channel, i love these abandoned places tho :D
I love watching your guyses videos and watching you explore all of these abandoned places but I find it disgusting that people would purposely vandalize these places it's just the dumbest thing that people can do
This was the first place my husband and I went to when we just graduated high school in 1997. It wasn't the greatest place to stay but to see this video brings back memories. Really cool and they only had heart shaped tubs and round beds. Never heard the heart shaped bed. Thanks for filming. However, we stayed at the Caesar's resorts that have the champagne tower jacuzzis and it's a great place to go to as well. What pisses me off is that they will take new land and build newer buildings instead of cleaning up this land. The sad thing is that people destroyed what was once a beautiful resort.
My moms dad is the owner of Penn Hills. The place had closed before he died.The Real Estate market had crashed and he had to pay 1 million dollars yearly to pay the tax’s.
These “honeymoon resorts” were really popular in the 60s and 70s but really fell off in the late 1980s. I actually stayed in one in 2008 (Caesars Cove Haven) and they are really really cheesy, dirty, creepy.
That's was nice too see" I work there when it was open". I been all over the place when people came to stay there" the pool was nice" the game room and the bar, good lord that was fun to be... Can you walk up the hill on top where the houses was!!!! Please" it's up way up in the back on your right!! Lol,, That outside view was lovely !!! You see the falls from the window!! They all had a den chair in grill, outside!!
hey Josh why did you just release this just now? what's happening with you Germany series bro? please explore a Nazi underground bunker or their famous ss castle that would be awesome. good luck out there 👍👏✅💯
+Exploring With Josh I really like your vids it's really amazing that you are brave enough to to enter creepy places epically that mentally ill people which was so creepy
This looks so cool. There´s something strangely fascinating about these exploring abandoned places videos. Definitely subbing! I wonder how many homeless people are living in those rooms and sweets.
i cant thank you enough for making these videos, its so cool to watch. ive been to some places my self but not anywear near so cool like the ones you guys finds. please keep on the great work and love your videos and the places you guys find. thank you so much 😀 greeting from norway!
My dad manages land debt and he has probably over 15,000 places around the us that you would loose your mind. Hotels,mansions,free mason tunnels it's wicked bro
I used to live right by there 6 yrs ago, and it was run down but still maintained. It a shame to see that it really got vandalized so much. I was shocked to see how bad it looks now. Keep up the good work Josh. I watch all your videos. Thanks for the history on the places you go to visit.
This probably sounds really weird but i find something beautiful about abandoned places. i dunno, i see the rooms where peoples slept, eat, talk and danced in and the hall ways people onced walked through and the memories made within the walls. Theres something beautiful about it.
the old days were good but vulgarity was slowly opening and when I see this resort being destroyed this tells me that nowadays people are gone far from their heads and are psychotics
My parents spent their honeymoon here. I showed them the video and they pulled out their guides and stuff about it and it shows all the places you went in this video - how they were before. It must feel so weird for them to see it like this!
Thanks for the inside tour! I must have driven past this resort over two dozen times and I always wondered what it looked like inside. It's a shame it shut down as it looks like it was a very nice mountain resort.
