Downtown San Antonio hotel named among the most haunted spots in U.S.

Downtown San Antonio’s Gunter Hotel may have just debuted a splashy $57 million refresh , but it hasn’t escaped the ghosts of its past. Washington, D.C., nonprofit the National Trust for Historic Preservation has named it among 2025’s top 25 most haunted hotels in the United States.

Each year, the nonprofit’s Historic Hotels of America program recognizes storied properties where things are said to go bump in the night. It’s a fun way to highlight the organization’s work to preserve the nation’s diverse historic buildings, neighborhoods, and heritage, whether one believes in the supernatural or not.

The Gunter's ghostly flappers might approve of the 1920s-inspired design at Keystone Club. Photo courtesy of The Gunter Hotel

“For some historic hotels, the past is not only prese