While this Mineral Springs hotel was once a place where movie stars gathered, it was then abandoned. Luckily, it is now being restored to its former glory.

Built in 1929 over two mineral wells, the Baker Hotel welcomed guests until it closed permanently in 1972. More than 50 years of neglect took a heavy toll on the once beautiful interior, but the ...

Every time Annette Bennett walks out the back door of the family business, the Baker Hotel still looms large, but it possesses little of its majestic past. The 14-story hotel, long the dominant ...