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Welcome! Links are located on the top and left sides of the pages in our web site. Thayer's Hotel was built in 1895, as a Rail Road Hotel using funding from the Soo Line Railroad, by Gus and Caroline Thayer. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It's been a haunted hotel for a very long time. The first time my husband, Warren, and I walked into this building in early 1993, I knew I had to have it - even though the place was a mess; the outside porches were in need of some major repairs plus the faded pink paint was peeling. The inside spaces were dark, dusty, dirty grey, dingy green and orange and everything was covered with an unhappy, dreary, pallor. It was clear to me that Thayer's Hotel was not being loved at all. Right then, I knew I was drawn to this building for a reason and that was to change all that! After meeting with the then owner, and doing a walk through of the building... on the way home to Minneapolis, Warren took one look at me and he knew I was captivated. Thayer's was the place I'd been talking about and looking for since I'd sold my last restaurant in 1986. I remember that he did still ask me, "Is this really the one you want?" of course my answer was a resounding "YES!" May be it was the vision of the "working girls" playfully leaning over the railings of Thayer's 'Old West' porches on the front of the building. Maybe it was their call of "Hey! you wanna have some fun?" that I heard. Maybe it was that I knew Thayer's could once more be the beauty it was meant to be and I for sure knew I needed to be a part of it. Maybe it was the way I saw this gorgeous haunted hotel loved and healthy again, maybe, just maybe it was all of that and more! What ever it was that got my attention...what ever it was, that very first day... I knew Thayer's Hotel and I were destined to be connected! So, later in the spring of 1993, Warren and I made an offer, our offer was accepted, and a little while later, Thayer's Hotel stopped operating as a hotel and bar and became my new home away from home and gradually became Thayer's Historic Bed n' Breakfast ... the project began... hours on the road, to Annandale and back to Minneapolis at least 6 times a week for the first two years. I was living in two places, spending hours at Thayer's cleaning and painting inside and out side and hanging wall paper, and designing and sewing, and moving furniture, and hours and hours and hours plus we were open for business all the while! The work and the effort was worth it...as you will see, my home, Thayer's Historic Bed n' Breakfast, has the majesty and character and love she is initialed to. In 1996, my husband Warren was killed when another car drove head on into his; the pain of his death had me wondering if I really wanted to finish my project. I felt that I had to make a decision to either stay in Annandale and finish what I had started, or quit and move back to Minneapolis. Skip the rest of the introduction, Take me to the Guest rooms! I decided to stay and finish. Today, Thayer's is my only home and what a beautiful, well loved, bright, cherry, finely appointed, home and award winning Bed and Breakfast it is! Thayer's has turned out to be every bit that I had imagined it could be, and much more. I am truly proud to call Thayer's Historic Bed n' Breakfast my home and I am very pleased to welcome you! By the way, yes, Thayer's is haunted! and, yes, I knew that the hotel was a haunted hotel, the very first day I walked in. My husband Warren, Gus Thayer and his wife Caroline Thayer and "the girls" visit us regularly, as do many of their friends and customers - plus, we have a few ghost kitties and a ghost mouse that stop in often. Being constructed as a three story, wooden, balloon framed building in 1895, plus all of the history this house holds and the unique western galleries (porches) on the front of it, are some of the reasons Thayer's has the privilege to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. "Thayer's continues to be a beautiful work in progress... it has gone thru a number of changes over the years... especially since 1993... that's when I got my hands on it... Today, we have beautiful gardens, 11 gorgeous guest rooms, each with a full private bath and there is a bright, light filled living room to relax in, a game room filled with board games and for entertaining friends, an elegant, comfortable, Old West Victorian styled dining room that can easily seat 45 guests. Some guest rooms have claw footed tubs with showers while others have double and single whirlpools. We have 6 guest rooms with electric fireplaces. Every guest room has a comfortable bed (most are Beauty Rest Exceptional pillow-topped mattress sets) fine- fine linens, air conditioning, a hair dryer and upscale amenities. Although I have authentic Italian, Victorian and French antiques, they are antiques you can sit on; guests have told me that they really like that Thayer's is relaxed and homey, with a tranquil peace about it. I have two friendly house kitties, Mr. Tennessee, TN for short, and Miss Sadie Diva Cat; they let me live here. I have a wonderful staff of talented people that help me keep things up to snuff, I get to do what I love and I meet all different kinds of people from all over the world; I have an awesome kitchen to cook in, out door gardens that say, sit a while and relax, old photo's that remind all of us of our rich history and enchanted guests, yep, ghosts and ghost kitties that visit and keep all of entertained. How much better can life be? I am so honored to be able to call this Bed and Breakfast home, sometimes it takes my breath away. Thayer's is not an ordinary award winning bed and breakfast; first off, we are haunted, that makes this building a haunted hotel, I guess... and then, by offering customized retreats, workshops and classes in psychic awareness development and paranormal study, Ghost Hunting Packages, plus Holiday teas, carriage rides, award winning Interactive Murder Mystery Dinners, people tell me that makes Thayer's B&B stand out from the rest of the crowd... plus we have a whole lot of fun here! I take my psychic work seriously and I love what I do. Providing a client with insight and a new look at some old patterns is the stuff that makes me feel good! Looking into options, talking to friends and pets on the other side, or offering a different view of issues on this side, can most certainly be helpful and heart warming as well as uplifting for all of us. In a psychic reading I do not tell people how to live their life; I do offer suggestions on how to make life work in a way that is fulfilling and rewarding. If I happen to make a prediction during a reading, that is what it is - a prediction. If you don't like the prediction, change what you do today and you can change the future outcome! As you tour this virtual Thayer's Historic Bed n' Breakfast, you will find many photographs and scenes from my haunted house. Please, view with caution... only a real world visit gives you a full Thayer's B&B experience. Reserve your stay online with our online secure site. You are always welcome to view my home... all it takes is an appointment. To set an appointment time, you must call a day or two in advance. Sunday afternoons work the best for a tour. We hope you enjoy our home as much as we do!" Sharon, Miss Sadie Cat, Mr. Tennessee and Sam-Sam.
PS:
Sam-sam is my office cat, he loves people
but...he just can't seem to get along with TN and Sadie.
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