Mineral Springs Hotel

Built in 1914 and operating until 1971, the Mineral Springs Hotel once housed the largest swimming pool in Illinois, filled with mineral water guests believed had healing properties. Its best-known ghost is the "Jasmine Lady" — said to have been a guest who began an affair with another visitor while her husband was away; when he returned and caught them together, she died falling, or being pushed, down a staircase, and the scent of jasmine is still reported drifting through the halls. A second reported spirit is Clarence Blair, a Granite City sheet metal worker who drowned in the hotel pool while taking swimming lessons. The building now operates as a paid tour site.