Royal Palm Hotel (Miami)

Royal Palm Hotel (Miami) was a large resort hotel that opened in 1897. It was a grand hotel. A grand hotel for grand times.

The hotel was five stories tall and had Miami's first electric lights, elevators and swimming pool. In 1926 the hotel was severely damaged by a hurricane. It was also infested with termites. It was condemned and torn down in 1930.

And the fun was over.

Damn termites.


Careful. They eat hotels.
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