The Rogers House

August 13, 2011: Chris and I left Rexburg at 5:00 am for our long trip to Iowa. 18 hours. We could do it in one day, right? Wrong. We decided it would be a lot safer if we stopped in Nebraska to sleep that night. Chris made reservations at this bed & breakfast just outside Lincoln and after about 15 hours in the car we arrived at 10:30pm. 

Whenever I thought of a bed & breakfast I thought of a cute, cozy, little cottage where the people were super friendly and the service was great. This place changed my mind. During the day it wasn't as creepy as it was when we got there at night, but this place was the whole "scary movie" package. Old furniture, cobwebs, crickety stairs, antique pictures, etc. The house was built in 1909, so being over 100 years old, I think it had excuses for being the way it was. The lady at the front desk told us that in 1968 it was a fraternity house then 5 years later it was turned into a mental hospital. CREEPY!!

The main house.

The West House. This is where we stayed.

The stairs.

Our bedroom door.

The room. The pictures online were very deceiving. We thought we would be getting a big log bed, but instead we got a hard-as-rock wobbly bed.

The piano downstairs. Notice the lamp and the chandelier.

This was taken from the living room showing you the dining room.

This was a picture that was in our room.

The "light switch".

Breakfast in the morning.

The bathroom downstairs.

Oh yea, & this little guy was visiting us for the night.

All in all, it was a good experience. We now know to only stay in hotels, unless we've gotten good reviews of bed & breakfasts from other people. Good thing I didn't find out that it used to be a mental hospital until check-out. I wouldn't of gotten any sleep!