Security guards and dogs roamed the hotel Monte Palace grounds for a solid decade after its majestic doors closed, but apparently, they just stopped getting paid, so… they left. At that point, the place was completely abandoned and fell into disrepair.

San Francisco has its fair share of fancy hotels, but none quite hit the mark like the historic Palace Hotel on the corner of New Montgomery and Market Street. Originally built in 1875, the Palace Hotel was the first luxury hotel in San Francisco and, at the time, one of the largest luxury hotels in the world.