“People came all year round” Quite literally I’d say

This is when Dan Bell was at his very best!! No gags, no forced acting, no annoying guests. Just him, a great place, great narration, and perfect music.

Put a blacklight on that place and it will glow like Vegas

Most of the 30 somethings in Pennsylvania were conceived at Penn Hills!

Thank you! You have done a wonderful job recreating the aura of this and so many other resorts in their heyday. Ironically for me, having been born in 1946 and coming of age, shall we say, by 1970, I can picture it all, just as it was: the people, their manner and personalities, the clothes (the giant lapels especially), and the culture very much in a 'Playboy' mode -- guys pursuing women; and many women still not that assertive (although others definitely were!) Lots of smoking, lots of drinking, lots of swinging and excess -- but all taken in stride back then. And the settings: shag carpets, mirrors everywhere -- seem so corny now; but oh, back then, everything was so COOL -- and so were we!

"This video is like the last hoorah of Penn Hills" *shows close up of the manipulated sign saying 'Dees Nuts'* lol

I like how you show the human side and bring the life into what it used to be. Instead of just showing a scary abandon place like some people do. I hope that makes sense.

The place oozes 1970's sexuality -Playboy clubs, John Holmes, discos, gold chains and cocaine.

What a cool place to explore! Shame what the vandals did to the place.

Dan. thank you. my wife and i went there in 1999 on our 5 year anny. we had such a good time. yea the place was showing its age but it only cost us like $300 for a 5 night stay. We golfed skated and enjoyed the nightclub dance area. The staff was incredible as was the meals. You did not walk away hungry. We stayed in one of the cabins at the tip of the hill. So romantic with a fireplace and a woodsy setting. So sad to see it now but we were able to see thru the graffiti and crap and remembered our amazing time in the Poconos. Oh and those whats happening at penn hills flyer were given out every morning at breakfast. thank you so much for the walk down memory lane. Your a classy guy and handles this tour in a respectfully and classy manner. thumbs up to you

I always find these sad. But what a great 70's vibe and time capsule. Can almost smell the cheap cologne,liquor,cigarette smoke and the smell of dining food. Damn taggers that spray paint and destroy stuff. It's almost as if some of the chairs are just unknowingly waiting for their occupant to return at the bars but never will. I'm only 50 but I can remember the times and what I was doing in the 70's and 80's very clearly and think of what people were doing here at those same moments in time. Your so right, oh to be able to go back in time and visit that connection. Nice video.

I grew up about 5 minutes from Penn Hills. I worked the dining room as a teenager during the mid to late 1990's. What a dump it was. It could have stayed with the times but Ma (Francis) was stuck in her ways and didn't want anything changed. So, it faded away with time.

I shudder to think what those mattresses would look like under a blacklight.

$300 a night, 25¢ pay phones (quarters only) in the rooms, and 1970 model CRT TVs everywhere. How could this place go broke? LOL.

I was taking to my mom about this place, it turns out she actually honeymooned here in 73. It looks an sounds like it would've been a awesome place to go in its prime

ugh i can hear your frustration people search out these places specifically to destroy them they are the worst type of people

Fascinating to watch this. So many of these deserted places, you wouldn't want to touch anything because everywhere's so filthy, but I wouldn't wanted to have touched anything in this resort even when it Was up and running. This is how people mingled before the internet came along. Tacky and fantastic. Loved it !!

Reading all the comments , hoping to find one.. I was there in 75 my name is Linda , Joe are you out there , we have a daughter conceived in the hot tub .. get in touch ..lol

that place is huge, must have been quite something in it's heyday. love that vinyl upholstered bar, you could take a nap, and stay a few days! love the Dead Motel Series Dan, keep 'em comin'!

14:20 "QUESTION EVERYTHING" Someone else put "Why?" Oh you...

“People came all year-round.” Yes, Dan. Yes, they did.

This place must of been great back in the day so sad to see it go.

This is sad for me. In 1995, I toured The Summit Resort, Penn Hills, Birchwood Resort, a Caesar's resort nearby and I believe Mt. Airy Lodge. My honeymoon in 1996 was at The Summit Resort cost about $2100 for 7 days, booked by mail a year in advance. Had a heart shaped jacuzzi, a private small pool, round bed, carpeted walls, fireplace, a tv and VCR. Video rentals and snacks at the gift shop. You could get breakfast delivered to the room if you filled out menus the night before. No lunch included, at dinner you would be sat with other different couples every night. There was a lounge with live music or maybe comedy, dark with booths and plenty of alcohol. They had outdoor pools, indoor pools, indoor mini-golf, the ability to do other activities. What we didn't like about Penn Hills was that a highway divided the land so you stayed on one side and all the activities and I think the dining areas were on the other side. I recall an indoor ice skating rink. The room we saw was 3 levels and very 70's. The feel of these rooms was similar to The Summit Resort but just a narrow layout with multi-levels. I have since stayed at Cove Haven in 2008 and it is a similar feel, round beds, indoor jacuzzi, a private small pool, fireplace, tv, music system for cd's at the time, breakfast delivered to the room if you filled out menus the night before, no lunch included, dinner either at your own table or seated with several other couples. Boat ride on the lake, roller skating, indoor ice skating, indoor mini-golf, many other activities depending on season. Professional photos available. Nearby horseback riding too. There is a lounge where you can see mid-level comedians or musicians, always billboards in PA advertising these shows.

This is fascinating and heartbreaking at the same time. It's easy to see, beyond the destruction and decay, that this was once a very grande place. It's always so sad to realize how easily things can go downhill for a structure when caring and upkeep stops for even a short time. Thank you for allowing us to see it, Dan.

This was a great video Dan, I'm in my 50's and I remember the commercials about this resort; there was another one called Mount Airy Lodge or something like that, thank you for your wonderful presentation, I would never be able to afford to go to places like that in my life time so it's really nice to see inside before they demolish it.

So the owner died and still owed money?! Omg! This place hadn't been renovated since the 70's and people spent 300 a night? Wow

The poconos series is fucking epic, it's like the gold standard of the urbex genre. I come back and rewatch these videos every once in a while. It's such a mood evoking experience and when it's rainy and gloom outside, it's a mood I like to revisit. The other dead malls and motels are good but for some reason, nothing compares to what Dan shot in the poconos! Dan my dude you are a genius!

It's amazing how quickly buildings become so dilapidated

I bet this place was amazing back in the day. I really like how you have a respect for the places you explore.

How many people do you folks suppose are walking around *right now* that were conceived in this place?

Surprising to hear that people are still "getting it on" with their pleasure with one another after this once lovely place was closed.

Watching these vids, it never ceases to amaze me to think about just how energetic the vandals were. A tremendous amount of effort has gone into the destruction of these places. We can only imagine the depth of the rage that fuels the wanton trashing of these places. It's really sad to see there are so many people in such terrible pain.

Nice to see abandoned things from my state that isn't a steel plant or Harrisburg

Kind of sad to see how people just destroy everything just for the fun of it. Have you ever visited a place that was not torn up and preserved? Thanks for the video.

So crazy and sad to see this place is gone and now vandalized horribly. I remember going here. Great video!

Room 277 was my regular Saturday night spot. Thanks for the memories 🤣

This place looks like it was so beautiful!

It's such a shame they let that place go. It's a beautiful place. Thank you for a wonderful video!

This was a nationally known honeymoon resort in the late Sixties and Seventies. I am not sure when (or if) it became known as a "Legendary ... Swingers Resort." My first husband and I spent our honeymoon here, and socialized with a lot of other young couples from all over the Northeastern U.S. It was very nice back then.

Can't stop watching these Poconos series ❤️ Dan Bell can you please go revisit these places again...🙏🏽

I grew up near Philadelphia and remember ads for this place. They looked cheesy but to a kid in the 80s, it's what you thought grown-ups did.

I bet a ton of Kids were conceived there!. Great find Dan, and as always, superb quality.

Hi Dan. This was my honeymoon in May 1974. We had a little cottage and it was so much fun! Good times...so sad that it is falling apart! Thank you Dan! Pamela

that place probably was soooo beautiful in its hay day. would have loved to have gone there. the round beds and the pools in the room are just awesome. need something like this to open again, awesome honey moon place..

How many times people have had sex on those beds freaks me out the most LOL 😂

I'm from long Island N.Y & I was there in the 70s. It was 1 of a kind. we had a great time back then makes me sad to see this

So glad you followed your call. Great pleasure watching your work. Thanks.

I always keep coming back to this film... Lighting captured in a jar. Watching a true master at work.

never will understand vandalism...some of these motels and resorts you've filmed should have been sealed up and reopened as museums. just a way to peek at the past. I love the ceilings in the ice rink and that area. what a waste.ps you are brave.

i really love the music you use for your videos, it really helps build an atmosphere.

Great video, a piece of history, a time of freedom and liberty that is now gone forever... Thank you.

Interesting video series! My 2 cents of information for those who are interested at 7:40 appears to be a Kimball player piano judging by the plastic valve blocks that are visible. For the younger folks these automatic musical instruments used perforated paper rolls to play music. Definitely something you would not likely see in a modern resort. Thanks for the great video Dan.

This place is amazing! Can't believe you found this place, Dan! Great tour!

I think std's killed this place. that and neglect. $300 a night in 2009! wow. great video. love to see these old places. American ruins. beautiful scenery tho. thx

I love how you always have history to tell and show about the places you show us ,watching your videos makes me wish I was rich enough to restore places like this, keep up the great work!

my cousin went there on her honeymoon in 1981and we were all jealous...awesome video!

These videos Dan creates goes beyond making you feel like you are there. He also investigates the history along with the effects of the damage caused by years of abandonment. There's also an overwhelming sense of sadness when you observe the amount of vandalism on the walls. On top of that, you feel worried that something might happen to him and his fellow explorers (weak floors, dangling fixtures, ceilings that look like they are about to cave in, etc.). I'd like to say thanks for being brave and presenting these interesting tidbits of information to the viewers. You definitely earned a subscription from me for your efforts.

I was there in 2012, and returned just this past month, it's gotten much, MUCH worse since your visit.

I had my honeymoon at Penn Hills in October 1981. How sad to see this place in such ruin and vandalism. I know nothing lasts forever , but this is heartbreaking.

2:14 DEEZ NUTS! when I saw that I read it in the voice...

What motivates scumbags to destroy something so awesome?!

I think what sets your films apart is that they aren't just videos. You actually make the effort to do some research and get background info that creates a lot of tone and context that would be otherwise missing. This was awesome as usual!

I used to live literally right down the street from this place and used to explore quite a bit when it closed. It's so sad what happened to the place....I remember it when it was opened when I was a kid. Great video also!

It truly is a majestic setting, and the architecture is outstanding. I'm surprised a developer hasn't come in to turn this property into luxury condominiums and villas. With all the of amenities of the property and park like setting, it just makes sense.

Who decorated this place? Glenn Quagmire? Cool though. Thanks for sharing!

Love the Dead Motels Series. Great use of music/ambiance and editing and that right amount of creepiness while you explore these places. Keep it up!

I have to say Dan, your editing is spectacular, i remember an asylum video i think it was that i watched and you kept the intro music going for a while and edited it to sound like it was echoing through the building as well and i just wanted to highlight that that particular editing moment was really really good, keep up the great work

I don't know what you do for a living Dan but it seems like you have experience in production. These are the slickest, most well made personally shot youtube videos I've ever seen complete with research on each individual location. You are also the very first youtube channel I've ever subscribed to. Keep it up!

I wonder if people were paying 300$ to know what it was like to be in the 70's.

Loved this one Dan! This place must have been fantastic in it's hey-day. A playground for lovers. I am old enough to remember when everyone wanted to own a round bed and red, plush velvet was all the rage! Watching this, the word "Groovy" comes to mind, lol.

Everyone knows Dan's videos are great, but his music selections couldn't be better!

This must have been a blast to go thru.Great selection of music too.

absolutely LOVE this video, probably my favorite in the dead hotel series so far. Those crazy walls with carpet?! from the looks of it, seems they didn't modernize at all and that could have led to their downfall. nice narration through the video, i enjoyed that. awesome content as always, thanks!

300.00 a night to stay at the Penn Hills Cum carpet resort.Leave the black light home.

My wife and I honeymooned here in October '97 and stayed in one of the detached villas up the hill. It was very rundown already. We really didn't have another option since we'd flown in from NC and made reservations. We wound up spending most of our time off the resort. Sad. The property had/has a lot of potential, if they would've just maintained it and updated it.

i went to visit my niece and new nephew that are newly married and they brought a house in east stroudberg, pa. I happened to drive by this place this thanksgiving weekend i believe on the 191 and fell in love with this place they live about 10 minutes away, looking from the outside! i have a gut feeling about the potential it has, I thank you for taken me on a tour of this property because i was so curious about what it looked like inside. I truly wish i had the funds to bring it back to life.

For $300 a night, surely they offered meals (at least breakfast and dinner) and access to all amenities?

Vandals really piss me off. I can't say anymore than that.

Dan I love the music in this video. It really takes you back in time to the 70’s and 80’s

Beautiful narrative, camera shots, editing and history lessons of days long gone. Thank you Dan Bell for taking us on your adventures!

I called the number and someone answered for a second and then hung up

One of my favorite videos from you. It's such a beautiful place even with all of the decay, and the music that you chose fits perfectly. Amazing work.

for the last few years, i've been averaging a few binges of your content a year, usually once per season. Thanks for this years current wintertime cold binge of fabulous, unmatched content. your work is so so so appreciated.

Love this dead motel series Dan. I am totally addicted!! I keep saying 'ok I'll watch one more', then I watch 3 or 4 more!! LOL Keep up the awesome camerawork, much appreciated. And please stay safe.

Love, love, LOVE this video. The narration was totally awesome as well as the music choices. The architecture of this place is so cool, the ceilings in the dining area are beautiful. After watching the complete video I went back and watched the first part where you played the commercial and I could relate a lot of the images in it to the places that you videoed. Great job on this Dan!

I remember seeing this place advertised in bridal magazines. It was considered quite swanky back in the day

DB, rewatching this never gets old. THANK YOU!

This is a great video. Good walkthrough, you hit all the key points of the resort, you provided a backstory to almost everything you filmed, and you added some humor here and there i.e. "I found some condom wrappers on the floor, it appears the love has not stopped at Penn Hills." As you said this video truly pays homage to the resort and the whole Poconos phenomena of the 1960s & 1970s. The commercial voiceover playing in the end credits was the perfect ending. Great job!

Funny how graffiti starts to pop up shortly after places are abandoned. Like maggots to a corpse they will come.

I live so close to penn hills 😱 I've always wanted to go inside!!!!

I wish I could go back in time and stay there when it was at its peak. I am amazed by the Catskill/Pocono resorts. Just the massive scale of these places and all they had to offer. Even when new I bet it was a maintenance nightmare. I cant even imagine how many maintenance people needed to run season to season

The music really makes this video. Complements a beautiful cinematography. Damn fine job, Dan!

I remember parts of this place from my honeymoon many years ago. The villa, and definitely the main dance floor area, where the band played a special song for my husband and me. Sad to see it like this.

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I liked what you did in the beginning with the pictures and such. It is nice to see it in its original glory. What a great place. Thanks

Stayed here in early 2008. Thought it was going to be swank from the website but turned out to be an urban explores dream. The place was very dated but the open amenities where in good shape. Stayed in one of the 3 story units with the Heart shaped tub which did work. Most of the complex was shut down by that time. Only the Gift shop, lobby, Dining room, Nightclub and pools were in use. They probably only had a handful of rooms they kept up. The staff was nice and were doing there best. They had activities for guest every day, the highlight being some really bad Karaoke in the Night club on Saturday night! I have a Penn Hills magnet from the gift shop. Such a shame the vandals took over so quick!

Dan you're just a romantic at heart. "Still exploring each others sexuality". ROFLOL Love this video!

Great exploration and video, Dan. The inclusion of the TV advertisement was fun, but also very effective at emphasizing the stark contrast between what is and what once was. Super job...I really enjoyed that. Thanks from northern Maryland.

Not sure why but that shot of the phone in the pool at 9:38 is freaking mesmerizing. Excellent work as always Dan!!