Unfortunately, as of April 2024, this spot has been demolished and no longer exists. This video now stands as a historical archive of this former piece of New England history.
Local staple used to stop by in the AM trashed with my friends or on the way to home Depot to get supplies in the morning for breakfast. You and I have actually met before in our travels,Good to see you doing well. Neat you were able to get some footage 🤘
@@j-mass I believe it may have been at a gas station on route 1 however I cannot remember if it was north or south bound. I'm from Gloucester originally but I conduct business all over Cape Ann and from Georgia to Maine. I never forget a face I just can't remember exactly where it was to be honest
Ha, that’s cool! Well that sounds accurate; I do a lot of traveling in my free time, and I’m the type of person who needs to stop every 30 minutes / 1 hour to use the bathroom 😂 so it was probably me!
Been to that Dennys when I was a kid. Other than the mall once in a blue moon I haven’t been up to that part of Danvers in a hot minute until yesterday. Always used to hear about trouble happening there especially when it was still a Days Inn.
Man looking inside that dennys at the counter brought me back. Finally demolished after all those years lol. Probably another big condo complex going there I bet.
Sad to see the Dennis like that. I used to take my son there every Saturday. The location close because the owner wouldn't fix anything and it just needed to many repairs. Much love to the workers there they were cool people.
Thompson's nursery was located on the property prior to it being turned into a motel. The entire area was a farm up until the early 70's when the Liberty Tree mall was built.
I stayed there. I was either 06 or 08 after a concert. We were too tired to drive home and we stayed there and we ate Denny’s when we woke up in the morning.
In the early 1980s I drove from the Boston area to Harrisburg PA for the first time. I was famished and looked to get a meal prior to my hotel check in. The joint I ended up in was designed to look very similar to a Denny's, so much so that I assumed it was done on purpose. Not too long after that I saw "Coming to America" where John Amos had a role as the proprietor of a look a like MacDonald's, very close to an exact replica. It was named McDowells. I do not recall the name of the Denny's duplicate I ate at, but I think it was similar sounding to Denny's.
Fun fact Danvers is actually the footprint of the old Salem, way back in 1692. The book Witches by Stacy Schiff who won the Pulitzer for her Cleopatra text covers all this very extensively.
Oh wow, that's awesome! I always wondered what that Denny's looked like inside. I used to deliver to the Market Basket across the street. The vehicles were from left to right; Ford F-150, Jeep Commander, Mercedes C240, Cadillac SRX, Lexus ES330, and an Isuzu NPR box truck. On a side note; behind the MGH building stands the Endicott Pear Tree, the oldest cultivated tree in North America.
Really great exploration on abandoned motel and a former Denny's. I explored an abandoned Kmart on the inside and it totally reminds me of the abandoned Denny's you got into. Awesome video and you've earned a sub 👊😎
Thanks so much! I’ve always wanted to explore an abandoned Kmart! There used to be one not too far from me, but they recently removed it… I would’ve loved to venture inside!
@@j-mass I had a fun experience exploring an old Kmart. It unfortunately got burned down for unknown reason during the summertime. Feel free to watch my video of an inside abandoned Kmart. Aside from that, wish the old Kmart near you was still vacant to this day!
@@AndysRetailExploration I’ll definitely check out your video, that sounds fascinating! I would definitely love to get into more abandoned retail spaces.
The filmed a portion of the movie “The Heat” at this Dennys 😂. I believe the portion of the movie when they’re at a diner and she sticks a straw in someone’s throat.
I’ve ate at that Dennys a few times. I worked at the Liberty tree mall back in 2004-2007. Place used to be packed all the time. I believe once the mall started doing bad this probably started having issues.
This property was originally a Koala Inn before it was a Day's Inn. The notice that you found on the door is a standard notice required by law in most states for hotels and motels. It lists the state laws pertinent to the operation of the hotel. These are not the "hotel's rules". The room rates listed are the maximum rates allowed for that room. They would only come into play during special events. The "collapsed wall" (railing) on the building was not collapsed but likely taken out to facilitate the positioning of a dumpster to push the rubble from the clearing of the rooms prior to demolition.
I ate there several times. The service went downhill at the end. I only stayed at the Econolodge once, with an ex. After that, in 2013 or 2014, I couldn't get them to rent me a room.
I drive by there every trip to target… yo if ur local and wanna hit up some crazy locations let me know… my friends won’t go to abandon / haunted locations w me - u ever been to the old Danvers insane asylum graveyards? I did two videos there, wild & sad locations. Good to see another local TH-camr. Respect
Thanks bro! Yep, I used to go to the Danvers State Hospital cemeteries all the time! Recently revisited it last summer! That place is wild; I definitely wanna film it myself sometime!
The prices shown on the card on the door are the maximum they were allowed to charge, there were probably very few days you would pay $200 for a room. Many states require the maximum room charge to be listed to prevent price gouging. From my experience the ultimate low rent lodging is Motel 6, but they do leave the light on if there are still rooms available.
The MO in Motel refers to MOtor hotel, MOtor inn or MOtor lodge. They were designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central lobby.They started in the 1920's and grew in popularity as more people became car owners, and were a smart solution for traveling salesmen and middle class families on road trips. In the late 20th Century, both motels and hotels made a lot of money from municipalities looking to housed their homeless population, especially families with kids under 18. So you've never been to a Denny's or stayed at a motel. Weird but okay. That isn't good or bad. Maybe it is for townies. I don't know.
Yes, Tewksbury Hospital is still standing, but it’s actually still an active medical institution today! Not much is abandoned, most buildings are still active. However, I recently did a video exploring the old cemetery there!
Just subbed!! I was there acrross the street the mall when they filmed The Heat! I lived in Danvers for a while during that time and drove by there almost everyday when it was open. Its a little creepy seeing in look like that now. When are they demolishing that property?
Fascinating stuff dude! I’ve noticed that they keep pushing back the demolition date, so as of right now, I’m not entirely sure… but it’s lasted a lot longer than I expected!
That EconoLodge was used by the state to not only house the homeless but to also serve as transitional housing for families w/children (varying reasons - homelessness, leaving domestic violence, etc.) and refugees relocated to MA by the federal government.
@freedomofspeechorDEATH1111 Not everybody who ended up there was a criminal. A contributing factor was how broken the system is. Many who ended up here were dumped with little to no supports to help them get on their feet. The state is notorious for that, dumping people without a longterm plan. To make matters worse, DPD often looked the other way when reports were made re: certain activities there. They were more concerned with parking at the edge of the Denny's parking lot and chasing red-light runners than doing anything about the drug deals and trafficking going on right under their noses. People don't just up and decide one day to be a problem. It's usually a bunch of factors, with the most dominant one being systems that failed to do what they exist/claim to do.
the reason it went abouned a woman was maried to a man right she was haveing a afair with another dude in a room her usband broke into her room while she was sleeping with him and he mudered them with a axe in 2018 it was a week when the maid came and found the 2 dead bodys and a bloody axe on the bed the girl made a run and was hit while getting up they still never found the guy who did it it went abouned that day and evryone got kicked out and refuned there visit and ive explored it i did not know that then most chilling case ive ever heard
I lived in north reading mass for years which is about twenty minutes from there I remember that dennys and hotel haven’t been in that area in years live in Maine now it was drug invested hotel
Dennys has not been real successful in the greater Boston area. Ten miles down the highway is another defunct Dennys right next to the same highway in Stoneham MA, then another 10 miles south is where there was another Dennys that closed, right next to the same highway in Bedford, MA.
Also - not sure if you knew - the Dennys has since been demolished, clear to the ground. As of the date of this comment, the EconoLodge is still standing but soon will be demolished.
I have a question about it you didn't have to ask the police to go right I want to go there's a path right my the pool said please tell me I really want to go
They sadly destroyed the Dennys and half of the first econo lodge the ofice building I also know a absolutely awesome place to explore it’s a abounded friendlys in Front of a fair field by Marion I think it’s North Andover or Merrimack there’s actually 3 abounded buildings
@@j-mass i explored it I’d say around 4 weeks ago it was a pretty cool place not going to lie everything was left even food what was disturbing in perfection no vandals have got to it
@@cynthiacastrucci7750 it's still there right now you have to go in the bed bath and beyond parking lot go to the very end there's a little trail right there go walk in that it takes you to a hole in the fence then your in the abounded econo lodge I explored it last week it's still probably got a week or 2 I wish they would restore it my self but yeah theres 2 abounded econo lodges 1 is a office burliding the other one is residential they've bern guted sadly the cars i explored my self theres also an abounded Denny's
Awesome video man! Im in Massachusetts as well. Id love to maybe do a collab together and do an urbex together. My channel doesn't have too many subs but I still would love to do this. Hit me up man! Id love to learn the best way to go about doing this
im from mass now i live in oklahoma but i used to live in danvers and i worked at the market basket across the street i was i thing 19 and i used to eat at the dennys evryday it WAS not nice i once say a rat running out the door with a half eatin pancake lol 😂😂😂 but i alays liked the style of the building i stayed at the econo lodge befor i thing 7 times when my apartment was getting renovated it was decent would not say it was the best place ive ever stayed but id stay again if it it was still there when i come to see my parents in ma i stay at another econo lodge it looks sooooo depresing i swear i feel like its like the movie vevertariun its just repeats but for 62 dollars a night what do you expect i payed 48 dollars this is i belive it was 2013 but it was still bad then the out side had a dude with his bbq lol
Unfortunately, as of April 2024, this spot has been demolished and no longer exists. This video now stands as a historical archive of this former piece of New England history.
What do you mean unfortunately? It was a crack den for the homeless who pan handle next to the mall. 😂
Local staple used to stop by in the AM trashed with my friends or on the way to home Depot to get supplies in the morning for breakfast. You and I have actually met before in our travels,Good to see you doing well. Neat you were able to get some footage 🤘
@@alexdarosa9386 Oh wow, fr? Where was it that we met? Sorry, I may have forgotten haha.
@@j-mass I believe it may have been at a gas station on route 1 however I cannot remember if it was north or south bound. I'm from Gloucester originally but I conduct business all over Cape Ann and from Georgia to Maine. I never forget a face I just can't remember exactly where it was to be honest
Ha, that’s cool! Well that sounds accurate; I do a lot of traveling in my free time, and I’m the type of person who needs to stop every 30 minutes / 1 hour to use the bathroom 😂 so it was probably me!
Awesome video JMASS! I'm glad you got to finally explore this before it gets demolished
Thanks dude! It’s a dope spot, very sad to see it getting ready to go soon…
I spent many of very early mornings at that Denny's with my fellow Rocky Horror Picture Show cast mates.
Going to those shows were a great time.
Been to that Dennys when I was a kid. Other than the mall once in a blue moon I haven’t been up to that part of Danvers in a hot minute until yesterday. Always used to hear about trouble happening there especially when it was still a Days Inn.
Man looking inside that dennys at the counter brought me back. Finally demolished after all those years lol. Probably another big condo complex going there I bet.
Sad to see the Dennis like that. I used to take my son there every Saturday. The location close because the owner wouldn't fix anything and it just needed to many repairs. Much love to the workers there they were cool people.
They filmed The Heat with Bullock and McCarthy in that Denny’s. Side note I spent many a night in the Denny’s growing up in Topsfield.
Thompson's nursery was located on the property prior to it being turned into a motel. The entire area was a farm up until the early 70's when the Liberty Tree mall was built.
Dude awesome video! Such a unique place!
Thanks man! It really is such an interesting place to explore!
I stayed there. I was either 06 or 08 after a concert. We were too tired to drive home and we stayed there and we ate Denny’s when we woke up in the morning.
In the early 1980s I drove from the Boston area to Harrisburg PA for the first time. I was famished and looked to get a meal prior to my hotel check in. The joint I ended up in was designed to look very similar to a Denny's, so much so that I assumed it was done on purpose. Not too long after that I saw "Coming to America" where John Amos had a role as the proprietor of a look a like MacDonald's, very close to an exact replica. It was named McDowells. I do not recall the name of the Denny's duplicate I ate at, but I think it was similar sounding to Denny's.
Fun fact Danvers is actually the footprint of the old Salem, way back in 1692. The book Witches by Stacy Schiff who won the Pulitzer for her Cleopatra text covers all this very extensively.
This is true, you’re right! Another fun fact is that the official Witchcraft Victim’s Memorial for the Salem With Trials is also located in Danvers!
@@j-mass good stuff my brother. Keep up the good work
Oh wow, that's awesome! I always wondered what that Denny's looked like inside. I used to deliver to the Market Basket across the street. The vehicles were from left to right; Ford F-150, Jeep Commander, Mercedes C240, Cadillac SRX, Lexus ES330, and an Isuzu NPR box truck. On a side note; behind the MGH building stands the Endicott Pear Tree, the oldest cultivated tree in North America.
Wow, fascinating stuff! Thanks so much for all this information, really interesting to hear!
Really great exploration on abandoned motel and a former Denny's. I explored an abandoned Kmart on the inside and it totally reminds me of the abandoned Denny's you got into. Awesome video and you've earned a sub 👊😎
Thanks so much! I’ve always wanted to explore an abandoned Kmart! There used to be one not too far from me, but they recently removed it… I would’ve loved to venture inside!
@@j-mass I had a fun experience exploring an old Kmart. It unfortunately got burned down for unknown reason during the summertime. Feel free to watch my video of an inside abandoned Kmart. Aside from that, wish the old Kmart near you was still vacant to this day!
@@AndysRetailExploration I’ll definitely check out your video, that sounds fascinating! I would definitely love to get into more abandoned retail spaces.
your video right off the bat had me thinking your selling shoes. THANKS.
10/10 intro very simple but shit goes so hard
dang wish it was still there, always saw this from the highway and wanted to check it out but never got around to it.
It was a very interesting place to explore, it’s a shame they razed it…
The filmed a portion of the movie “The Heat” at this Dennys 😂. I believe the portion of the movie when they’re at a diner and she sticks a straw in someone’s throat.
I’ve ate at that Dennys a few times. I worked at the Liberty tree mall back in 2004-2007. Place used to be packed all the time. I believe once the mall started doing bad this probably started having issues.
That location was in 2 movies with John Travolta, Melissa McCarthy and Bullock, Great place at one time....
This property was originally a Koala Inn before it was a Day's Inn. The notice that you found on the door is a standard notice required by law in most states for hotels and motels. It lists the state laws pertinent to the operation of the hotel. These are not the "hotel's rules". The room rates listed are the maximum rates allowed for that room. They would only come into play during special events. The "collapsed wall" (railing) on the building was not collapsed but likely taken out to facilitate the positioning of a dumpster to push the rubble from the clearing of the rooms prior to demolition.
My mum, my uncle and I used to go to Econo Lodge!!!! We used to go to Denny's to eat tooo!!! We went to Salem to spend time there
I ate there several times. The service went downhill at the end. I only stayed at the Econolodge once, with an ex. After that, in 2013 or 2014, I couldn't get them to rent me a room.
Wow, interesting! I can definitely see the quality going downhill, which probably led to its closure. Thanks for sharing!
I drive by there every trip to target… yo if ur local and wanna hit up some crazy locations let me know… my friends won’t go to abandon / haunted locations w me - u ever been to the old Danvers insane asylum graveyards? I did two videos there, wild & sad locations. Good to see another local TH-camr. Respect
Thanks bro! Yep, I used to go to the Danvers State Hospital cemeteries all the time! Recently revisited it last summer! That place is wild; I definitely wanna film it myself sometime!
The prices shown on the card on the door are the maximum they were allowed to charge, there were probably very few days you would pay $200 for a room. Many states require the maximum room charge to be listed to prevent price gouging. From my experience the ultimate low rent lodging is Motel 6, but they do leave the light on if there are still rooms available.
Ohhh fascinating stuff, thank you for clarifying that!
Dude I literally drove by this place yesterday afternoon. You were probably filming this video as I was driving down 128
I actually filmed this on Sunday morning haha, but still! Very close timing indeed!
Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock filmed some scenes for The Heat at that Denny’s in 2012.
Wow, interesting fact! I didn’t know about that!
I worked across the street at Kelly's,Wish I was on vacation the week of filming,Could of signed up as an extra
They filmed the movie “the Heat” here 😂
The MO in Motel refers to MOtor hotel, MOtor inn or MOtor lodge. They were designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central lobby.They started in the 1920's and grew in popularity as more people became car owners, and were a smart solution for traveling salesmen and middle class families on road trips. In the late 20th Century, both motels and hotels made a lot of money from municipalities looking to housed their homeless population, especially families with kids under 18.
So you've never been to a Denny's or stayed at a motel. Weird but okay. That isn't good or bad. Maybe it is for townies. I don't know.
Is the abandoned pschyc hospial in tewksbury still standing?
Yes, Tewksbury Hospital is still standing, but it’s actually still an active medical institution today! Not much is abandoned, most buildings are still active. However, I recently did a video exploring the old cemetery there!
Just subbed!! I was there acrross the street the mall when they filmed The Heat! I lived in Danvers for a while during that time and drove by there almost everyday when it was open. Its a little creepy seeing in look like that now. When are they demolishing that property?
Fascinating stuff dude! I’ve noticed that they keep pushing back the demolition date, so as of right now, I’m not entirely sure… but it’s lasted a lot longer than I expected!
Also forgot to mention that they filmed the movie The forger here back in 2014. The main character in that movie with John Travolta
I was working Kelly's in Danvers at the time of filming
I drive by it every day thanks bro so cool to see the inside
That EconoLodge was used by the state to not only house the homeless but to also serve as transitional housing for families w/children (varying reasons - homelessness, leaving domestic violence, etc.) and refugees relocated to MA by the federal government.
Interesting, I do think I remember reading something about that!
Glad they demolished it
@freedomofspeechorDEATH1111 Not everybody who ended up there was a criminal. A contributing factor was how broken the system is. Many who ended up here were dumped with little to no supports to help them get on their feet. The state is notorious for that, dumping people without a longterm plan. To make matters worse, DPD often looked the other way when reports were made re: certain activities there. They were more concerned with parking at the edge of the Denny's parking lot and chasing red-light runners than doing anything about the drug deals and trafficking going on right under their noses. People don't just up and decide one day to be a problem. It's usually a bunch of factors, with the most dominant one being systems that failed to do what they exist/claim to do.
Just went by there the other day.. all that’s left is the sign near the highway.
Damn, RIP 😢
@@j-mass Glad you were able to capture it before they knocked it all down. I really wanted to get my drone in there but never found the time.
That's where Bed, Bath, and Beyond was too... They got the karma that they deserved... 💥
are you an urban explorer or something like that ?? I'm also from Boston lol btw and cool vid
I am! I’m an urban explorer from Massachusetts, not too far from Boston myself!
i lived in Danvers for 8 years. happy to be gone!
new sub here
Love Danvers
the reason it went abouned a woman was maried to a man right she was haveing a afair with another dude in a room her usband broke into her room while she was sleeping with him and he mudered them with a axe in 2018 it was a week when the maid came and found the 2 dead bodys and a bloody axe on the bed the girl made a run and was hit while getting up they still never found the guy who did it it went abouned that day and evryone got kicked out and refuned there visit and ive explored it i did not know that then most chilling case ive ever heard
Have you tried the old Children's hospital in Stoneham on Pond Street??
I haven’t been yet, but I’ve heard of that place, and it’s been on my list for quite some time now!
@@j-mass when I was 8 or 9 years old I was sent there for mental health issues it was called New England Memorial Hospital for Children.
I've been to that Dennys 2014. Food way too salty.
I lived in north reading mass for years which is about twenty minutes from there I remember that dennys and hotel haven’t been in that area in years live in Maine now it was drug invested hotel
I lived 5 minutes from that econo lodge
Luvin the Graffiti thou serio
Econo lodge = luxury accommodations.
Dennys has not been real successful in the greater Boston area. Ten miles down the highway is another defunct Dennys right next to the same highway in Stoneham MA, then another 10 miles south is where there was another Dennys that closed, right next to the same highway in Bedford, MA.
You should pull the fire alarm at an abandoned place
Lol, usually these abandoned places no longer have power anymore, so that probably wouldn’t work.
Also - not sure if you knew - the Dennys has since been demolished, clear to the ground. As of the date of this comment, the EconoLodge is still standing but soon will be demolished.
Such a shame 😭 it was a really cool spot, sad to see it go, even if it was inevitable
I worked there for about 6 months in 2015. It was bad, I quit. Lol. Denny's.
i was demolised yesterday not the econo lodge i dont know why there saveing it but they are
I have a question about it you didn't have to ask the police to go right I want to go there's a path right my the pool said please tell me I really want to go
I didn’t ask anyone when I went, I just walked right in through that same path and had no problems!
Thank you so much I'm going to go tomorrow u r the Best
They sadly destroyed the Dennys and half of the first econo lodge the ofice building I also know a absolutely awesome place to explore it’s a abounded friendlys in Front of a fair field by Marion I think it’s North Andover or Merrimack there’s actually 3 abounded buildings
RIP, sad to hear that this place is being torn down 😢 Also, I do know about that abandoned Friendly’s! I drive by it a lot!
@@j-mass i explored it I’d say around 4 weeks ago it was a pretty cool place not going to lie everything was left even food what was disturbing in perfection no vandals have got to it
this place was just was just demolished
Went by there Monday they are demolishing it
what’s the address? might visit before it gets demolished
It’s located off Endicott Street, nearby the Advanced Auto Parts!
152 Endicott st it's getting demolished in a couple days or a week go I went today
@@Econolodge.oh no!!! I wanted to explore it! 😭 It always caught my eye when we drove by
@@cynthiacastrucci7750 it's still there right now you have to go in the bed bath and beyond parking lot go to the very end there's a little trail right there go walk in that it takes you to a hole in the fence then your in the abounded econo lodge I explored it last week it's still probably got a week or 2 I wish they would restore it my self but yeah theres 2 abounded econo lodges 1 is a office burliding the other one is residential they've bern guted sadly the cars i explored my self theres also an abounded Denny's
@@cynthiacastrucci7750 it's still there
bro have you ever been to Dennys?
It took me 25 years, but I finally went to a Denny’s for the first time one month ago… and I really wasn’t missing much 😂
9:28 wrong you can check in any time after 2:00
South shore > north shore
All our homies @bagcivilization fuck around there
Awesome video man! Im in Massachusetts as well. Id love to maybe do a collab together and do an urbex together. My channel doesn't have too many subs but I still would love to do this. Hit me up man! Id love to learn the best way to go about doing this
Do not say Dope
lol free to stay there lol i dare ya does anyone watch your videos and try tget you on trespassing?
They had tables and booths you uncultured plebiscite.
🤣
I don't know...... You are pronouncing you R's way to strong. Are you sure you are originally from the north shore area"
I’m not, I’m actually from the Lowell area! I went to school in Salem, but spent my whole life outside of Lowell.
im from mass now i live in oklahoma but i used to live in danvers and i worked at the market basket across the street i was i thing 19 and i used to eat at the dennys evryday it WAS not nice i once say a rat running out the door with a half eatin pancake lol 😂😂😂 but i alays liked the style of the building i stayed at the econo lodge befor i thing 7 times when my apartment was getting renovated it was decent would not say it was the best place ive ever stayed but id stay again if it it was still there when i come to see my parents in ma i stay at another econo lodge it looks sooooo depresing i swear i feel like its like the movie vevertariun its just repeats but for 62 dollars a night what do you expect i payed 48 dollars this is i belive it was 2013 but it was still bad then the out side had a dude with his bbq lol