What the Walls Remember: 145 Years at the 1880 Union Hotel

Los Alamos was barely a town when J.D. Snyder built the Union Hotel in 1880. Since then, the building has survived a mysterious fire, an arson scandal that gripped the county, and a decades-long vacancy, only to be reborn as one of Central California's most storied landmarks. Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson filmed here. Kurt Russell poured wine behind the bar. And through all of it, the walls held. This is the story of 145 years at the 1880 Union Hotel.