Visit to Dolly’s House
Throwback Travel Thursday. I visited Dolly’s House in Ketchikan, Alaska in August 2019. Yes! It’s a real place!
This famous Brothel at 24 Creek Street in the red light district, entertained loggers, miners and fishermen for $5 a visit 😉 and even sold them stashed contraband liquor ... one visitor at a time!
Dolly purchased the house in 1919 for only $800 and got her investment returned within 2 weeks!
She decorated her home with beautiful sensual furnishings, including a shower curtain with intricate floral designs made from SILK CONDOMS...
She donated much of the earnings from the brothel to a local orphanage and an animal shelter that still functions today!
Dolly’s was shut down in 1954.
Jason & I visited last year as part of our wedding anniversary Cruise to Alaska. Glad we got that trip checked off our bucket list before this year’s COVID.
Each Thurs in August, I will take you back in time to some of our fun travels. And will share more about our current travels in stories during the rest of the week!
