The Hotel Emma
This 19th-century brewery-turned-hotel is the perfect place to rest your head for the night if you happen to pass through the historic Alamo land. But guests should beware. Its elegant façade and renovated halls may seem appealing, but they serve one purpose – to cover up a chilly past. One that’s been marked right into its name.
Let’s start at the beginning. In 1902, a German immigrant named Otto Koehler left his job managing the Lone Star Brewery in order to take over the Pearl Brewing Company. He had big plans to transform the Pearl into one the biggest breweries in America.