This video illustrates that presents a rather interesting mix of lodging possibilities.  The Wilber House (13 North First Street) is generally one of the safer place to stay.  Apart from the recent robbery at the front desk involving the pistol-whipped clerk, the hotel presents a calm environment.  The Wisconsin House Hotel (17 North First Street), on the other hand, is a lesser quality hotel and a favorite among the local vagrant community.  Not everyone geta a bed there, some sleep on the hotel saloon’s floor including an individual being currently questioned for murder.

Fisher’s Lodging House (24 North First Street) is much too loud for potential guests due to constant screaming and physical fighting between the Fishers who run the place. Sometimes the police are good about stopping by and breaking them up.

A Christian lodging house like Rooney’s Hotel (110 North First Street) may seem like a safe option, but you never know if all of the people staying there are actually Christians.  You don’t know what is in their hearts or in their traveling bags after your belongings have been pillaged by a wayward guest.

You should not give your valuables to the owners of the Hennepin Hotel (208 North First Street) for safekeeping while you are out and about or sleeping.   They don’t have a safe over there, they have a strongbox, but it didn’t prove strong enough against burglars.