hotelHotel Impossible · Season 6, Episode 10 · Aired November 3, 2015
Grant Hills Motel
Galena, Illinois
Open. The rescue stuck and it continues to operate.
What happened after
Official site active with location page; Facebook and OTAs show recent 2026 activity.
What happened on the show
Over in the historic town of Galena, Illinois, Melchiorri was called to the Grant Hills Motel expecting to fix poorly maintained rooms, but he quickly discovered the real problem was human: the two sisters who ran the place were feuding, and their conflict was steering the whole operation. The episode, Spinning Out of Control, captured how a family dispute at the top can matter more than any physical shortcoming. A small-town motel in a tourist destination has a steady draw, but sisters at war behind the desk poison the operation and the guest experience. Anthony's task was to mediate the relationship as much as renovate the rooms, pushing the sisters to resolve their conflict and run the motel as partners rather than rivals. His counsel followed the show's frequent lesson that people problems outrank paint problems, and that no cosmetic fix survives a management that cannot get along.
After the cameras left
The Grant Hills Motel is still open in Galena. As of our 2026 verification the property is operating, with an active official site carrying a location page, and its Facebook presence and booking-platform listings show recent 2026 activity. It ranks in the lower tier among the town's dozen or so hotels with well over a hundred reviews. Whatever became of the sisters' feud, the motel itself has stayed in business more than a decade after the show. Confirmed operating as of 2026.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.