Are you ready for a paranormal adventure? If you believe spirits haunt the places they inhabited during life, visit one of our favorite haunted hotels with potential spooky encounters. If you believe spirits haunt the places they inhabited during life, visit a haunted...
On a cool spring morning, a forested pathway led to the first building in our tour at The Clearing Folk School, as we experienced art in Door County, Wisconsin. An original log cabin with its newer wood-clad addition made me think of elves. The ground crunched beneath...
A road trip to Iowa offers a great opportunity to explore the Midwestern US. I reached The Highlander Hotel, on a hilltop near Interstate 80 in Iowa City, in the late afternoon. Large peace signs decorated indoor walls as Janis Joplin sang through the sound system. A...
I hadn't visited water-wrapped Door County, Wisconsin in at least a decade. And we had spent very little time in the seaside village of Ephraim during that trip. I breathed deeply as I drove into Ephraim and my shoreline view became unobstructed. Boats of all shapes...
Cobalt New Mexico skies and a stunning desert environment wrap Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in natural beauty. Located near Albuquerque, the word Tamaya refers to soft morning mists that float near the Río Grande River and indigenous cottonwood trees. The...
From Chateau Morrisette Winery and Restaurant's lofty perch, our view of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains was breathtaking. Pillowy clouds cast a kaleidoscope of colors across the peaks. Endless wildflowers grew nearby. But it's the wine that draws visitors to Chateau...
When a hotel bills itself as a ‘green’ property, disposing of single-use PPE is a challenge. But COVID-19 requires the eco-friendly Hotel Andaluz Albuquerque, Curio Collection by Hilton, to do just that. “We're trying to stay in line with our green initiatives while...
As we approached The American Club® —a Wisconsin resort part of Destination Kohler—we passed a long, brick building. Operating for more than 100 years, it housed the iconic Kohler Company, renowned for kitchen and bathroom fixtures. The American Club blends antique...
I arrived at Hotel Grinnell, in Grinnell, Iowa around 8 p.m. on a summer evening. The small town of Grinnell, halfway between Des Moines and Iowa City just off Interstate 80, is home to about 10,000 residents and 1,600 Grinnell College students. Because of the liberal...
It’s been 13 years since preservationists and art collectors, Steve Wilson and Laura Lee Brown, opened their first 21c Museum Hotel. It operates inside renovated 19th century warehouse space in Louisville, Kentucky. Its two-story contemporary art gallery immediately...