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Historic St. Ermin's Hotel London is luxurious, grand, and mysterious—with a past that is at times stealthy and undercover. This historic London hotel is the birthplace of modern espionage. There's nothing I love more than a hotel with a past. Sitting in a grand...
When visiting the historic town of Prescott, Arizona, check out these three historic hotels: the Hassayampa Inn, Hotel St. Michael, and the boutique The Grand Highland Hotel. When visiting the historic town of Prescott, Arizona—the original Arizona Territorial...
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...
The northern Maine coast, from Brunswick to Bar Harbor, is only 135 miles along US Route 1, which follows the coast for the entire length of Maine. But a tour of this scenic coast and its historic towns means leaving Route 1. Following side roads onto some of the...
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....
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...
You’ll feel a little like Alice sliding down the rabbit hole as you drive through the tunnel of enormous cottonwood trees that lead you into Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm. Suddenly, the hustle and bustle of the city of Albuquerque are gone and you’ve...
From the moment you arrive at Dunedin, Florida's Fenway Hotel, you feel as if you’ve stepped back in time. The massive lawn, brick walkways, and Mission styling evoke the 1920s. Most nights, live music—often from that era—spills from the lobby. I honestly wouldn’t...
As The Omni Grove Park Inn came into view, I leaned a little closer to the window and heard myself gasp, “Wow!” “It’s gorgeous, isn’t it?” my ride-share driver asked. Gorgeous doesn’t begin to describe the AAA-Four Diamond Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina....
Hip and new, yet historic? How can that be? Well, the beloved Shelburne Inn located on the Long Beach Peninsula of Washington has undergone a transformation. While the history has been lovingly preserved, the result—the new Shelburne Hotel—is bright, airy, and hip....