from $129 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Fort Des Moines

Everyone from Mae West to JFK has spent the night in this old-world hotel. It retains its 1917 elegance and the 204 rooms spread across 11 floors are well equipped.

from $390 per night

Hotel resort

The Breakers

Originally built by Henry Flagler (in 1904 rooms ran $4 per night, including meals), today this 550-room resort sprawls across 140 acres and boasts a staff of 2300 fluent in 56 languages.

from $275 per night

Hotel resort

Viceroy Snowmass

By far the best choice in Snowmass and with incredible $95 summer rates, it's the best deal in all of Aspen (it's the local rate, but just tell them you're a local – staff want you to have it).

from $199 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Inn On Ferry Street

Forty guest rooms fill a row of Victorian mansions right by the art museum. The lower- cost rooms are small but have deliciously soft bedding; the larger rooms feature plenty of antique wood furnishings.

from $220 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Boheme

Our favorite boutique hotel is a love letter to the Beat era, with moody orange, black and sage-green color schemes that nod to the 1950s. Inverted Chinese umbrellas hang from the ceiling, and photos from the Beat years decorate the walls.

from $322 per night

5 Star Hotel

Ritz Carlton, Montréal

This classic grande dame of Montréal has been impressing guests ever since Liz Taylor and Richard Burton got married here.

from $394 per night

5 Star Hotel

Windsor Arms Hotel

The Windsor Arms is an exquisite piece of Toronto history – stay the night or drop in for afternoon tea. It's a 1927 neo-Gothic mansion boasting a grand entryway, stained-glass windows, polished service and its own coat of arms.

from $495 per night

Hotel resort

Hotel Del Coronado A Ksl Luxury Resort

San Diego's iconic hotel, the Del provides more than a century of history, tennis courts, spa, shops, splashy restaurants, manicured grounds and a white-sand beach. Book the original building. Parking is $25.

from $199 per night

Hotel resort

Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa

At sunset, scan the lonely horizon for the eponymous wild horses silhouetted against the South Mountains.

from $179 per night

Lodge

Nita Lake Lodge

Adjoining Creekside train station – handy if you're coming up on the Rocky Mountaineer Sea to Sky Climb – this swanky timber-framed lodge is perfect for a pampering retreat.

from $340 per night

3 Star Hotel

The Kendall Hotel

Once the Engine 7 Firehouse, this city landmark is now a cool and classy all-American hotel. The 65 guest rooms retain a firefighter riff, without a whiff of ‘cutesy.

from $309 per night

4 Star Hotel

Argonaut Hotel, A Kimpton Hotel

The top hotel at Fisherman's Wharf was built as a cannery in 1908, and has century-old wooden beams and exposed brick walls. Rooms sport an over-the-top nautical theme, with porthole-shaped mirrors and plush, deep-blue carpets.

from $135 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Posada De Las Flores La Paz

Italian-run bed and breakfast. Rooms are beautiful and one couldn’t ask for a nicer view of La Paz bay from the breakfast area.

from $229 per night

4 Star Hotel

Hotel Nelligan

Housed in two restored buildings and named in honor of Québec’s most famous and tragic poet, Émile Nelligan, m woods, original details (like exposed brick or stone in some rooms) and luxurious fittings (down comforters, wi-fi, high-quality bath p.

from $359 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Hotel Lombardy

Done up in Venetian decor (shuttered doors, warm gold walls), and beloved by World Bank and State Department types, this European boutique hotel has multilingual staff and an international vibe – you hear French and Spanish as often as English in.

from $347 per night

Lodge

Jenny Lake Lodge

Worn timbers, down comforters and colorful quilts imbue this elegant lodging off Teton Park Rd with a cozy atmosphere. The log cabins sport a deck but no TVs or radios (phones on request).

from $157 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Providence Biltmore Hotel

Entering the chandeliered lobby of this historic downtown hotel is like stepping back into the 1920s. The classic appeal continues in the rooms fitted with damask upholstered chairs, gilt mirrors and king beds.

from $399 per night

5 Star Hotel

Hotel Le St James Montréal

Housed in the former Merchants Bank, the Hôtel Le St-James is a world-class establishment.

from $324 per night

Hotel resort

The Fairmont Banff Springs

Imagine crossing a Scottish castle with a French chateau and then plonking it in the middle of one of the world's most spectacular (and accessible) wilderness areas.

from $156 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Magnolia Hotel Omaha

Not far from Old Market, the Magnolia is a boutique hotel housed in a gorgeous restored 1923 Italianate high-rise. The 145 rooms have a vibrant, modern style. Rates include a full buffet breakfast and bedtime milk and cookies.

from $570 per night

5 Star Hotel

The Beverly Hills Hotel

The legendary Pink Palace from 1912 oozes opulence. The pool deck is classic, the grounds are lush, and the Polo Lounge remains a clubby lunch spot for the well-heeled and well-dressed.

from $162 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Historic Strater Hotel

The past lives large in this historical Durango hotel with walnut antiques, hand-stenciled wallpapers and relics ranging from a Stradivarius violin to a gold-plated Winchester.

from $269 per night

4.5 Star Hotel

21c Museum Hotel Louisville

This contemporary art-museum–hotel would be edgy anywhere; in laid-back Louisville, it's practically in a different dimension. Video screens project your distorted image on the wall as you wait for the elevator.

from $115 per night

2.5 Star Hotel

The Holland Hotel

Some renovations suck all the original charm out of a historic property, and some don't go far enough in updating it. But sometimes they get it just right.

from $179 per night

3 Star Hotel

Gladstone Hotel

From teeny bopper to urban explorer to Canadian forest, the 37 artist-designed rooms at this refurbished hotel are stylish and fun.

from $159 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel St Augustine

Wood that's blonder than Barbie and a crisp-and-clean deco theme combine to create one of SoFi's most elegant yet stunningly modern sleeps.

from $339 per night

4.5 Star Hotel

Jw Marriott Denver Cherry Creek

This luxury hotel wears its accolades effortlessly, having had both Conde Nast and Zagat confirming it as Denver's best hotel.

from $199 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Stanley Hotel

The white Georgian Colonial Revival hotel stands in brilliant contrast to the towering peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park that surround it.