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.
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.
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...
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)...
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...
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...
This classic grande dame of Montréal has been impressing guests ever since Liz Taylor and Richard Burton got married here...
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...
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.
At sunset, scan the lonely horizon for the eponymous wild horses silhouetted against the South Mountains...
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.’ There’s no scrimping at the breakfast table, either, with a full buffet included...
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...
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.
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 prod...
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 it...
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.
Housed in the former Merchants Bank, the Hôtel Le St-James is a world-class establishment...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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