Gold Coast
Retro-cool tiki lamps, pinewood furniture and communal lawn chairs add up to a fun, social ambience amid the firs in Douglas.
Must-see hotels in Eastern USA
Walt Disney World® Swan & Dolphin Resort
Walt Disney World
These two Michael Graves–designed, high-rise luxury hotels, which face each other on Disney property and share facilities, offer a distinctly toned-down…
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort
Orlando
Considering the proximity to Disney's Magic Kingdom (7 miles) and Universal Resort Orlando (8 miles), plus the quality of the rooms, service, grounds and…
South Carolina
Brimming with Civil War artifacts and period antiques, one of the few antebellum homes to survive in Columbia is now a lovely B&B and a small museum to…
White House Area & Foggy Bottom
There's plenty of buzz around DC's first micro-hotel. The 83 rooms are small (twin and bunk-bed rooms are tiny, and don't have closets – opt for a king…
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Walt Disney World
One easy monorail stop from Magic Kingdom, the Grand Floridian rides on its reputation as the grandest, most elegant property in Disney World, and it does…
Gold Coast
If you blink you might miss this classic, baby-pink art-deco hotel that was built in 1947 and sits curvaceously on the Broadwalk. There are just eight…
Orlando
Surrounded by Walt Disney World® and boasting a big pool with a lazy river and a slide, this quintessential full-service resort has a slight corporate…
Indiana
Occupying a decommissioned 1914 freight station in Chesterton, this railway-themed boutique B&B offers a beautiful, fireplace-warmed lounge with…
Walt Disney World
This resort embodies the seaside charm of the 1930s Atlantic City Boardwalk in its heyday, with a waterfront the color of saltwater taffy, tandem bicycles…
Melia Orlando Suite Hotel at Celebration
Central Florida
Stylishly contemporary, with a circular pool surrounding an island of palm trees. Earth-toned one- and two-bedroom suites have fully equipped kitchens…
Portland
The Black Elephant is Portland's first dedicated hostel, and it's an exceptionally good one, with funky interior art, exterior murals, a central location…
Gold Coast
This lushly planted hideaway is tucked away just off Delray's spectacular 2-mile beach. It's easy to miss given the eight lemon-yellow, single-story units…
Connecticut
Occupying a handsome, Dutch Colonial farmhouse dating from 1756, this classy establishment has beautiful, well-tended gardens that stretch down to the…
Midcoast Maine
Looking like something out of a slightly creepy fairy tale, this 1886 turreted stone mansion was built to incorporate elements of the owner's favorite…
Gold Coast
Smack bang in the middle of the action, and spilling onto the beach, this ultraclean resort includes a number of properties in a row. You have a choice of…
Gold Coast
Stepping through the front gate at this sumptuous B&B feels like being transported to Bali. Pathways twine through a dense 1-acre garden of trumpet…
White House Area & Foggy Bottom
The 2016 unveiling of this iconic hotel's redesign had DC's smart set all aflutter, and the general consensus seems to be that Ron Arad's sleek interior…
Central Florida
Quiet and genteel, with what has to be the city’s smallest pool perched on the patio next to the lake, downtown Celebration's only hotel offers handsome…
North of Highland Camping Area
Cape Cod
Little Truro harbors one of the most secluded campgrounds on all of Cape Cod, with 237 sites spread over 60 pine-fresh acres a short walk from the beach…
Grande Lakes Orlando – JW Marriott & Ritz-Carlton
Orlando
Two properties, one a Ritz and the other a Marriott, share facilities. The grounds, peaceful and elegant, with plenty of greenery and the best lazy river…
West Virginia
Creaky floors, four-poster beds and Persian rugs evoke thoughts of ghosts at this white-columned inn built around an 1830s home and a newer wing, which…
Illinois
This historic arts-and-crafts-style luxury apartment building from 1908 offers 11 rooms of the four-poster bed, claw-foot bathtub variety (along with two…
Catskills
How many hotels have a two-lane antique bowling alley attached to its restaurant and bar? That's what you get at this charming old Catskills-style…
Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
Walt Disney World
Located in a huge shaded natural preserve, Fort Wilderness caters to kids and families with its hay rides, fishing and nightly campfire singalongs. Cabins…
Connecticut
The heart and soul of one of the smallest villages in Connecticut, this inn originally served the Housatonic Railroad. Now the five rooms are styled by…
Shenandoah Valley
Owner Melinda Kramer has done a splendid job of transforming this handsome but once-dilapidated 1830s building into Luray's only boutique hotel. Most of…
Martha's Vineyard
The central Victorian Inn has been reborn as the Christopher, and the makeover has been quite something: bright, bold and boutique in the best possible…
Stuart
With its pastel-colored Key West vibe and easy charm, the excellent-value 1914 Colorado Inn is a lovely spot. Spacious studio rooms and suites come with…
Midcoast Maine
Whitehall was once the summer home for Camden's elite visitors (poet Edna St Vincent Millay got her start reciting verse here in 1912). New owners have…
The Adirondacks
The Adirondack Mountain Club runs this rustic retreat on the shore of pretty Heart Lake. All rooms in the lodge share communal bathrooms. Rates for rooms…
Walt Disney World
The handsome lobby's low-lit tepee chandeliers, hand-carved totem pole and dramatic 80ft fireplace echo national-park lodges of America's old West. Though…
Midcoast Maine
Atop McKown Hill, this grand gray mansion has Boothbay's best harbor views. Rooms are elegantly turned out in crisp nautical prints and beachy shades…
Nantucket
Known locally as Star of the Sea, this cool hostel has a million-dollar setting just minutes from Surfside Beach. It's housed in a former lifesaving…
Gold Coast
A classic knickknack-filled B&B, this smart and spotless 1936 house has rooms named after artists. It's frilly, but neatly so; if that's not your thing,…
Martha's Vineyard
Be a guest of Hugh Taylor (musician James Taylor's younger brother) at this attractive seven-room inn near Gay Head Lighthouse. The hilltop setting and…
Florida Panhandle
A night in this old-fashioned, 1859 tabby shell and oak building will relax you for sure. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it has 10…
Cape Cod
Occupying an 1857 farmhouse, this year-round country-style inn offers homey comforts in a quiet yet central neighborhood. The house has sloping wood…
Gold Coast
Standing out from the crowd with a hacienda-style roof of clay barrel tiles, Mexican-themed yellow exterior and hand-stenciled decoration, Blue Seas seems…
Cape Cod
This family-run boutique hotel puts the chains to shame. The harbor-front location offers a fine sense of place, and the heated outdoor pool is a perfect…
