French Quarter
The two houses here epitomize Creole elegance at its unassuming best. You enter into a courtyard filled with ferns and a trickling fountain; some rooms…
Must-see hotels in Southern USA
Northern Kentucky
This stylish, 114-room property occupies a turn-of-the-century department store on a busy street in Covington. Rooms are fairly big, with contemporary…
Lowcountry
This playful B&B is defined by its Tommy Bahama flair, with lots of wicker and rattan furnishings, surfboard decor and Jimmy Buffett on repeat in the…
Veranda Historic Bed & Breakfast Inn
South Georgia
To really feel like a resident of the fictional town of Woodbury (minus the zombies), book a stay at this impressive two-story white wooden mansion. Built…
Asheville
This spick-and-span, well-run, contemporary hostel occupies an unbeatable downtown location. The loft-like open-plan space, with its exposed brick walls,…
Birmingham
The Elyton holds an admirable middle ground between boutique design and business-class amenities and dimensions. Over 100 rooms, decked out in a crisp…
Ozark Mountains
Sprinkled amid 33 acres of pine forest, these cute, kitschy and spacious stilted wooden cottages are worth finding. Some rooms boast a Jacuzzi tub, a…
Coastal Georgia
These beautiful cottages, tucked away amid the maritime woods and Spanish moss, feel like an outgrowth of Sapelo's coastal wilderness. The properties…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
This lovely hotel has taken over the grounds of the former Sts Peter and Paul Catholic church and school. The rooms are a study in elegant historical…
Cajun Country
This cute spot is a typically pretty rural B&B, but where many places opt for wedding-cake frilly decor, Le Village is stocked with a tasteful collection…
Atlanta
Skirting Grant Park, this wonderfully restored 1900 Queen Anne Victorian mansion has six rooms decorated in country-French-style and is loaded with period…
Arkansas
The lodging at this state park is excellent. The real gems are 20 lovely Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)–built rustic cabins overlooking the lake; some…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
The Dauphine only has two rooms, but it’s actually a pretty big house, a classic Creole Esplanade Ridge–style mansion that's located in Marigny. The place…
New Orleans
Friendly, knowledgeable hosts, a rainbow-hued property with individualized rooms and plenty of New Orleans bordello-esque vibe, and they're cool with pets…
Alabama
Ten wonderfully eccentric suites replete with reconstituted furnishings, walk-in showers, wet bars and decor that can be described as 'art gallery meets…
Atlanta
Built in 1896 by the Hinman family, this elegant B&B has all the modern amenities you could ask for and is well located. It's fully updated with…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
This is what happens when you fall through the rabbit hole and Wonderland is a B&B. This spot is homey and laid-back, but it's also bursting with wild New…
Cajun Country
The wonderful Bayou Cabins, situated on Bayou Teche, feature 14 completely individualized cabins, some with 1950s retro furnishings, others decked out in…
Arkansas
With friendly, welcoming owners, this inn, less than a mile from Bathhouse Row, is an old road motel that has been upgraded into a mid-century boutique…
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…
Arkansas
This 1872 former bank building with a cast-iron facade – a near-extinct architectural feature – is the top digs in Little Rock. There is a wonderful…
New Orleans
Enormously popular with the hip New Orleans kids, the Drifter is a mid-century party that happened to get thrown on Tulane Ave. Sleek, rounded…
Alabama
This well-run B&B is a long-standing favorite with Montgomery travelers. The owners are warm and accommodating, the lodgings drip with thoughtful vintage…
Coastal North Carolina
One of our favorite B&Bs in North Carolina, this turreted 1893 Queen Anne home is dotted with antiques and Victorian touches, but still manages to feel…
Memphis
Intimate in name only, the Guest House, Graceland's new flagship, is a 450-room hunk of burning hotel. Stylish slate-gray standard rooms are spacious,…
Atlanta
With preserved stairwells and unusable original doors, Atlanta's hottest boutique hotel has kept a wink and a nod to this historic 1924 Poncey-Highland…
East Tennessee
Although not as glossy as some resorts, DreamMore offers notably warm hospitality, and the grounds are impeccably clean and well manicured. The fun starts…
Charleston
This 84-room boutique inn exudes an inviting, smart, modern style. Reimagined as an art hotel in a 2014 renovation, it displays artwork property-wide (all…
Downtown & the Gulch
A bastion of finely polished, mid-century modern cool, the Thompson Nashville is the Gulch's see-and-be-seen seat of style, whether that be agonizing over…
New Orleans
They say the enormous windows were installed so that steamship executives, who once occupied the building, could watch their ships on the Mississippi. Big…
New Orleans
This inviting B&B is a great budget-to-midrange option for an extended stay. The private four-suite town house is like your own character-filled…
Knoxville
The Tennessee River is the unifying theme at this posh new hotel across the street from the Sunsphere and the city convention center. Look for maps of the…
Lodge on Little St Simons Island
Coastal Georgia
This isolated historic lodge sits on pristine and private Little St Simons. Stays include accommodations, boat transfers to and from the island, three…
Nashville
One of our favorite Nashville boutique hotels riffs on mid-century modern design, with bamboo-paneled walls and reclaimed WWI barnwood flooring. Sizable…
Chattanooga
It's very hard to improve on excellent, but the former Stone Fort Inn – now the Dwell – has done just that. A new, hands-on owner has completely flipped…
Charleston
Spanish-moss-draped, 200-year-old B&Bs are cool and all, but if you skew more hip and contemporary than antebellum and antique, this all-suite hipster…
East Tennessee
Stylish cabins dot a pretty 36-acre woodscape at Dancing Bear, which resembles a summer camp for adults. Guests can rise early for wildlife viewing at…
Mountain Crossings at Walasi-Yi
North Georgia
This hostel is the one and only human-made intrusion on the Appalachian Trail. Parched and sore hikers will be happy it isn't a mirage, as they follow the…
New Orleans
Lavish rooms at this boutique crashpad offer an array of amenities, from marble desks to iHome stereos to two-headed showers. Should the budget allow, go…
Tremé-Lafitte
Edgar Degas, the famed French Impressionist, lived in this 1852 Italianate house when visiting his mother’s family in the early 1870s. Rooms recall his…
