South End & Chinatown
If you love the theater, or if you love innovative contemporary design, or if you just love creature comforts and warm hospitality, you will love Encore…
Must-see hotels in Eastern USA
North Maine Woods
En route to Baxter State Park, the New England Outdoor Center (NEOC) offers a delectable slice of rural Maine, with creature comforts in abundance in a…
Publishing House Bed & Breakfast
Chicago
The building was indeed a publishing house more than a century ago, and it’s now transformed so it looks like the stylish home of your coolest city friend…
Louisville
This contemporary art museum–hotel features edgy design details: video screens project your distorted image and falling language on the wall as you wait…
Southeastern Connecticut
Offering an easy sophistication, this romantic inn, long lauded by those in the know, continues to stay at the top of its game. From windows overlooking…
Washington, DC
The elegant, two-winged 1923 mansion has an ornate porte-cochère, beaux-arts architecture and a luxurious interior full of crystal and velvet, all meant…
Cajun Country
This tidy home is one of Louisiana's best travel finds: an upscale hostel-like hangout within walking distance from downtown. Snag a bed and you're on the…
Northeast Florida
Built in 1876, the Addison has modern upgrades (Jacuzzi tubs, deluge showers, Turkish-cotton towels and wi-fi) that'll trick you into thinking it was…
Cambridge
This treasure blends refinement and comfort, artistry and efficiency. Old wooden floors spread with throw rugs furnish a warm glow, and antique decor…
Knoxville
Knoxville's first boutique hotel boasts 28 modern, stylish rooms with fun subway-tiled showers (with rain-style shower heads), luxe linens, plush…
Everglades National Park
Formerly the Everglades International Hostel, the Hoosville has kept the good-value dorms, private rooms and ‘semi-privates’ (you have an enclosed room…
Rhode Island
This visually striking hotel sits like a frosted yellow wedding cake, dominating the bluffs above East Beach. Though designed to emulate the grandeur of a…
Connecticut
The 19th-century Hopkins Inn boasts a well-regarded restaurant with Austrian-influenced country fare (the second-generation chef whips up a mean schnitzel…
Chicago
Chicago’s branch of the super-hip Ace chain rises up across the street from Google’s shiny office. Hints of Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe…
South Beach
In a great location two blocks from the beach, the Washington Park is spread among five beautifully restored art-deco buildings fronted by a pool and a…
The Adirondacks
Overlooking Lake Placid and channeling the rustic glamor of classic Gilded Age Adirondack lodges, this luxury hotel offers 13 gorgeously decorated rooms…
Downtown & the Gulch
Well located, only a block from Lower Broadway, and up to the minute in style and function. The common space in the basement, with its rather regal…
Southern Vermont
Designed to resemble a miniature château, this sweet 1930s-vintage B&B north of town has a glorious landscaped yard, five cozy, beautifully appointed…
Philadelphia
The Old City's best hostel is hidden down an alley and spans both sides of the street. The apple-green color scheme fits the name, but this Hosteling…
Kenmore Square & Fenway
A premier example of Richardson Romanesque, this beautiful five-story brownstone is a paradigm of artistry and luxury overlooking the picturesque Charles…
Memphis
Dating in parts to 1848 and 1872, this exquisite Victorian mansion in the city's historic Victorian Village at the edge of downtown is one of Memphis'…
Pennsylvania
Originally a small tavern popular with Tory loyalists – that's right, 1740s Tories – this elegant and comfortable nine-room inn is steeped in history…
Fort Lauderdale
With an exterior resembling two giant sails and an interior that looks like the backdrop for a J Lo video, this is where the glitterati stay – bust out…
The Hamptons
A complete refurbishment of the old Bridge Inn motel that once stood here has netted one of the Hamptons' loveliest digs. A row of drop-dead gorgeous…
Washington, DC
In-the-know business travelers, families and couples make their way to the overlooked Carlyle, set amid embassies. The art-deco gem offers quiet,…
Downtown & the Gulch
Nashville's best sleep conjures 1930s glamor through a modern lens, and its lobby bar, Trade Room, stuns with original brass detailing and Tennessee pink…
Greater Orlando
Sumptuous and elegant, with beautiful rooms, cobblestone streets and sidewalk cafes around a central lagoon, this resort evokes the relaxing charm of…
Newport
Newport's newest hotel has the bold attire of a midsummer beach party with turquoise, lime green and coral prints, ikat headboards and snazzily patterned…
Chicago
Breezy Found Hotel joins the elevated hostel/casual-hotel brigade. The 60 rooms come in several configurations, including four-bed dorms with sturdy (and…
Tampa
Foodies rejoice! Tampa's coolest hotel, which opened in 2014, is a food-and-drink-themed boutique Eden steeped in detailed design: a zinc bar, reclaimed…
Vermont
Way more welcoming than your typical motel thanks to the personal attention of longtime owners Stephen and Robin, this clean, well-maintained place just…
Pioneer Valley
The finest place to lay your head in Amherst is this boutique operation, in a classic setting overlooking Amherst Green. The Colonial-era inn masterfully…
Space Coast
This quirky, family-owned B&B is set in a 1927 mansion with eight rooms, each uniquely furnished and named for gemstones (most impressive is the Black…
French Quarter
The Saint has the whole Heaven thing going on: apples in a bowl at the reception desk; feathered wings on the chairs; and clean duo-chromatic color…
The Hamptons
In an 1842 home, this exclusive, Alexandra Champalimaud–designed boutique hotel boasts 22 rooms, including six suites decorated with local artists' work…
White Mountains
This restored 1789 farmhouse sits atop a hill that has stunning panoramic views, especially in the fall, when the sugar maples lining the hill are ablaze…
Lexington
This downtown design hotel is marked by twisted sidewalk lampposts – hand-blown in Venice – outside its entrance. A Louisville transplant that's now in…
North Georgia
This wonderfully designed boutique hotel, the first of a college-campus chain, is drowning in sexy retro hipness, from potted plants inside old-school,…
Queens
With clean-cut, comfortable en-suite doubles and dorms (male, female and mixed, all with under-bed storage) and common areas, the Local is a great budget…
The Triangle
When the suave, 53-room Durham turned a former bank building – a marvel of midcentury modernist might – into a supremely retro, fiercely local haven in…
