Chicago
The former Morton Salt headquarters building (1896) has found new life as a boutique hotel at the Loop’s southern edge. It’s a unique location midway…
Must-see hotels in The Great Lakes
Wisconsin
This adventure center rents out cabins in two classes. The more expensive 'chalet' cabins come better appointed with sitting rooms, fireplaces and…
Chicago
This unobtrusive hostel, located in a converted apartment block, is practically within home-run distance of Wrigley Field (and its rowdy nightlife). The…
Chicago
The fun, social Getaway Hostel attracts mostly a twenty-something crowd who strum the house guitars, lounge on the leather couches, sip beer on the patio…
Chicago
They sure don't make 'em like they used to. When built in 1927, this was the world’s largest hotel – practically a miniature city – with some 3000 rooms…
Indianapolis
This fun hostel was completely revamped in 2019 after a drunk driver plowed through the living room. A hip and friendly couple manage the two houses,…
Chicago
The colorful, art deco–tinged rooms and lobby buzzing just off Belmont Ave are vaguely reminiscent of a European city hotel. The L train races by quite…
Detroit
A unique option in Midtown with a great friendly vibe, El Moore occupies a turreted 1898 building that has been renovated with solar panels and a…
Chicago
Sure the street din may seep into this century-old, 10-room greystone building, but that’s the price you pay for being in a high-energy nightlife hub…
Illinois
The hotel's 140 rooms are average quality, and it goes a bit over the top with the woodsy theme, but it offers a lot of bang for the buck. The riverfront…
Chicago
Water vistas are just part of the attraction at this triangular-shaped, mirrored-glass high-rise at the confluence of river and lake. Businessfolk like…
Best Western Hawthorne Terrace
Chicago
The earthy Hawthorne Terrace attracts the most mixed crowd of the neighborhood’s hotels. Sporty Cubs fans check in next to gay groups, with everyone…
Detroit
This 1929 fire station in the heart of the city was transformed into a boutique hotel that blends modern convenience and style with original architectural…
Cincinnati
Around the corner from Music Hall, the Symphony Hotel offers nine rooms in a traditional Italianate building. Each is named after a classical composer,…
Detroit
Volunteers rehabbed this old building using recycled materials and donations for the patchwork furnishings, and painted it in vivid colors inside and out…
Chicago
If only you could live in the creamy, silk-draped modernity of these rooms. Oh, wait, you can – they’re condominiums, too. Suites have microwaves and mini…
Aloft Chicago Downtown River North
Chicago
This Aloft offers the chain’s typical compact, efficiently designed, minimalist rooms. Each one features earthy colors, big windows, a work desk and 42in…
Chicago
High-spirited Hotel Versey plays off two themes: the Cubs (Wrigley Field is a mile away) and music history (touring indie bands often stayed here during…
Chicago
One of the Loop's hottest properties, the design-savvy Wit draws holidaying hipsters and business travelers with its view-tastic rooms and swanky rooftop…
Embassy Suites Chicago – Magnificent Mile
Chicago
The Embassy Mag Mile displays the chain's typical hallmarks: all the units are two-room suites (living room with sofa bed in front, bedroom in back);…
Chicago
There's lots to love at the Kinzie beyond the modern-design-driven, blue-accented, good-sized rooms. A continental breakfast of pastries, fruit and yogurt…
Chicago
Millennium Park here you come – the 687 luxury rooms and suites here are a stone's throw away. Upgrade to a deluxe room to get a park or lake view. Those…
Ohio
Though it tries hard to be posh, the inn remains midrange in quality. Nine hotel-like rooms occupy the main building, while 12 spacious cottages, five…
Indiana
Parts of this historic inn bang on the river date back to 1929 (it was a former button factory). Rooms are spread over several buildings – you'll want the…
Illinois
Two buildings, one from 1928 and one dating to 1892, make up this historic hotel. Each individually decorated room has period details, such as pencil-post…
Chicago
This eight-story property targets millennials and business travelers. The rooms, furnished in crisp shades of gray and white with hardwood floors, feel…
Chicago
Hotel Allegro is part of the fun and flirty Kimpton chain. The 483 rooms sport a retro 1920s luxury-cruise-ship look, with gold accents and funky…
Indiana
Like the Graduate Hotels in other US college towns, the Bloomington instills a deep sense of place with bleachers rescued from a local high school…
Northern Minnesota
Built in the 1920s, the property was once a private club for Babe Ruth and his contemporaries, who smoked cigars in the Great Hall, warmed by the 20ft…
Chicago
Relax on your window seat and look out at the sliver of a lake view many rooms have here, near Navy Pier. The average-size rooms are sort of modern…
Indianapolis
The 209-room, sustainably focused Alexander is all about art. Forty original works decorate the lobby; the Indianapolis Museum of Art curates the…
Chicago
Step into the old-world ambience of this 19th-century home and you may feel like you're a guest at an Italian count's country villa. The six rooms of this…
Chicago
Monks run this B&B that consists of two simple apartments offering loads of space and kitchen facilities. One is a two-bedroom garden apartment with a…
Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago Downtown
Chicago
Horizontal-lined furniture and angular leaded-glass lamps give the lobby a Prairie School feel. The Frank Lloyd Wright influence is less apparent in the…
Cincinnati
It you’re looking for something distinct and whimsical where moose heads and castle-style tapestries hang from lobby walls, this wood-beamed, Tudor…
Chicago
The 228-room, 12-story Felix is nothing fancy, though it does boast ecofriendly LEED certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). The…
Chicago
Want your room covered in rose petals, with candles lit and your bath water run? They’ve done it before at this ask-and-it-shall-be-granted luxury…
Chicago
The well-maintained rooms have been freshened with a soothing slate palette, boxy lamps and other stylish decor. Add this to the low-cost parking (per…
Wicker Park, Bucktown & Ukrainian Village
Take a meditation class, go on a guided intuitive journey or get your chakras massaged. Ruby Room is primarily a spa and ‘healing sanctuary.' Nine…
Chicago
Small and stylish, Willows wins an architectural gold star. The chic lobby provides a swell refuge of overstuffed chairs by the fireplace, while the 55…
