Know of any unusual or unique hotels?
Aug 19th, 2004, 07:50 PM
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Know of any unusual or unique hotels?
I remember reading an article once on strange and unique hotels in the United States. Does anyone know the location of a hotel in this category, or have you stayed at one?
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Aug 19th, 2004, 09:37 PM
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The Madonna Inn - San Luis Obispo, CA. Over 100 rooms, no two of which are the same; each with a distinctive theme. Info/photos at www.madonnainn.com.
Aug 19th, 2004, 10:15 PM
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Now that is definitly the most interesting place I have ever seen. I looked at every single room, all I can see now is vivid colors, wallpaper and prints! I got a kick out of the Whats Left room, all the leftovers.
Aug 20th, 2004, 05:29 AM
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Litchfield Plantation in Pawleys Island is an actual 275 year old former rice plantation.
It is the best preserved low country plantation in the state. Most have lost the original farm houses but Litchfield's is intact. You can actually stay in the house.
On the flip side, you can always stay with Pedro
It is the best preserved low country plantation in the state. Most have lost the original farm houses but Litchfield's is intact. You can actually stay in the house.
On the flip side, you can always stay with Pedro
Aug 20th, 2004, 06:10 AM
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Check out the Wildwood Inn in Northern Kentucky. They have african themed huts, a cave room, and lots of others - it's a hoot!!
http://www.wildwood-inn.com/default.cfm
http://www.wildwood-inn.com/default.cfm
Aug 20th, 2004, 07:15 AM
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The Pelican Hotel in South Beach is Miami Beach's version of the Madonna Inn, run by the good people of Diesel Jeans. Themed rooms in a small hotel from the late 40s (designed by Henry Hohauser, who also designed the Cardozo, the Park Central, the Essex House and several other hotels in South Beach). You can check out their cool website at:
www.pelicanhotel.com
www.pelicanhotel.com
Aug 20th, 2004, 09:37 AM
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I'll agree with the Madonna Inn, but there is also the funky and delightful Chalet Suzanne in Lake Wales, Florida (known for their canned soups). The hotel looks like the Magic Kingdom on crack -- and the interiors are bits and pieces of every kind of tile known to man.
Aug 20th, 2004, 10:04 AM
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Check out http://www.pollywogholler.com. It's an eco-lodge B&B with a wonderful stream and interesting art. It's in South-Western New York. Try to stay in the honeymoon suite above the sauna...it's heavenly!
Dec 13th, 2004, 10:30 PM
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Here are a few unusual ones in the southwest: East Brother Lighthouse (San Francisco Bay), Pigeon Point Lighthouse (near Half Moon Bay, CA), the Delta King (a lovely old riverboat in Sacramento, CA), the Wigwam Motel (Route 66, Holbrook, AZ), and the Noftsger Hill Inn (a former grade school in Globe, AZ.) Quirky, fun, not for the conventional.
Dec 14th, 2004, 05:54 AM
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The Driftwood Inn in Vero Beach was built so long ago, like the 50's or 60's. Everything is made of driftwood, even the sink pedestals. Some local character collected the stuff along the shore, he's now deceased but someone still operates the Inn.
Dec 14th, 2004, 07:59 AM
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There are many unusal in the Midwest. The most unique I have returned to about 4 or 5 times. It is in Mendon, Michigan and called The Mendon Country Inn. It is the original horse/post/stop that existed between Chicago & Detroit when only one main road connected them, and it is also on the St. Joe River.
Every room is unique and most is original. No tvs/ no phones. Most everything else is modern. The hosts are also gourmet European trained chefs and cook a marvelous breakfast. It is the best I have ever experienced traveling and it comes with the host, Geff on piano in the huge Puddleberg Room, which was the Inn's tavern /hall during the 1800's.
One room has a ghost. They all have different themes with original furniture and decorative material.
The owners are now doing Amish weekends and other motif weekends with dinners. They do a marvelous English Christmas weekend with traditional dishes for weekends in Dec. And some are just for "girlfriends" and combine Amish crafts/ cooking /baking lessons.
Guests can also canoe on the St. Joe in season as they have a large canoe shop rental where the original horse barns were. The top is a game room/porch that is always in use during summer.
Every room is unique and most is original. No tvs/ no phones. Most everything else is modern. The hosts are also gourmet European trained chefs and cook a marvelous breakfast. It is the best I have ever experienced traveling and it comes with the host, Geff on piano in the huge Puddleberg Room, which was the Inn's tavern /hall during the 1800's.
One room has a ghost. They all have different themes with original furniture and decorative material.
The owners are now doing Amish weekends and other motif weekends with dinners. They do a marvelous English Christmas weekend with traditional dishes for weekends in Dec. And some are just for "girlfriends" and combine Amish crafts/ cooking /baking lessons.
Guests can also canoe on the St. Joe in season as they have a large canoe shop rental where the original horse barns were. The top is a game room/porch that is always in use during summer.
Dec 14th, 2004, 10:45 PM
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We stayed in a tree house in Hana, Maui: http://www.maui.net/%7Ehanalani/
This isn't in the United states but I stayed in a cave hotel in Turkey. It had the rather unfortunate name "Ufuk Pension". Ufuk means "Horizon". www.ufukpension.com.tr/ufuk1.htm
This isn't in the United states but I stayed in a cave hotel in Turkey. It had the rather unfortunate name "Ufuk Pension". Ufuk means "Horizon". www.ufukpension.com.tr/ufuk1.htm
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There is a hotel in New York called The Library and each of the rooms is themed after a book section in the dewey decimal system: www.libraryhotel.com/
There is a tree house resort in Oregon:
http://www.treehouses.com/treehouse/...rt/prclst.html
There is a tree house resort in Oregon:
http://www.treehouses.com/treehouse/...rt/prclst.html
