Hotel / Motel

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Biltmore Hotel

This grand hotel was the place to be in America's Jazz Age--and some patrons of that era have stuck around.

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Hollywood Historic Hotel

This Hotel was designed by one of the most prolific movie theater architects of the 20th century.

Sylt Westerland, Germany

Hotel Stadt Hamburg

This seaside hotel is the secret cure to all your Victorian ailments.

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

The Laylow

Drop your bags, kick off your shoes and let the island breeze carry your worries away, because we’re about to check into The Laylow.

Cesenatico, Italy

Grand Hotel Cesenatico

This Hotel was financed by the inventor of the aseptic bandage.

Southwold, United Kingdom

Swan Hotel

The Swan Hotel, and the brewery behind it, has a 600 year history of brewing ale.

Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States

Days’ Cottages

A failed plan for a dream beach house led to the successful creation of Days' Cottages.

River Ranch, Florida, United States

Westgate River Ranch

Experience early American cowboy life at this Florida dude ranch.

Athens, Greece

Four Seasons Athens

This seaside luxury resort is located just minutes away from a sacred Greek temple to the goddess Leto.

Taipei City, Taiwan

The Grand Hotel Taipei

This lodging and its antiquities can be yours to behold for a cool $5,500 per night.

Sanibel Island, Florida, United States

Sanibel Island

Many of the island’s hotels even offer special sinks in guest rooms for the purpose of washing new additions to collections. 

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Santa Barbara, California, United States

Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara

This resort is owned by none other than Ty Warner, the creator of Beanie Babies.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Medinah Athletic Club

Once an exclusive men's club, this completely renovated hotel feels like stepping into Chicago's extravagant past.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Four Seasons Hotel

Located in the direct-center of the hotel’s 12-floor marbled tower façade, this balcony represents the blend between contemporary and European architectural styles used throughout Buenos Aires’ Four Seasons Hotel.

Giogo del Maniva, Italy

Maniva Ski Resort

From war to venerated winter sport, the Pass is now a ski resort where “the paradise of snow and nature is the ideal vacation spot both in winter and summer.”

Lake Como, Italy

Grand Hotel Tremezzo

This hotel is so steeped in romance, there are love letters literally embedded into its walls.

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Toronto, Canada

Grand Hotel

Although it seems naturally lit, the swimming pool in Toronto's Grand Hotel is actually located in the basement.

Furka Pass, Switzerland

Hotel Belvédère

In its heyday, guest rooms overlooked icy stretches of the Rhône Glacier and a grotto carved into the blue-tinged ice.

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amstel Hotel

The Amstel Hotel is the vision of Samuel Sarphati, a physician and politician who made major strides in public health during the 19th century.

Val Veny, Italy

Rifugio Monte Bianco

Opened in 1953, the Rifugio Mont Bianco is a rest stop on the Tour du Mont Blanc.

Banff National Park, Canada

Storm Mountain Lodge

This log cabin escape is located within Canada's oldest National Park.

Västerås, Sweden

Utter Inn

Originally an art installation conceived from the enigmatic architect Mikael Genberg, the living quarters of this petit Inn are in the middle of a lake and 3m under water.

Valsassina, Italy

Cazzaniga-Merlini Refuge

Perched high atop a rock spur, the Refuge keeps watch over the Orobie Alps and offers respite to mountaineers and hikers passing through.

Mexico City, Mexico

Hotel Geneve

By the end of the 1930s, the hotel received such international praise noting, “a confirmed reservation at The Hotel Geneve is like having a deposit of $1,000.”

Knokke, Belgium

Albertstrand

This popular beach in Belgium is named after WW1 veteran and beloved Belgian monarch Albert I.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Palmer House

When the Palmer House opened on Chicago’s downtown Loop over 140 years ago, elevators in a hotel were kind of a big deal. In fact, Palmer House was the first hotel with elevators, electric lightbulbs, and telephones in the guest rooms.

Lewes, Delaware, United States

Dogfish Inn

Opened in 2014, Dogfish teamed up with Studio Tack in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Lighthouse Construction in Magnolia to design and renovate the property.

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Bielsko-Biala, Poland

Hotel President

Originally named after an Austrian emperor, the Hotel President is one of the most recognizable buildings in Bielsko-Biala.

Manningtree, United Kingdom

A House for Essex

Inspired by Russian Stave churches, this home is a collaboration between artist Grayson Perry and the design firm Fat Architecture.

London, United Kingdom

The Lanesborough

The affluent neighborhood of Knightsbridge in central London is home to many stately and historic structures such as this Grand hotel first established in 1719.

Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Noor Mahal

Formerly a palace owned by the royal Nawabs, the Noor Mahal is now used as a state guest house.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

New Windsor Hotel

Built in 1893, the New Windsor Hotel is the only 19th century hotel still in operation in Phoenix.

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Beverly Hills Hotel

Open since 1912, the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Crescent Wing and iconic logo were designed by renowned African American architect Paul Williams.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Hotel Buckminster

This historic Boston hotel played host to one of the biggest scandals in the history of American baseball.

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Mackinac Island, Michigan, United States

Grand Hotel

This hotel is the supposed site of the world's largest porch.