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Podcast: Seven Keys Lodge

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team August 10, 2022

Douglas, Arizona

Gadsden Hotel Windows

The lobby of this hotel near the U.S.-Mexico border features a stained-glass mural that measures 42 feet long and 6 feet tall.

Las Vegas, Nevada

The First Telephone in Las Vegas

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

Victor, Colorado

Black Monarch Hotel

A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.

Podcast: Sinchi Warmi Amazon Lodge

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team April 6, 2022

Balibo, East Timor

Balibó Fort

A colonial-era fort with panoramic views across the East Timor-West Timor border, now home to a hotel.

Podcast: Hotel Theresa

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team March 8, 2022

Waterton Park, Alberta

Prince of Wales Hotel

A majestic hotel that also stands as a historic relic.

Hotel Casa Grande Wall

A wall of this old hotel was decorated with drawings made of pebbles during its construction.

Savannah, Georgia

Riverside Plant Hotel

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

13 Hotels Where the Frills Are Chills

Come for the comfortable accommodations, stay for the ghostly stories.

Jonathan Carey October 29, 2021

New Haven, Connecticut

Pirelli Building

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

mechanical instruments

Inside the Year-Long Effort to Restore the Waldorf Astoria's Famed Clock

If they could turn back time.

April White October 7, 2021

Bedford, New Hampshire

John Goffe’s Mill

A humble reminder to Bedford’s past sits hidden in plain sight.

Carroll, New Hampshire

Mount Washington Hotel

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

Book and Bed Hostel

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

Childers, Australia

Childers Backpacker Memorial

This former hostel is now an art gallery and a memorial for 15 backpackers who lost their lives to a tragic act of arson.

Värmdö SO, Sweden

Upplevelsdusch

This spa shower is an interactive art piece that reflects the feeling of Scandinavian seasons.