| With mega resorts and generic chain hotels | | | | none came with a personal librarian. |
| increasingly asserting their rule on the American | | | | 3. Winvian: Litchfield, Connecticut |
| accommodation landscape, finding a unique hotel stay | | | | Across 113 sprawling acres, sits this impressive |
| experience is getting harder than ever. Heck, even | | | | collection of uniquely themed luxury cottages, ranging |
| our beloved B&Bs are starting to suffer from | | | | from log cabins, to stables, to rooms carved out of |
| the symptoms of sameness. | | | | the cabin of a U.S Coast Guard helicopter. In all, 15 |
| To renew your faith in American accommodation, | | | | architects from around the world collaborated to |
| we've checked into 5 of the country's weird but | | | | create these modern masterpieces fusing modern |
| wonderful hotels to bring you a good night's sleep like | | | | luxury with the whimsical. |
| no other. | | | | We only wish that the hotel's helicopter themed |
| 1. Jules Underwater Lodge: Key Largo, Florida | | | | room could actually take flight. |
| Life is better under the sea and the Jules Underwater | | | | 4. Kokopelli Cave Bed and Breakfast: Farmington, |
| Lodge is living proof. | | | | New Mexico |
| After strapping on your scuba suit, you'll dive 21 feet | | | | Dig into New Mexico's finest subterranean |
| below to the surface to reach the air locked | | | | accommodation sitting a full 70 feet below the |
| entrance of this former research lab, turned luxury | | | | earth's surface. At a spacious 1650 square feet and |
| SCUBA hotel. Set amongst a tropical mangrove ripe | | | | complete with luxury carpeting, private Jacuzzi and a |
| with colorful marine life, you'll enjoy spectacular | | | | waterfall shower; about the only thing you won't find |
| underwater views from generous 42" windows. | | | | in this cave is Osama Bin Ladin himself. |
| This may be the only place in the world, where you | | | | 5. Aurora Ice Museum: Chena Hot Springs, Alaska |
| can "sleep with the fishes" and still live to tell about. | | | | Break the ice on your Alaskan holiday, with a stay in |
| 2. Library Hotel: New York, New York | | | | one of the four rooms at the chilled out Aurora ice |
| Shhhhhh! Recently named Trip Advisor's Top Luxury | | | | museum. Encounter grand works of expertly caved |
| accommodation, New York's Library hotel has | | | | ice sculptures at every nook, including jousting |
| certainly been making a lot of noise. | | | | warriors, the cola pandas, and even a giant sized |
| Come renew your appreciation for the library and | | | | chess set. |
| explore the hotel's 10 luxurious floors, each dedicated | | | | Once you've check mated your companion, take a |
| to the major categories of the Dewey Decimal | | | | seat at the ice bar and grab a cool martini in a frozen |
| System, including Social Science, History, Math & | | | | glass. In fact, grab a couple. You're going to need a |
| Science, among many others. Each of the Library's | | | | little something to keep you warm as you spend the |
| sixty rooms comes stocked with a collection of | | | | night atop your deluxe solid ice bed. Brrrrr! |
| books on a particular topic, but much to our dismay, | | | | |