When visiting Springfield Missouri, I highly recommend you stop by the Hotel Vandivort, a luxury boutique hotel that opened downtown in 2015. Even if you’re just passing through or staying with friends or relatives in southwest Missouri, you should stop…
Recently, someone asked us about our favorite hotel choices when we traveled. That’s easy – boutique hotels. Don’t get me wrong – there are some lovely big hotels and resorts out there and we enjoyed many a getaway in their…
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge out in the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas near Eureka Springs, is first of all, in a beautiful location. If you’ve never been to this part of the world, you really don’t know what you’re missing.…
Bay St. Louis Mississippi is a cool little Gulf Coast community with a funky, laid-back beach vibe that automatically makes you cooler simply for being there. We fell in love with it — colorful buildings and independent shops and restaurants.…
When life takes you in the vicinity of Phoenix/Scottsdale Arizona, may I suggest you take a day trip or overnight get away to the little town of Superior, population 2,800 — just about 60 miles east of downtown Phoenix on…
Cody Wyoming has a number of quality accommodations from which to choose, depending upon your taste. If yours includes a little history and character, my recommendation is the Chamberlin Inn, a delightful boutique hotel rich in the history of Cody.…
When fire broke out in the historic Wort Hotel and Silver Dollar Bar in Jackson, Wyoming in August 1980, the call went out: “Save the Bar!” In what might have otherwise appeared as an Animal House frat party effort, life and…
Castles are among those truly European architectural accomplishments that, try as we might, Americans just can’t pull off. Sure, Walt Disney built one for Cinderella, but he copied the look from the very real Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. Although it’s…
Boutique hotels are a delightful option for travelers who are not necessarily comfortable with the intimacy of bed and breakfast inns, but want more personality than often is offered in your typical chain hotel. The Hotel Grinnell in Grinnell Iowa…