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Archive for the ‘Places to Stay’ Category

June 30th, 2007

Undersea Fun or Terror? You Decide

Sorry about missing yesterday folks — just can’t kick this summer cold issue.
But I’m back. Good thing too. Just in case any of you are recently engaged and planning a nice spring wedding next year have I got the honeymoon for you!
Where you ask? Well underwater of course — you didn’t think I’d say the […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 10 comments

June 14th, 2007

The Spider Web Chalet

The name alone pretty much implies that a certain Offbeat blogger won’t be shacking up here anytime soon. When I first heard about this hotel in Dalat, (in Vietnam - for the non-geography buffs), all I could picture were cobwebs floating across my face as I slept and hobos or other terrifying eight-legged creatures scampering […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 6 comments

November 8th, 2006

Haunted Houses: Queen’s Hotel in Cape May, NJ

If you’re the type of person who’s always in search of spookie places to stay, here’s one that might appeal to you. Queen’s Hotel in Cape May, NJ is the site of several paranormal manifestations that might give you goosebumps in the night.
This beautiful victorian bed and breakfast was built back in 1876. To the […]

By Ingrid -- 1 comment

October 26th, 2006

Sewer Pipe Hotel

Well, it looks … cozy. I guess. Sort of. Kind of. Original, anyway.
Let’s head on over to Linz, Austria, where luxury awaits you inside your very own sewer pipe. Dasparkhotel will be happy to provide you with foam mattress double beds, sleeping bags, and a wool blanket. Not to mention other essentials such as lighting […]

By Ingrid -- 2 comments

October 19th, 2006

The Ice Hotel : What Could Be Cooler?

Okay, so we’ve covered hotels made out of salt, and hotels made out of recycled materials, but what about one made out of ice?
Indeed, the ICEHOTEL is world famous by now. The people behind the ICEHOTEL have built and rebuilt the hotel every winter for the past seventeen years!
The hotel rests in Sweden, in a […]

By Ingrid -- 1 comment

April 23rd, 2006

The Hoopoe Yurt Hotel

The mighty yurt is one of the more enduring forms of architecture that we as humans have created. The portable dwelling structure has been used for centuries by the Mongolians, Kazachs and Russians on the steepes of central Asia and in recent years, the yurt has made great inroads into western culture. One […]

By Kevin Humphrey -- 0 comments

April 11th, 2006

Jules Undersea Lodge - Underwater Vacations

30 feet below the surface of Emerald Lagoon in the Key Largo Undersea Park in Key Largo, Florida, one will find a hotel accomodation unlike most others. The Jules’ Undersea Lodge - originally a mobile underwater laboratory - has been completely remodelled to provide 600 square feet of unique living space for up to […]

By Kevin Humphrey -- 0 comments

March 30th, 2006

The Wigwam Village Motel

In Cave City, Kentucky on Route 31 near the #53 exit of I-65, one will find the Wigwam Village Motel. This particular wigwam motel was the first of its kind to be built - by Frank A. Redford in 1937 - and is one of a very few remaining “teepee-style” motels still operating in […]

By Kevin Humphrey -- 3 comments

March 20th, 2006

Pigeon Houses of France

Techbee, one of my fine readers here, tipped me off to an interesting type of building that’s common in the Lot and Querey regions of southwest France, between Bordeaux and Toulouse. Pigeon Houses are generally from the 19th century and farmers built them as a means to harvest valuable pigeon guano for use on […]

By Kevin Humphrey -- 0 comments

March 18th, 2006

Dog Bark Park Inn Bed & Breakfast

Sometimes, when you’re traveling, you come across places to stay that aren’t fit for a dog; and then there are the places that are inside a dog. The Dog Bark Park Bed & Breakfast Guesthouse - on Hwy 95 in Cottonwood, Idaho - is one of the latter.
That’s right, this B&B is located inside […]

By Kevin Humphrey -- 0 comments