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...Nordic Inn Medieval Brew & Bed in Crosby, Minn., opened five years ago and prides itself on immersing guests in a 10th century experience. The rooms are decorated with shields and armor; some beds are shaped like longships. Instead of the usual complimentary robe and cloth slippers, guests at the Nordic receive handmade Viking outfits with horned helmets and leather slippers. Entertainment includes a rowdy candlelit dinner with a floor show based on Nordic mythology. Owner Richard Edward Schmidthuber, who got the idea after people cheered the Viking costume he wore to a football game, says he intentionally made the place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hotels Of Whim And Vigor | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...called, was developed by the French (of course!) at the Caudalie Vinotherapy Spa in Bordeaux, where devotees indulge in body scrubs made from crushed Cabernet grape seeds or soak shoulder-deep in a barrel of spring water and grape extract. In the U.S., Napa Valley's Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, below, has couples sip wine in a brass tub filled with grape-seed bubble bath and rose petals, then emerge for a massage with grape-seed body lotion. It's the seeds that purportedly contain the most powerful antioxidant properties, but for those aching to splash around in alcohol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Wine, New Skins? | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...Costing $6 per soak, the Kanaya is not cheap as far as bathing goes, but it's a small price for a classy Japanese ryokan experience. The attached inn has lovely traditional-style rooms and offers visitors a delectable Japanese feast. Rooms start at $127 per night, including two meals. Book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Spot | 11/4/2002 | See Source »

Clearly scientists need to be better trained, and on this score things are improving. The L.A. sheriff's office runs forensics courses for detectives that include fake murder scenes staged at a Residence Inn. The University of Tennessee in Knoxville maintains a politely named Anthropological Research Facility, a body farm where dozens of human remains lie in various states of decay in open fields to help forensic scientists better understand decomposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Science Solves Crimes | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

...with its stately clubhouse and the neighboring castle. For longer stays, the golf club rents apartments, and it can accommodate business groups. Both castle and club have restaurants, but it's worth the short walk to the winsome village of Enniskerry for sandwiches and a pint at the Glenwood Inn, an unassuming traditional pub just across from the clock tower that presides over the town center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Life: Dublin Calling | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

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