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...fountain and a gazebo, Dickey House combines the convenience of a hotel with the intimacy of a B and B. The three rooms in the mansion and four suites in cottages on the grounds are all equipped with private bath, TV and VCR, and are decorated with elegant Victorian antiques...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: DICKEY HOUSE, MARSHFIELD, MO.: Refuge in the Hills | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

Perched on a hilltop in southwestern Virginia, the Oaks garnered its name from the seven historic oak trees, now more than 300 years old, that surround the Queen Anne Victorian house, built for a bride in 1889. Its gardens unfold along Christiansburg's Main Street, once part of the Wilderness Road forged by Daniel Boone, today close to the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway and a rails-to-trails bicycle path...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: THE OAKS, CHRISTIANSBURG, VA.: Quiet History | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

There are plenty of serene spaces in the northern reaches of Michigan's lower peninsula: lakeside beaches, towering dunes, fragrant pine forests, golf courses and some of the best bicycling trails in the U.S. Lovers of Victorian architecture revel in the quaint charms of the small towns, and in one of these, Petoskey, visitors can find the Serenity Bed-and-Breakfast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Peace and Quiet and Open Air | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

Back in 1867, William Whitaker was just one of many well-bred Bostonians building a luxurious town house in a neighborhood straight out of Victorian England. Today, with their mansard roofs, double front doors, bay windows and rear gardens, these South End buildings are preserved by landmark rules. Some have been reclaimed as single-family houses, others are apartments, but the 21st century Whitaker House is a bed-and-breakfast owned by Martin Gottlieb and John Collette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Victorian England Meets New England | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...grandest of the three bedrooms, the Victorian Room, with its 12-ft. ceilings, was once the rear parlor. A king-size four-poster mahogany bed sits in front of a working marble fireplace; a bay window overlooks a landscaped garden. All the rooms have lush Oriental rugs, original details and antique furnishings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Victorian England Meets New England | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

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