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This Blue Ridge Airbnb in Virginia Has a Wood-Fired Hot Tub Among the Trees

By: Marisa Roman

Doah House, outside Front Royal, is a one-bedroom retreat on a bluff above the Shenandoah Valley with a wood-fired hot tub.

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To Reach This Virginia Airbnb, Follow a Winding Creek Into the Woods

By: Marisa Roman

Outside Vinton, near Roanoke, a cabin of hand-hewn pine logs comes with a hot tub, a deck and a fire pit under the stars.

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Hidden in the Massachusetts Woods Is a Treehouse Airbnb With a Living Tree Inside

By: Marisa Roman

Massachusetts' Berkshires are full of storybook places to stay, but only a few let you sleep up in the branches.

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This Historic New Orleans Mansion Airbnb Comes With a Room-And a Resident Ghost

By: Marisa Roman

New Orleans is famous for its ghost stories, and the Garden District has more than its share of grand old homes that seem to be keeping secrets.

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At the End of a Remote Michigan Road Is an Airbnb With Half a Mile of Shoreline

By: Marisa Roman

Michigan's Upper Peninsula gets wild fast, and the Keweenaw Peninsula is about as far north as the state goes.

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This Missouri Airbnb Was Once a Morgue, and It Comes With Ghost-Hunting Gear

By: Marisa Roman

Missouri's Ozarks are full of charming small-town squares, and Ozark's is one of the prettiest, lined with old storefronts, cafes, and shops.

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This Nevada Airbnb Is an Old Mining Cabin That Was Featured on Ghost Adventures

By: Marisa Roman

Nevada's desert is dotted with ghost towns, places where gold rush dreams boomed and faded in just a few years. Rhyolite, a few miles outside Beatty, is one of the best-known.

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9 Amish Country Bakeries in the U.S. Worth the Holiday Drive

By: Marisa Roman

From Lancaster County shoofly pie to dinner-plate cinnamon rolls in Ohio, these 9 Amish country bakeries are worth the drive. Here are their holiday hours.

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9 Secret Amish Country Bakeries Across the U.S. You Need to Visit

By: Marisa Roman

The holidays have a way of sending people down country roads to find something homemade.

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12 Holiday Train Rides Across the U.S. Worth Booking Before They Sell Out

By: Marisa Roman

Ride with Santa on steam trains, canyon railroads and a national park line. Here are 12 Christmas train rides across the U.S., with 2026 dates and prices.