hotels

Built in 1885 and opened to guests in 1899, Tokeland Hotel is the oldest hotel in Washington. Today it offers 18 rooms in cozy, eclectic surroundings, along with a top-quality restaurant featuring local seafood and produce with a southern flair.

The tallest building in Fort Collins when it opened in 1923, the Armstrong Hotel contained 41 rooms and two dining halls. After falling into decline since the 1970s, it closed in 2000, but reopened in 2004 after extensive renovations.

Opened in December 1927, the United Artists Theater was designed by C. Howard Crane to resemble the medieval Spanish architecture enjoyed by patron Mary Pickford on a trip to Europe.

Built in 1911, Portland's flatiron-style Crystal Hotel was previously known as Hotel Alma and The Majestic. In the 1970s, it hosted a gay bathhouse and bar. It has operated as a McMenamins historic hotel since 2011.

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel, which had long been popular with black musicians visiting Memphis. The motel is now part of the National Civil Rights Museum.

Founded in 1886 and mostly rebuilt in 1954, this luxurious French Quarter hotel has been owned by a Sicilian-American family since the beginning.

First built in 1885 as a two-story cabin, the Gilbert Inn was expanded in Queen Anne style in 1892. Its owner was Alexandre Gilbert, a Frenchman who became mayor of Seaside from 1912 to 1916.

Constructed in 1925-28, then left incomplete for 20 years due to lack of funding, the Tioga Hotel finally opened to the public in 1948. It is said to be the tallest building on the Oregon coast.