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Another Silo Home... And This Time It's An Inn

While this isn't the first grain-silo-turned-home we've blogged about (see the Monty-Silo House), it is available to stay in when visiting Texas. One of the many room options at the Gruene Homestead...

Green Escape: Eco-Friendly Fairfield Inn & Suites
Baltimore

I know what you're thinking... what qualifies a Marriott chain as a great escape? What could possibly be intriguing about, um, a Fairfield Inn? How about the fact that it's Baltimore's first offic...

Green Away: 11 Ways to Green Your Hotel Room
Go Travel Green

This month is travel and escapes month across the Apartment Therapy sites. But, being green and traveling is a tricky combination. Getting to your destination creates one set of challenges; arriving...

Chicago’s Green Hotel Initiative

Hotel Monaco, Green Seal Silver Certified Complimentary toiletry bottles, paper cups, daily towel cleaning — all amenities most travelers have come to expect. But Chicago is looking to banish...

Element Hotels: Make Your Escape...and Stay Green

We've admitted before that it can be a challenge staying green while on vacation, but it's nice to know properties are popping up that may make that a bit easier. Element Hotels from Starwood is th...

Airstream Penthouse Trailer Park

Unfortunately, this isn't a traditional trailer park exclusively for beautifully kept Airstreams, but it is the world's only collection of trailer park penthouse suites — a collection of seven...

Costa Verde Hotel Constructed from Boeing 727

Hotel Costa Verde, Costa Rica used to be just a lodge until they added a fully outfitted, two bedroom suite made from a refurbished 1965 Boeing 727 airframe. Photos after the jump....

The Proximity Hotel: The First LEED Platinum Hotel

Building practices in North Carolina are some of the greenest of any state, from the Southern Homes LEED certified Idea House, to the Greenbridge Development, to Carrboro's green high school - so it'...

Hotel Made from Salvaged Wine Casks

The De Vrouwe van Stavoren Hotel in Northern Holland is constructed from four salvaged wine casks from Switzerland. Formerly filled with 14,500 liters of Beaujolais wine, each cask now holds a modest ...

Chinese Escapes: Eco Luxury Hotel in a Quarry

All the Olympics frenzy has really got me wanting to take a trip to China. The landscape and history is amazing and the Great Wall is definitely on my list of things to see in my lifetime. Given that...

Why It's Green: Windows that Open

We’ve been in a hotel for the weekend—one of the glass tower types. (It wasn’t our first choice, but it was graduation weekend in Boston and everything was full.) The windows didn’t open...