On a hill overlooking downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, sits an actual castle – turrets, sandstone walls, stained glass and all. It was built in 1895 by a local uniform manufacturer as a family home, and today it operates as a bed and breakfast run by a French-trained chef who describes himself …
On a tiny island in Lake Huron, where the clip-clop of horse hooves replaces the rumble of engines and fudge shops line cobblestone streets like something from a Dickens novel, sits one of America's most gloriously anachronistic hotels. The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island isn't just a place to rest …