Many travelers are spending more and more time staying in historical bed and breakfasts. These unique gems offer visitors a trip back to a more gracious time and place, away from the noise and bustle of the modern world. A bed and breakfast is a place where you can truly relax, make new friends, and slip inside the story of another time and place.

Historical Bed and Breakfasts: A Trip Back in Time
Most historical inns have been lovingly restored in order to maintain as much of their original character as possible, making them small windows into the past. Owners strive to find period furniture and decor to supplement any original pieces they may have, helping to return the home to its original grandeur. Traditionally, all guest rooms in bed and breakfasts have names, often the names of the home's original occupants, or local historical figures, landmarks, fauna or flora.

Many historical bed and breakfasts were not always inns. The Castle in Mount Savage, Maryland, for example, has been a dancehall, brothel, casino, and apartments before finally being reincarnated as a sumptuous inn. Spicer Castle in Spicer, Minnesota was built by the town's founder and today still houses his descendants. It has long served as a navigational landmark for local fishermen.

If you want to discover the history of an area you are visiting, a bed and breakfast is the perfect place to start. Often, an inn's proprietors will have intimate knowledge of the area, as well as the role that their inn and its original builders played in that area's history. Your hosts will be more than happy to share their knowledge with you, as well as to give you inside tips about the area, which will help you make the most of your stay.

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