Hotel Walloon

Private balconies hang over Walloon Lake at this boutique lakeside hotel in northern Michigan, where Hemingway summered as a kid and the water hasn't gotten any less beautiful since. Rooms come with plush robes and bedding you can tailor to your preferences, and the on-site Barrel Back restaurant handles waterfront meals with house-smoked everything. It's the kind of place that earns its postcard setting without leaning too hard on the nostalgia.