Inn at Little Washington

It’s not often that an 18-room inn located in a tiny town like Washington, Virginia becomes a destination in its own right, but that’s certainly the case with the Inn at Little Washington. Every detail at the sumptuous property is incredibly fine-tuned, from the cashmere bed throws and silk-fringed lampshades to the 17th-century wooden floors reclaimed from a French chateau. The property star is chef and owner Patrick O’Connell, a James Beard Award Winner who sourced local ingredients (including items from his own orchard and on-site farm) 30 years before it became popular to do so; even the wine menu includes a number of hand-selected Virginia bottles.