One-of-a-Kind Stays in California

Inn at Moonlight Beach

Encinitas, CA

The first place in the world to earn WELL Platinum certification is engineered to make you healthier while you sleep: purified water and air, circadian light, and an organic breakfast basket left at your door each morning from the farm out back. Most suites open to a private ocean-view deck with a deep soaking tub and herbal pouches to steep in the bath, two blocks uphill from the sand.

Casa Cody

Palm Springs, CA

The oldest operating stay in town, born in the 1920s and still centered on a 1910 adobe, with casitas layered in Zellige tile, dark wood, and deep desert color. Two pools, a hidden whirlpool spa, and a wine cellar with an opera-singer past reward guests who settle in.

Pioneertown Motel

Pioneertown, CA

In the Hollywood Western film set town where Gene Autry, John Wayne, and Roy Rogers once filmed and stayed, with bed frames handcrafted on the property. Steps from Pappy and Harriet's, the kind of place that earns its own mythology.

Trixie Motel

Palm Springs, CA

A proudly queer, everyone-welcome Palm Springs original from drag star Trixie Mattel. The former Coral Sands, reborn as an all-pink daydream: seven themed rooms around a courtyard pool, cocktails at the Barbara Bar, and record players instead of screens.