"But we’re here to do stuff—to create memories, not relive them—so my family and I checked in at the nearby Whiteface Lodge, just outside the hustle-bustle of the main drag. While the rustic but still imposing structure is modeled on the Great Camps built in the Adirondacks by prominent families in the late 1900s, it actually only dates to 2005. (The original owner was, perhaps inevitably, a member of the American Olympic luge team.) Inside, more timber, more Great Rooms, and a welcoming suite, all of it reminiscent of either Yellowstone, Twin Peaks, L.L.Bean, or Teddy Roosevelt, depending on your preferred cultural references." - Corey Seymour