Hotel Clermont

Atlanta


With preserved stairwells and unusable original doors, Atlanta's hottest boutique hotel has kept a wink and a nod to this historic 1924 Poncey-Highland building, originally the Bonaventure Arms Apartments. It's decidedly retro and unafraid to be cheeky (the French-American brasserie is named after a former stripper who famously refused to dance with Hitler), and rooms are playful and funky.

Local pop art above the beds, warm green mid-century-modern-inspired carpeting, gold-plated wallpapering, hand-painted directional signage and OutKast lyrics inside the in-room safes are just a few of the standout design elements you might stumble across, but it's a tie for the best feature: the awesome rooftop bar versus 15 of the 94 rooms with adult bunk beds that sleep four. Atlanta sleeping disrupter.