Pollard Inn

Oklahoma


Look up at the tin ceilings to check out the bullet holes at this bank-cum-inn, the site of many a frontier times robbery. The 12 rooms are spacious and hark back to Guthrie's heyday. Happily, the decor – while authentic – avoids the twee overload of some B&Bs.


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