Park Lane, Hot Springs, Virginia
The Omni Homestead Hotel in Hot Springs, Virginia is notoriously hard to find. Their own website warns GPS ROUTING IS NOT RECOMMENDED and suggests that you call them for assistance in getting there. There are youtube videos and even a Reddit group dedicated just to giving directions to it. It's all to this house's benefit. It might otherwise go unnoticed among the cluster of historic Homestead houses, its giant Veteran's Day flag hanging over the garage notwithstanding. In fact, you might notice it two or three times as you keep circling toward your destination. It's definitely worth that second or third look. Built in 1895, this Federal style house is as much of an historic treasure as the old hotel. The bricks used in its construction were fired on site -- and make up its insides as well as the outside. The house is brick-framed instead of wood-framed. Many of the available furnishings were formerly property of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The kitchen