The Cheshire Lodge Hotel
The Cheshire Lodge Hotel is a hotel featuring regular rooms and six fantasy suites. Fantasy suites feature a Jacuzzi for two, a bar and a sitting area. Theme rooms include the Raj (an Indian-themed room with a throne and a red carpet leading up to a raised bed), the Safari Rain Forest (complete with leaves and trees) and the Captain's Quarters (a room with a scale model whaling ship, wood paneling and nautical equipment). Other theme rooms are the Bathe suite with a raised Jacuzzi for two, the Treehouse at Sherwood Forest (the bed and Jacuzzi are in a raised separate room) and the TJ Bordello, a room with a mirrored canopy and an enclosed wood patio.
Cheshire Lodge Hotel
6300 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO 63117
(800) 325-7378
cheshirelodge.net
The Moonrise Hotel
The Moonrise Hotel is a boutique hotel located in St. Louis's historic Loop entertainment district. A variety of restaurants, shops, concert venues and bars are found in the Loop area. The Moonrise is a unique hotel offering guests the best that St. Louis has to offer. The Moonrise contains 10 guest suites that each feature a different star from St. Louis's Walk of Fame that runs through the Loop area. The suites honor the following local celebrities with photographs and memorabilia: Josephine Baker, Buddy Ebsen, Red Foxx, Betty Grable, Virginia Mayo, Agnes Moorehead, Tennessee Williams, Shelley Winters, Vincent Price and Mary Wickes.
The Moonrise Hotel
6177 Delmar in the Loop
St. Louis, MO 63112
(314) 721-1111
moonrisehotel.com
The Lemp Mansion Restaurant and Inn
The Lemp Mansion Restaurant and Inn is a historic home converted into a restaurant and inn located in the historic Cherokee neighborhood of St. Louis. The Lemp Mansion was once owned by the Lemp family, successful beer manufacturers during the mid 1800s. After a string of tragedies and suicides in or near the mansion, rumors about ghosts haunting the mansion swirled. Today, guests visit and stay at the mansion, some of which are looking for a ghostly experience. The Lemp Mansion contains six suites complete with Victorian-style accommodations and furnishings. Each suite is named for a different member of the Lemp family; the Charles Lemp Suite is the location where Charles Lemp committed suicide in 1949.
The Lemp Mansion Restaurant and Inn
3322 DeMenil Place
St. Louis, MO 63118
(314) 664-8024
lempmansion.com
The Fleur-De-Lys Mansion Luxury Inn at the Park
The Fleur-De-Lys Mansion is a 19th-century historic mansion transformed into a luxury inn. The bed and breakfast features four different themed rooms designed with St. Louis area attractions in mind. The Forest Park Room features a Jacuzzi, luxury bedding and a hand-painted mural of St. Louis's Forest Park. Other rooms include the Botanical Garden Room complete with floral tile garden mural, the Tower Grove Park Room with Victorian mansion bed and the Reservoir Park Room with views of the park and its stone water tower. Packages are available that include Clydesdale horse carriage rides, four course meals, massages and murder mystery parties.
The Fleur-De-Lys Mansion
3500 Russell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104
(314) 773-3500
thefleurdelys.com
About The Author
Kendall Olsen has been writing for over 20 years, is a UM-St. Louis Gateway Writing Project Fellow and has published instructional materials with McDonald Publishing Company. She holds an Ed.S in educational technology, an M.Ed in secondary English curriculum and instruction, a Bachelor of Science in elementary education and a Bachelor of Art in art history from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
