Grand Hotel - View this location on map One of the last remaining large wooden frame hotels of the late-19th century, the Grand Hotel is the American dream of 'a summer place.' A huge structure on a bluff overlooking the water, the white clapboard hotel is graced by a great verandah. Grand Avenue, Mackinac Island,, Michigan Cultural Grand Hotel - View this location on map One of the last remaining large wooden frame hotels of the late-19th century, the Grand Hotel is the American dream of 'a summer place.' A huge structure on a bluff overlooking the water, the white clapboard hotel is graced by a great verandah. Grand Avenue, Mackinac Island, Michigan Historical grand hotel - View this location on map check out the 1913 lobby of the citys crown-jewel hotel, the amway grand plaza ( 616-774-2000; www.amwaygrand.com). youll find elegant gold-leaf ceilings, crystal chandeliers and a fountain encircled by a deep-green velvet banquette. then you can dine at the hotels opulent 1913 room, where the menu offers delicacies like osso bucco with crispy veal sweetbreads, organic beef pot au feu and roasted rack of lamb served with an onion-fig timbale. entrees are upward of $30. New York Times 187 monroe avenue nw, Grand Rapids, MI Hotel, Historical

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