Stay at The Inn at Death Valley (Furnace Creek Inn), Death Valley, California

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Nestled against the Funeral Mountains and overlooking the desert salt pans and majestic Panamint Mountains, the Inn offers 66 classically decorated rooms including suites, fine dining, a spring-fed swimming pool, tennis courts, gift shop, conference rooms, massage therapy and a world renowned oasis garden laden with towering palm trees and meandering streams. The Furnace Creek Inn was originally constructed by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and opened on February 1, 1927, with twelve rooms. Richard C. Baker, then president of Pacific Coast Borax sought to open Death Valley to tourism in an effort to increase revenue on the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad originally built by Francis Marion Smith for shipping borax, but in need of new sources of revenue. 20 additional rooms, as well as a swimming pool and tennis courts were added in the 1930s. The Fred Harvey Company operated the facilities for decades. The desert Inn now has 66 rooms, located on the hillside, and is open mid-October through mid-May. The ranch is known for being the location of the hottest temperature recorded on earth at 56.7 °C (134 °F) on July 10, 1913.

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