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Hidden Pond (Photo: Rare Brick/Hidden Pond)Though few people have a seaside home like the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port, there are many gorgeous seaside inns and hotels throughout America. From Los Angeles's Venice Beach to the Jersey Shore, the new wave of beach hotels is also putting an emphasis on amazing food.The Ocean House (Photo: Warren Jagger)The Ocean House; Watch Hill, Rhode Island
This grand oceanfront Victorian hotel completed a $140 million renovation in 2010. A full-time forager works with 40 area farms to supply the six dining venues. At night, a classic commuter boat takes guests on cocktail cruises.Camden Harbour Inn (Photo: Camden Harbour Inn)Camden Harbour Inn; Camden, Maine
All 20 rooms at this harborside inn are named after famous ports of the Dutch East India Trading Company (a nod to its owners' Dutch heritage). The exterior is classic New England white clapboard; the interior, a mix of mod lighting from Habitat and Asian antiques. Its outstanding restaurant, Natalie's, looks like a Parisian boîte, offering ambitious dishes like local sea scallops with Hon Shimeji mushrooms, tomato coriander sauce and baby bok choy by chef Geoffrey Deconinck (an F&W 2011 People's Best New Chef nominee).
