The Wildwood Lodge St. Paul, Lake Elmo

If you're in Minnesota, outside of Minneapolis or St. Paul, can't beat this spot over by Bloomington. When I was there, it was the middle of nowheresville, though there was enough stuff within driving distance to be alright, and I can kinda go for isolated nothing now and again anyway. In any event, this place has the bomb pillow top matress things that make for sleeping comparable or better than home even, depending on your perspective. That alone makes it worthwhile... decent gym, beware the wacky staircases. Funky geometric pattern that makes it hard to navigate stairs gracefully due to teh optical illusion, especially with luggage. Breakfast buffet in the ultra busy cracker barrel like restaurant.