From the relaxed-on-the-outside, elegant-on-the-inside yurts to the rugged beauty of its Big Sur locale, Treebones is California dreamin' at its best. Each of the 16 spacious über-tents boasts polished pine floors, over-stuffed comforters, and skylights perfect for star-gazing. Guests lounging in Adirondack chairs on redwood decks have breathtaking views of the sprawling resort grounds...

E'Terra is the ultimate hideaway, tucked beneath a cedar canopy on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, in the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve at the tip of Ontario's pristine Bruce Peninsula. The attention to comfort and detail in its six suites is striking. Take, for example, the North American craftsman furniture and original artwork; the heated flagstone and cherry-wood floors covered...

The wrought-iron "kicking horse" sculpture adorning the stone fireplace here pays tribute to those who once explored this land without recourse to such lush digs. James Hector was on a 19th-century expedition, searching for a western route for Canada's first transcontinental railroad, when his horse hoofed him so hard that his compatriots dug him a grave. But he regained consciousness and...

The soaring centerpiece of this unique lodge is its cathedral-like great hall, made of towering cedar walls and 48-foot-high lodgepole-pine beams. It's a modern take on the Cree Nation's shabatwon (traditionally a more modest place made of teepees covered in moss and deerskin). It expresses the MoCreebec people's vision for their eco-lodge—providing a healing, sustainable spot...

Inn Serendipity is a quaint, century-old homestead on a five-acre organic farm amid the undulating green of rural Wisconsin. Its comfy Writing Room, where guests can add to an ongoing journal, is one of just two guestrooms at the B&B (the other is the laidback, funky Music Room). Visitors will be drawn out from under their soft, organic cotton linens by the smell of zucchini-feta pancakes,...

Trout Point Lodge calls itself "an utterly civilized outpost" nestled in the wild soul of eastern Canada's Maritime Provinces. All eight luxurious suites evoke the outdoors with walls and ceiling beams made of huge spruce logs and chiseled granite-and-sandstone fireplaces. Guests can recline in handmade Acadian wood furniture and enjoy sweeping views of the untamed Tusket River. This "haute...

Nature is central to the Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat, where the room clusters are named to reflect nearby environmental features—Cottonwood, Forest, Fountain, Meadow, Pond, and Rock. Each group has six to ten rooms, nestled together on the banks of Icicle Creek in Washington's Wenatchee Valley. Each room is warm and bright with pale wood floors and furniture. Two additional standalone...

Devil's Thumb is one of those places where the Wild West and the lap of luxury converge. A rustic-cum-gilt-edged bolt hole, so to speak. Its main lodge has single rooms and suites, all classy-comfortable with warm wood, soft leather, and elegant rugs. Here, you'll find bright lounges, countless alcoves, and oversized chairs near the six-sided stone fireplace, all of which invite easy...

This relaxed lodge on a private beach in Kachemak Bay State Park serves up Alaskan hospitality with a side of wild. Owners Keith and Randi Iverson welcome, at most, eight guests at a time tucked into five secluded cabins. A rustic sauna and a huge fire pit on the banks of a gushing stream, not to mention organic feasts enjoyed within sight of hunting eagles and snowcapped peaks, make Sadie...

This simple lodge in Alberta's Bighorn Wildland country is the kind of place visitors return to time and again. Even though they want to keep it a hidden gem, guests blab to their friends and word gets out. And why wouldn't it? Part of the lure lies in the gracious hospitality of hosts Madeleine and Alan Ernst (and Cora, their canine sidekick) and their killer cooking. For others, it's Aurum's...