The Brown, Louisville

This luxury hotel is full of quirky history. It was built in 1924 by J. Graham Brown, but when he died in 1971 the Brown Hotel closed and the building was used by the Board of Education. But, in an unforeseen play on words, the Brown won out over the Board of Education in the 1980s and the hotel was renovated and restored to its former glory. Besides its elegant English Renaissance appointments, the Brown offers 26,000 square feet of meeting space, a modern business center, a fitness center, three restaurants, and a bar.