• If you're tired of the same old amenities, choose a novelty hotel.hotel image by muro from Fotolia.com
  
  Vacationers have many options in accommodations. If you like to be pampered, you can stay in a resort with room service, or a spa with fine dining. If you enjoy the outdoors, you can camp or travel in an RV. If you have kids, you might stay at one of the many Disney hotels and resorts. But for the more adventurous type, there are also novelty hotels, places with unique and creative twists far beyond offering their guests babysitting services and a heated swimming pool.
  
  

Cedar Creek Treehouse

• Cedar Creek Treehouse is located close to Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state. The hotel is an actual treehouse, set in a giant cedar tree, 50 feet up in the air. Guests access the hotel area by a 80-foot suspension bridge, and the treehouse itself via a five-story staircase. On the fourth floor, an observatory enclosed in glass, allows guests to stargaze, nature watch or just relax in a hammock. The treehouse has a kitchen and 12-volt lights, which run off solar power. The Cedar Creek Treehouse is set up with skylights, futons, a dining area and a picnic table. The small kitchenette comes with free coffee and tea, spices, a gas stove, sink, dishes and an icebox. Propane for heating is provided in winter. Guests can swim and fish right off the front yard, and the Nisqually River entrance to Mount Rainier National Park is only 10 miles away by car.
  
  Cedar Creek Treehouse
  
  P.O. Box 204
  
  Ashford, WA 98304
  
  360-569-2991
  
  cedarcreektreehouse.com
  
  

Underground Motel

• The Underground Motel is exactly what it sounds like--a motel built completely underground. The motel is located in the mining town of Coober Pedy, in South Australia. Guests can stay in one of the six standard rooms or two suites. Rooms are dug into a hill made of sandstone, and have natural light and ventilation through a series of air shafts. All accommodations have their bathrooms and private showers. The motel offers a complimentary continental breakfast in the morning and provisions for other meals throughout the day. Underground Motels also features an outdoor area, featuring a verandah with views of the mountain and a shaded play area for children.
  
  Underground Motel
  
  Catacomb Road
  
  P.O. Box 375
  
  Coober Pedy, SA, Australia 5723
  
  011-61-8-8672-5324
  
  theundergroundmotel.com
  
  

Wigwam Motel

• The Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, Arizona, is a more affordable novelty hotel than most. The motel was first built in the 1930s by Chester E. Lewis, and was put into the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The motel is located off Old Route 66 and also features several vintage automobiles. The 15 rooms are individual wigwams made of concrete. Each is 32 feet high and have a base of 14 feet in diameter. The rooms come with one or two double beds. As of 2010, single rooms were $48 per night, plus taxes, and double rooms $54 per night.
  
  Wigwam Motel
  
  811 W. Hope Drive
  
  Holbrook, AZ 86025
  
  928-524-3048
  
  galerie-kokopelli.com