Arts District Firehouse Hotel

Staying the night in a firehouse might appeal to many people’s inner child, but spending time in one as stylish, quirky and thoughtful as Los Angeles’ Arts District Firehouse Hotel should play to adult sensibilities as well. Opened in April, the hotel—converted from a 1927 firehouse—features a café serving coffee and desserts from an in-house pastry chef, as well as a New American restaurant headed by chef Ashley Abodeely, formerly of New York City’s Eleven Madison Park and NoMad LA. But the real soul of the Firehouse Hotel is its playful design—unsurprising given its art-filled location—with each room’s unique decor centered on a different color of the rainbow. —Alejandro de la Garza