Some of the Wilderness at the Smokies' new cabins feature theater rooms and treehouses. And that’s not all that’s new at the resort.

Art created by Salida painter Leslie Jorgensen has been hung in the foyer of a planned neighborhood in Lafayette, Colorado.

I wanted off the tourist track, and these unique bungalows, set amid a canopy home to butterflies, iridescent birds, and monkeys, delivered ...