The Lake House

If you’re seeking rustic elegance and sweeping views, you’ve found your second home. Exposed beams, French casement windows and mounted fish make for a Midwest-modern style. It ain’t fancy, but it’s plain and sensible–just like our Depression-era grandparents.

Take selfies in front of a fieldstone-studded fireplace (there are three). Let the near-floor-to-ceiling Douglas fir paneling make you feel all outdoorsy. Open the French doors two at a time like The Great Gatsby might have done a century ago.

In the kitchen, cast-iron skillets and measuring cups line the wall. An old-fashioned wrap-around porch looks out on Elbow Lake, while the upper deck feels a lot like a treehouse.   Also includes a  half-basement to hide your booze during Prohibition accessible via, you guessed it, a trap door.

Sleeps: 16
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Jones hired the St. Louis “Brewery Architect” Ernst C. Janssen to build the main house. The 40-page single-spaced specifications included “top grade knot-free fir” shipped from Oregon for the floors, walls and ceilings; local fieldstone for the pillars and three massive fireplaces; and naturally cooling transom windows with brass hardware.

One hundred years later, these features–and most of the original rocking chairs–is still intact.