Dan'l Webster Inn, Sandwich - Built in 1694 by the town's new minister, Rev. Roland Cotton, and his wife Elizabeth Saltonstall, the two-story Colonial was a far more elaborate parsonage than the original one. Converted to a tavern in the 1750s by Benjamin Fesseden, Jr. it became popular with Sandwich families, mostly Patriots, turning the tavern into Headquarters for American Revolutionaries. After the war, daily stagecoach service through Sandwich made Fesseden's Inn a travelers' destination. Daniel Webster reserved a room there for his hunting and fishing expeditions, inspiring its present name.

Coonamessett Inn, Falmouth - The history of the Coonamesett Inn begins in North Falmouth with the former inn of that name, owned by widow, Edna Harris. Faced witrh losing her lease in 1953, she turned to the businessmen customers, asking them to invest overnight in the replacement property she had found on Jones Road. Over a remarkable five weeks, Harris oversaw the round-the-clock renovations and construction of the new inn. The reputation she earned for Coonamessett continues to draw guests from around the world and many say her spirit still moves through its rooms.

The Lighthouse Inn, West Dennis - During the early 19th century, sea captains paid 25 cents per month to Warren Crowell for the kerosene he burned in a lamp in his home on Wrinkle Point to guide them safely near the mouth of the Bass River. In 1850 the federal government appropriated funds to build a lighthouse, which now forms the central section of the Lighthouse Inn. Although its lantern has been on and off over the years, West Dennis Light is now the only privately run, working lighthouse in the country. Purchased in 1938 by State Senator Everett Stone, he and his wife opened it as an inn that summer, and their descendents continue to run it for a third generation.

Ocean Edge Inn, Brewster (National Register of Historic Places) - On the shores of Cape Cod Bay stand two castle-like buildings appearing to belong on the Newport coast rather than Old King's Highway. But this is the former home of long-time Cape son, Samuel Mayo Nickerson, who made his fortune in Chicago banking, and returned in 1891 with his wife Matilda Crosby of Brewster, to build Fieldstone Hall, passed on to their only child, Roland. After fire destroyed the structure, and broken-hearted Roland died, his parents replaced it with a new estate. This 1912 Renaissance Revival and Gothic-style Country Manor, of reinforced concrete, covered in stucco, was virtually fireproofed for Roland's family. Later the seminary for a religious order, it is restored as a premier Cape resort.

Wequassett Inn, Chatham - Cape Cod's Wampanoag ancestors named their summer fishing grounds Wequassett, meaning ldquo;crescent on the water,rdquo; for its curved cove. William Nickerson, one of the early settlers of Chatham in 1665. There are now 24 buildings on 22 acres, including some that were moved here-- the main inn, the 1843 Eben Ryder House, formerly the West Brewster Post Office and General Store, now the restaurant twenty-eight Atlantic and pub, Thoreau's; and the 1740 Warren Jenson Nickerson House. The estate has been an inn since ldquo;summer boardersrdquo; discovered its peaceful location in 1925, evolving into a luxury resort since its purchase in 1977 by the current owners.

Chatham Bars Inn, Chatham - Richard Sears, Chatham native, originally owned the property known as Squire Sears Farm. Passed down to Charles Ashley Hardy in 1914, the Boston stockbroker hired architect Harvey Baily Alden to design a main house with several surrounding cottages as a hunting lodge. Game fishing and shorebird hunting attracted hunt clubs and well-known sportsmen such as WIlliam Rockefeller, Henry Ford and the Royal Family of Holland. After Hardy's death, the inn remained in a family trust until the McMillen family bought it in 1953. Investors purchased it in 1986 to develop it into an ocean resort recognized for the integrity of the original architecture.