Henry David Thoreau (an enduring question mark in gay history) had his Walden Pond and Eureka Springs has its Lake Lucerne, a modest crescent-shaped lake cradled by forested mountains with a Victorian-era dam of hand-hewn native limestone at one end. And on the north side of the lake, barely visible through the oaks, cedars, redbuds and dogwoods lining the shore, stands a Hansel & Gretel cottage known as Autumn Moon.

«I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars,» wrote Thoreau of Walden, «and a little world all to myself.» For seekers of solitude and lovers of nature, Autumn Moon Cottage offers many of the same amenities--a placid lake to fish in, wooded trails to wander, wildlife--including deer, waterfowl and the occasional fox--and soul-soothing peace and tranquility.

And all of it a mere two miles from downtown Eureka Springs.

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Have Your Own Home Base in Eureka Springs

You know how self-satisfying it feels to get back home even after a good getaway? Then just imagine feeling the same way at the very START of your vacation.

Eureka House is an actual home-of-your-own while you're away from your own home. For the price of a generic and sterile hotel suite, you can have an entire two-story charm-chocked Cape Cod on 12 very private, high-altitude acres bordering lush forests and overlooking a verdant valley.

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