Private homes in places worth the drive.
A village house in the Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois, and a historic house on the Rio Grande. Yours entirely, booked directly with us.
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Photo: the house and the Rio Grande bosque behind itPeña Blanca
- New Mexico
- High desert, Rio Grande bosque
- Sleeps 13
Three thousand square feet of historic house on twenty-two acres of a Spanish land grant first drawn in 1754, where the cottonwoods along the river give way to open mesa. Between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and far enough from both that the loudest thing after dark is the water.
Room for thirteen, which means a whole family, a reunion, or a retreat without anyone sleeping on a sofa. Peña Blanca is available here and nowhere else — no listing sites, no platforms. We confirm each stay ourselves.
Alto Pass
- Illinois
- Shawnee Hills, wine trail
- Sleeps [X]
A family house in the middle of downtown Alto Pass, where you can leave the car where you parked it. Wineries, trailheads, and the wedding venues the village is known for are all within walking distance — rare in a part of the world where most things are a drive.
Beyond the village: a dozen wineries along the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, Giant City State Park, the Bald Knob Cross of Peace, and the trailheads of the Shawnee National Forest, all within a short drive.
Photo: Alto Pass — exterior or the view from the deckWhat both houses promise
Two very different places, held to one standard. The country around the house is the reason you'll remember the trip.
- The whole house to yourselves — never a room, never shared
- Nature at the door, whether that's twenty-two acres or the trailhead at the end of the street
- Wineries and walking within easy reach
- Enough beds that nobody draws the short straw
- Nothing on the schedule unless you put it there
- Booked with us directly — a person, not a platform
More to come
Two homes now, and we're looking at others. The standard doesn't change: somewhere worth going, a house worth having to yourselves, and no platform between you and us.