Two bright red towel cards from RIU Hotels & Resorts rest on a polished mahogany table, displaying the chain’s minimalist folded-towel icon and signature white typography. The background sign, embossed with the RIU logo and slogan “As you like it,” reflects the resort’s global branding known across beach destinations like Puerto Vallarta. These cards, exchanged for beach towels, symbolize the finely tuned logistics of high-volume hospitality—where even leisure operates with efficiency and precision.

The Wynn Hotel building in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Snowpine Lodge in Alta Utah near Salt Lake City in September 2023.

Grand Caribe in San Pedro Belize.

Grand Caribe,Ambergris Caye, Belize

Grand Caribe Belize

Coco Beach Resort, Ambergris Caye, Belize

Las Terrazas Resort in San Pedro Belize.

Las Terrazas Resort, Ambergris Caye, Belize

Grand Caribe, Ambergris Caye, Belize

Signs for Tranquility Bay and El Norte on Ambergris Caye in Belize.

Tranquility Bay at the northern end of Ambergris Caye in Belize.

The pool at Grand Caribe Resort in San Pedro Belize.

A wood carving found at Captain Morgan's resort in Belize.

The pool at Captain Morgan's resort on Ambergris Caye in Belize.

Las Terrazas Resort in Ambergris Caye, Belize.

Located at 200 N Osceola Ave, the Sandcastle Religious Retreat is operated by the cult of Scientology in Clearwater, Florida. SeaOrg members stand guard outside.

Innisbrook Golf Resort in Palm Harbor Florida.

Innisbrook in Palm Harbor Florida.

Built in the early 1930s, Chateau Hutter was originally envisioned as a European-style resort and winery overlooking Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin. The stone building, designed with locally quarried limestone and heavy timber framing, has long been abandoned but still stands as a striking relic of pre-war leisure architecture. Its location on a bluff above Lake Michigan and its craftsmanship make it one of the region’s most enigmatic remnants of early tourism development.