The Beekman Arms

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Founded in 1766
Rhinebeck, N.Y.

Referred to by locals as "the Beek," it bills itself as the oldest continuously operating inn in America. Despite fires and renovations, its restaurant, with its plank floors and oak beams, has remained relatively unchanged. On its Web site, Paul Szvift writes: "George Washington, Philip Schuyler, Benedict Arnold, and Alexander Hamilton slept here, and ate and drank and argued and laughed here during the Revolutionary War."

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