Foshay Tower Turned W Hotel

To celebrate our anniversary, Hubby and I reserved a room at the new W Hotel in Minneapolis.

The hotel opened in the fall of 2008 and its location is quite remarkable: It's inside the historic Foshay Tower.

Construction on the Foshay Tower finished in August 1929, just a few weeks before the Roaring 20s came to a halt with the infamous stock market crash that sent the country into the Great Depression.

From 1929 until 1971, it was the tallest building in Minneapolis, a title it's long since lost several times over.

It's just 32 stories high, but it continues to stand out as its white limestone facade looks like the Washington Monument in Washington DC.

It was an office building. Now, though, it's a swanky, upscale, boutique hotel.

Great pains were taken to preserve the build's historic value. Those pains had to be taken as the building earned a spot on the National Historic Register back in 1977.

Throughout the building, old and new have been expertly mixed, like in the lobby where the original marble walls, tile floors and a restored plaster ceiling mingle with ulta-modern lighting.