The Most Unique Vacation Rentals You've Never Thought to Book
There’s a certain kind of trip that stays with you for years. Not because of where you went, exactly — but because of where you slept. The ceiling you stared at on the first morning. The light through a window you hadn't expected. The feeling that the place itself had a story, and that for a few days, you were living inside it.
These are the stays Locèlle was built for.
Every property on our platform is chosen because it offers something a hotel room, a generic rental, or an algorithm-curated listing simply cannot: a sense of place, intention, and design that makes the space itself part of the experience. Below, a few of our most extraordinary.
A Converted Church in the Catskills — Wurtsboro, NY
The Phillipsport Church House began its life as a place of gathering and reflection. It still is — just on different terms. Five bedrooms spread across a beautifully restored historic church, with the kind of bones that make designers go quiet when they walk in. Soaring ceilings, original architectural details, and an atmosphere that is genuinely unlike anywhere else you'll sleep this year.
If you're looking for unusual properties to rent for a group, this is the one.
5 bedrooms · 6 guests · Wurtsboro, New York
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A Fisherman's Haven in Montauk — Montauk, NY
Sea Roost is a Montauk house shaped by time, memory, and a long love of the East End. Two bedrooms, four guests, and the particular atmosphere of a place that has been lived in and loved rather than simply decorated. This is what unique vacation rental homes on the East End should feel like — unhurried, honest, and close to the water in every sense of the phrase.
2 bedrooms · 4 guests · Montauk, New York
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A Quiet Farmhouse in Kennebunkport — Kennebunkport, ME
There are coastal towns, and then there is Kennebunkport — and within it, this farmhouse retreat that blends New England tradition with the kind of contemporary comfort that doesn't announce itself. A unique rental home that rewards guests who know how to slow down: good light, considered interiors, and the quiet confidence of a place that doesn't need to try very hard.
2 bedrooms · 4 guests · Kennebunkport, Maine
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A Zen Mountain Cabin — Roxbury, NY
Yamagoya means "mountain hut" in Japanese. The cabin in Roxbury that bears that name honors the concept fully — a retreat shaped by stillness, material honesty, and the particular quality of light in the Catskill mountains at dusk. Japanese design principles meet the Hudson Valley landscape in a way that feels not borrowed but genuinely earned. One of the most unique home rentals we know of anywhere in the Northeast.
3 bedrooms · 5 guests · Roxbury, New York
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A 70s-Inspired Retreat — Parkville, NY
Not all unique places to rent reach for minimalism. The Catskills Chalet leans into warmth — into texture, color, and the specific joy of a space that has been curated rather than decorated. Inspired by the confident design language of the 1970s and nestled in the mountains of upstate New York, it's the rare rental that feels like staying in someone's very good taste.
2 bedrooms · 4 guests · Parkville, New York
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An A-Frame Above the World — Mountain Center, CA
Perched above the Palm Desert with views across a national monument, this Southern California A-frame is one of those unique vacation rentals that photographs beautifully but lives even better. Japandi interiors, a master spa, a cinema room, and the particular silence that comes with altitude. Four bedrooms for the group that has decided, finally, to do something worth remembering.
4 bedrooms · 8 guests · Mountain Center, California
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A One-Room Schoolhouse, Restored — Churchville, NY
Wheatland Schoolhouse No. 7 was built to teach. Now it offers a different kind of education — in what it looks like when two people restore a historic building with genuine love and no shortcuts. Every detail in this converted unique rental house speaks to the original structure while making space for modern comfort. It sleeps four, sits in the quiet countryside outside Rochester, and feels like a secret worth keeping.
2 bedrooms · 4 guests · Churchville, New York
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A Treehouse in the Southern California Pines — Pine Mountain Club, CA
At 6,000 feet in the Los Padres National Forest, the Pine Mountain Club Treehouse offers something rare in California: genuine quiet. Designed in the Japandi tradition — spare, grounded, beautiful — it sleeps eight across four bedrooms and comes with a spa, a cinema, and the specific peace of a place that took its setting seriously. Ninety minutes from Los Angeles. A world removed.
4 bedrooms · 8 guests · Pine Mountain Club, California
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Why These Stays Are Different
Every property on Locèlle is personally reviewed for its architecture, interiors, and the care with which it's been designed and maintained. We don't aggregate listings. We don't let the algorithm decide. We look for places that have something to say — and then we introduce you directly to the people who built them.
No booking fees. No service charges. No middleman.
Just the stay, the owner, and the story behind both.
Book Unique Vacation Rentals Directly at Locèlle
Browse all our unique rental properties at https://locellestays.com/listings — from Catskills treehouses and converted churches to mountain A-frames and Zen cabins. Every stay is bookable direct with the owner, with no platform fees added at checkout.
That's not a small thing. On a $450/night stay over five nights, platform fees on other sites can add $300–$500 or more. On Locèlle, that money stays where it belongs: with you and the host.
If you own a property with a story to tell, we'd love to hear from it. Learn more at https://locellestays.com/home-owners.
