Hotel Alex Johnson

Sure, most grand hotels have fancy chandeliers, but we’ll wager none have one quite like the Alex Johnson’s—nearly eight feet across and made of Sioux war spears. Alex Carlton Johnson, the vice president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, was a great admirer of Sioux culture. So when he decided to build his hotel, which opened in 1928, he insisted his designers incorporate native symbols throughout the lobby, guest rooms and hallways. The lobby’s travertine floor with its inla