The Strater opened in 1887 and is one of the original Victorian hotels still operating in the American West. The red-brick four-storey building anchors the south end of Main Avenue with a corner bay window, wedding-cake brickwork, and a wraparound porch.
Step inside even if you are not staying — the lobby is full of Victorian furniture and period photographs, and the Diamond Belle Saloon downstairs has a ragtime piano going most afternoons. The hotel has hosted Theodore Roosevelt, Will Rogers and the writer Louis L'Amour, whose preferred suite is still marked on the doorframe.