The Treehouse

You cross your private suspension bridge at dusk. Softly lit cables guide your steps as the forest settles around you. At the end, your secluded deck and cedar hot tub wait, tucked high in the trees. You sink in as the sky darkens. One star appears, then another, until the Milky Way stretches above the Shawnee National Forest.

Inside, a spiral staircase leads to a queen loft bed beneath a vaulted ceiling. Sliding glass walls open to the forest canopy on three sides, bringing the outdoors in. You fall asleep to the sound of branches moving in the night and wake to birdsong and morning light filtering through the trees.

Located near Garden of the Gods, this one of a kind treehouse cabin is one of the most memorable romantic getaways in Southern Illinois.