Deer Isle Hostel

Set on a bridge-accessible island off the coast of Maine, Deer Isle Hostel offers cozy accommodations that let you take a step back in time. The main building itself has both private and dorm-style rooms, and is part of a self-sufficient homestead where the owners grow the food, raise their own pigs and chickens, and cut their own lumber and granite for building. Power is provided by solar panels, water is pumped by hand, dinner is a communal event scheduled for 6:30 each evening, and the surrounding wilderness offers opportunities for hiking, canoeing, biking, and just generally unplugging.