White Barn Inn, Auberge Collection

What the classifiers highlight

Cottages, restored barns and an 1860s house make up this 26-room inn on the Kennebunkport waterfront, rooms furnished with antiques, wood-burning fireplaces and whirlpool tubs. Forbes rates the property Four Star and calls its restaurant among New England's finest, with Chef Matthew Padilla's changing four-course menu built around Maine seafood, game and poultry.