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Floating Hotel

Talk about a room with a view. French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has envisioned a flying hotel he calls the Manned Cloud. The whale-shaped vessel is designed to accommodate 40 guests along with a restaurant, spa and fitness center and would fly high above the treetops at up to 100 miles per hour. The odds of this dirigible bed-and-breakfast becoming a reality may seem slim but Massaud is working with ONERA, the center of French aerospace research, so you may someday be able to drift along in your own hotel. —Katherine Lagomarsino

Credit: Massaud

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