Hotel at a Glance: Ironworks Hotel

Ironworks Hotel is a luxurious boutique property in downtown Beloit. Once called the Beloit Inn, the hotel has been fully renovated to be modern and plush, with exposed brick walls, leather furniture, and a popular restaurant on the premises.

• Recently renovated suites: Each Heritage or Legacy suite features a double-sided fireplace, two flat-screen TVs, and views of the city or Rock River.
• Where to eat: The on-site Merrill & Houston’s Steak Joint serves rib-eye and porterhouse steaks along with crab cakes, shrimp scampi, and surf and turf.
• Work up a sweat in the fitness center.
• Notable award: TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence
• Take a walk to the shops and restaurants of downtown Beloit.
• Beloit College is just across the street from the hotel.

Beloit, Wisconsin: Snacks and Quaint Downtown

If you like snacks, thank Beloit. The town was the place Korn Kurls—a Cheetos-like food said to have started the snack-food industry—were invented in 1946. But Beloit is more than a handful of snacks. Set on the Rock River next to Wisconsin’s border with Illinois, Beloit is a pleasant town with roots in the railroad industry and a quaint downtown—so quaint that it was named 1 of Travel + Leisure’s top 20 Great American Main Streets for 2014 and one of 2017’s Most Romantic Main Streets by Main Street America. Don’t miss a stroll in Beloit’s Riverside Park, a 24-acre riverfront park with extensive gardens, children’s areas, and hiking trails.