According to the permit and approved site plans, a new Marriott StudioRes hotel will be built at 605 Guilford College Road. The 58,499-square-foot hotel will cost just north of $11 million.

Fly over Galle, a beautifully preserved Dutch colonial fort city on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, where red-tiled rooftops, ...

But booking a historical hotel or Airbnb rental with a storied past—tales of tenants, centuries-old architecture, or whatever else might land a property on a local registrar—is the difference between ...