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6 Places You'd Rather Be Right Now

National Geographic photographer Gordon Wiltsie turns his attention to spaces we wish we could run away to.

By Jade Copple

The Room You'd Never Want to Leave

With a bed, a couch, a spot for enjoying Sunday breakfasts and floor-to-ceiling windows that open to an expansive meadow view just a few miles from Yellowstone, it's hard to see how you could want to go anywhere else.

Inn with gazebo - Photo by Gordon Wiltsie

Photo: Gordon Wiltsie

The Fly-In, Fly-Out Getaway

This remote bed and breakfast sits on a 40-acre property that includes an inn with antique-themed rooms, a pond with a gazebo, a barn that houses an indoor event space and even a spot to land a helicopter.

Log-cabin home - Photo by Gordon Wiltsie

Photo: Gordon Wiltsie

The Home on the Range

These log-cabin walls, oversize armchairs and stunning mountain views of Montana's Gallatin Valley make us want to pack our bags and head for greener pastures.

Natural wood staircase - Photo by Gordon Wiltsie

Photo: Gordon Wiltsie

The Natural Beauty

For anyone stuck in a cookie-cutter apartment dreaming of a vacation home, these nature-inspired steps made of logs and branches are a Pinterest junkie's dream.

Living room with fireplace - Photo by Gordon Wiltsie

Photo: Gordon Wiltsie

The Rainy-Day Haven

On wet days, who wouldn't want to bundle up in a soft throw and sit next to this towering slate fireplace?

Photo: Gordon Wiltsie

The Reader's Paradise

The secluded den of this three-story, 7,500-square-foot ranch house is such a perfect place to curl up with a book that you may finally have an excuse to get through all 1,440 pages of War and Peace.

Published 12/19/2014