America’s ultimate luxury experiences: Private trains, secret tastings and celebrity chefs

The breadth of luxury travel experiences available across the United States spreads from its vast wilderness and legendary cities to its extraordinary culinary talent and some of the world’s most recognizable hotels. Increasingly, however, the country’s most compelling luxury experiences are about something harder to buy: privacy, access, and the feeling of being somewhere few other travelers can reach. America is, after all, a land forged by the pioneering spirit.That spirit still shows up in a handful of exceptional, unconventional stays — private desert camps, storied family estates, remote islands. But increasingly, it also appears behind the scenes after the doors close, when a famous chef cooks for you, while a guide escorts you through the backcountry.