CLEVELAND, Ohio – Half of Ohio’s best hotels are in Northeast Ohio, according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

The state’s top hotel, however, is 250 miles southwest of Cleveland in downtown Cincinnati: the 21c Museum Hotel, open since 2012, with a modern-art gallery on the first two floors.

The news magazine recently released its annual list of top hotels in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Twenty hotels in Ohio – including nine in Cleveland – were included in the rankings.

U.S. News used several factors to assess the properties, including industry awards, expert reviews and online guest opinions.

The Langham in Chicago was deemed the nation’s best hotel, followed by the Four Seasons Hualalai on Hawaii’s Big Island, the Jefferson in Washington, D.C., Montage Kapalua Bay on Maui, and the Lodge at Sea Island in Georgia. For the complete list: travel.usnews.com/hotels.

Ohio’s top-rated hotels:

1. 21c Museum Hotel, Cincinnati

2. The Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland

3. Inn Walden, Aurora

4. Metropolitan at the 9, Cleveland

5. Hilton Columbus Downtown

6. Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza

7. InterContinental Cleveland

8. Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph

9. The Cincinnatian, Cincinnati

10. Westin Cincinnati

11. Westin Cleveland Downtown

12. Blackwell Inn, Columbus

13. Hilton Cleveland Downtown

14. Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade

15. Hyatt Regency Cincinnati

16. Renaissance Cleveland

17. The Kimpton Schofield, Cleveland

18. InterContinental Suites, Cleveland

19. Westin Columbus

20. Sheraton Columbus Hotel at Capitol Square

(Click through the photo gallery for photos of all 20 hotels.)

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