hotelHotel Impossible · Season 3, Episode 8 · Aired September 30, 2013
Beachfront Inn
Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
It is still up and running.
What happened after
Lake Michigan beachfront motel, 'fun modern update to an old-school beach motel'; official domain and current booking.com listing found via search (2026 pricing).
What happened on the show
Over on the Lake Michigan shore of Wisconsin's Door County, the Beachfront Inn gave Melchiorri a beachfront motel in a beloved summer-vacation region, pitched as a modern update on the old-school lakeside motel. The episode, In the Doghouse, hinted at the kind of operational or interpersonal trouble that can undermine even a well-located seasonal property. A motel on the water in Door County has a short, intense season and no margin for a soft operation, so the pressure was on the rooms and the guest experience. Anthony examined the property at 8040 State Highway 57 and pushed ownership to deliver on the fun, modern beach-motel identity it advertised, holding the standards that keep a seasonal property's reviews and repeat trade intact. The fix aimed to make the most of a genuine lakefront asset in a market full of vacationers.
After the cameras left
The Beachfront Inn is thriving on the Door County shore. As of our 2026 verification the Lake Michigan beachfront motel is open, with an official domain and a current booking listing carrying up-to-date pricing, and it sits at the top of its local hotel rankings with a strong four-and-a-half-star average across a couple hundred reviews spanning the most recent seasons. The modern beach-motel identity the show pushed is clearly landing with guests. Confirmed operating as of 2026.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.