Long Beach, California is home to the former cruise ship RMS Queen Mary. Though this vessel survived duty during World War II, it didn’t survive the jet age, which ravaged the transatlantic cruise line business from the late 1950s onward. In 1966, Cunard sold Queen Mary to the city of Long Beach for $3.45 million. Five years later, the old ship reopened as a floating hotel boasting hundreds of rooms and volumes of period artwork and wood carvings. Now, there are 347 rooms and suites aboard the Queen Mary at a three-star standard with amenities including Serta mattresses, flat-screen TVs, and safety deposit boxes.