The Hartford Club is the oldest private social club in the area. Built in the 1800s, it's paneled in dark wood and embellished with grand fireplaces, original chandeliers, and a gilded ceiling.

The effortlessly cool vibes of the downtown Bowery Hotel will undoubtedly rub off on any and all celebrations held here. The vintage-y second floor, with its large private terrace, has hosted album-release parties and swanky benefits. Coming up: your killer reception.

At the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Art, choose from a giant glass conservatory, Spanish-style gardens, or a classic ballroom with 22-foot-high ceilings for your event. Before the festivities begin, your guests can wander around admiring all the artwork.

Studio 450 is a whitewashed, split-level loft space that provides couples with a chic blank canvas overlooking the Hudson River on Manhattan's West Side.

Francophiles, listen up! There's a little bit of France just 40 minutes north of New York City. Wainwright House, modeled after a stately French chateau, is a tres chic wedding location with vistas across Milton Harbor to the Marshlands Conservancy.

Take your pick of event spaces at the Four Seasons Restaurant Our favorite? The tree-filled Pool Room (yes, there's a shallow, white-marble pool in the middle).

Originally built as an electrical-parts factory, the Metropolitan Building was converted to an event venue in 1980. It's a highly customizable space with a wide range of rooms, including a piano bar lounge, a lofty expanse with 14-foot ceilings, and a mirrored salon.

Thanks to its 50 different gardens, the New York Botanical Garden can provide a stunning organic backdrop to celebrations ranging from bohemian to buttoned-up.

Your classy reception will be smooth sailing at the private, harbor-front Riverside Yacht Club on Long Island Sound.

Located in downtown Manhattan, the New York Academy of Sciences offers a 40th-floor event space with breathtaking views of the New York City skyline. Perfect for a green wedding, this is a gold-certified LEED building.

Smack on the banks of the Lieutenant River, the Florence Griswold Museum can be yours for either an indoor celebration amid the galleries or an outside gathering on the Adrian P. Moore Garden Terrace overlooking the glassy water.

For food that's a standout, not an afterthought, hold your bash at Blue Hill, a restaurant that uses only the freshest ingredients grown or raised on neighboring farms.

Charming only begins to describe the boutique Castle Hill Resort & Spa in the ski town of Ludlow. Whether you want a tented fete in the fresh mountain air or an elegant affair in a formal dining room, they've got you covered.

At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, choose your reception location from the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, Cranford Rose Garden, or Osborne Garden, which has wisteria-wrapped pergolas that just scream "ceremony marker."

Guests will never be bored at Berry Hill Estate, a former plantation, which counts among its activities canoes, hiking trails, and mountain biking. The estate boasts gorgeous photo opportunities, including stone ruins and peaceful ponds.

Located in Manhattan's TriBeCa neighborhood, Location 05 is a collection of six loft spaces; some are furnished with artful, neutral pieces, while others are totally bare presenting a clean slate so you can let your imagination run wild.

The brick-and-glass Picnic House, originally built in 1927, overlooks the lawns of Prospect Park, an oasis in urban Brooklyn.

At Brookside Gardens, summertime will see you outside surrounded by buds, blossoms, and blooms, while in wintertime you'll be snug as a bug in the conservatory or the reception hall, which has panoramic garden views.

Originally the country's second-largest private residence, the Oheka Castle is now known for its manicured gardens, opulent rooms, and mouthwatering catering.

The grounds are as beautiful as the buildings at the Winvian, a rustic getaway in the Litchfield Hills, the lowermost section of the Berkshire Mountains.

With bold color and wild artwork, Ian Schrager's sexy Gramercy Park Hotel offers up its rooftop club, weatherproofed with retractable glass, to couples as fabulous as the hotel itself.

Hotelier Andre Balazs's carefree Sunset Beach Inn has a French restaurant right on the sand that was made for jovial revelers. If you're planning to wed during the summer, Andre Balazs' own wine, Sunset Beach Rose, simply must be your drink of choice.

The Equinox Resort seems to have everything: a golf course, a gorgeous spa, expansive grounds, and even a historic house that was once the home of Abraham Lincoln's granddaughter. The celebration sites are just as impressive: three ballrooms, a variety of gardens (which aren't garden variety), and a pond-fronting pavilion.

Fronting a river, the 1,400-acre Lauxmont Farms lets couples choose from gardens (both sunken and Japanese), rolling pastures, a domed rotunda, and a cobblestone courtyard for their sure-to-be-scenic vows.

All brick, iron, and glass, the 19th-century Foundry has been spruced up, yet it still retains its cool industrial feel with several rooms plus a courtyard and terrace.