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Game Room! Mid-Century Escape in the Northwoods

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A two-story cabin with a stone exterior, a brown garage door, and a stone chimney.
A pool table in a room with wooden paneling, a bookshelf with various items, and a sign reading 'Welcome to Wisconsin.'
A modern kitchen with white cabinets, an orange island, and a dining area with a view.
A dining area with a wooden table set for four, a staircase, and a wooden cabinet with decorative items.
A cozy living room with a sectional sofa, a small table, and a lamp.

Reviews

9.6 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area

Highlights

  • Room to spread out
    Enjoy spacious layout that give everyone more room to relax.
  • Paddleboard available
    A rare find — hit the water on a paddleboard right here.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Barbecue
  • Internet access
  • Air-conditioning
  • Pet-friendly
  • Washer/dryer

Explore the area

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Arbor Vitae, WI
  • Place, Brandy Lake
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Place, Johnson Lake
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Place, Dr. Kate Museum
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Rhinelander, WI (RHI-Oneida County)
    ‪41 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 8)

Additional Sleeping (Den)

1 Double Sofa Bed

Additional Sleeping (Living Room)

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

3 Single Beds and 1 Double Bed

3 bathrooms

Full Bathroom

Full Bathroom

Full Bathroom

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Balcony
Separate dining area
Outdoor play area
Garden

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About the area

Woodruff

Located in Woodruff, this holiday home is on the waterfront. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Kemp Natural Resources Station and Brandy Lake, while Campanile Center for the Arts and Vilas County Historical Museum are cultural highlights. Travelling with kids? Consider Rock Falls Riding Stable LLC and Holiday Acres. Discover the area's water adventures with kayaking and power boating nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with hiking/biking trails and hunting.
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Map
Arbor Vitae, WI

What's nearby

  • Brandy Lake - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Johnson Lake - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • Dr. Kate Museum - 3 min drive - 4.0 km
  • Lake of the Torches Casino - 16 min drive - 23.5 km
  • Little Saint Germain Lake - 20 min drive - 30.4 km

Getting around

  • Rhinelander, WI (RHI-Oneida County) - 33 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪KWIK TRIP #588 - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Fritz's Bar & Grill - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Bottled Bean - ‬8 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Game Room! Mid-Century Escape in the Northwoods pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows cats and dogs (limit 1 total) with a maximum weight of up to 9 kg per pet.

How much is parking at Game Room! Mid-Century Escape in the Northwoods?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Game Room! Mid-Century Escape in the Northwoods?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Game Room! Mid-Century Escape in the Northwoods?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Game Room! Mid-Century Escape in the Northwoods located?

This family-friendly Woodruff holiday home is located on the waterfront, within 1 mi (2 km) of Brandy Lake and Dr. Kate Museum. Island City Antique Market and Johnson Lake are also within 2 miles (3 km).

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 38 out of 50 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 50 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 50 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 50 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 50 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
A spotless cozy home, with lovely decorations. Amazing views and plenty of wildlife. Great location close to everything. A large selection of water toys. Chris the owner was polite and explained every step of the process. We felt so at home we booked for next year right away.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 27 August 2026
Thank you for the wonderful review! We're so glad you enjoyed the spotless, cozy space, the amazing views, and all the wildlife right outside. It's great to hear the location and the selection of water toys added to your stay, and that the check-in process was clear and easy from start to finish. Comments like yours truly make our day.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The place was great for what we needed
Stayed 3 nights in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Everything about the house was perfect. They thought of everything a guest would need to be comfortable during the stay! 10/10 would go back again!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place and stay!

So many different places to hang out and enjoy your time! & great location!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Peacefull

Top to bottom this was a excellent place to stay.Clean, comfortable, amenities and location all where great!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peacefull on the water

From top to a bottom a excellent place to create memories!!!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Our family had an absolute fabulous time at our stay here. The house was well stocked, clean and met all of our needs. Loved the decor and amenities.. our house host -Chris was amazing. Very nice and very informative on all the different things to do and recommendations of where to go near the home.. we will definitely stay again.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely home and property!

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and all the fun amenities on the property. Plenty of things to do both inside and outside!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

nice property

if you dont mind going up or down stairs to get to thebedrooms
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Perfect North Woods Getaway

What a perfect Thanksgiving getaway in the middle of the forest. Very peaceful. The owners are very responsive and the house had everything you could ever need.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This was our second visit to Northern Delight. Beautiful quiet location with plenty of chopped wood for fires by the lake, very roomy house with comfortable beds. We love the vintage decor! It just feels like our childhood home.We didn’t bring the dogs this trip but it’s perfect for them. Don’t look any further-this is the place!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay!

We had a wonderful stay at this beautiful house! Everything was as described in the listing, if not better. Communication with the owner was easy and fast. The view out to the small lake was perfect, and we enjoyed being able to use the paddle boat and kayaks. Super close to town but felt quiet and remote. We wouldn’t hesitate to stay here again!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

This place is a little piece of heaven

We loved staying here with our group. It is such a short drive into Minocqua downtown. The lake is so nice to swim & watch the sunrise on the dock. The house is fully equipped with everything we needed! We are already talking about renting this home again next summer!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Arbor Vitae Getaway

We had a great trip and the place was perfect. We enjoyed the nature of the place and just relaxing. The games and access to the lake were perfect. Everyone had a blast catching some fish and overall just enjoyed the peace and quiet. Was very relaxing and everything we had hoped for a family getaway!! Thanks
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great weekend away!

House was in great shape! Plenty of room for my husband and I and our three kids. We went in the winter and since the property is right on a small lake, we got to ice fish with easy access to the house. Will definitely book again! Thank you!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Vacation

We had the best time staying at Northern Delight! Our three boys didn’t want to leave!We had so much privacy and everything we could have wanted to do was provided for us! It was a quick drive away from town and we stayed up at the fire. When the weather was cooler we played pool and listened to the many selections of vinyls :)
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing!

The house was lovely and the decor was really beautifully curated. We really enjoyed the recreational room downstairs and the sauna. It was cold the weekend we were up, but we still got to enjoy the nice outside fire pit surrounded by string lights. Would highly recommend this home for your next stay in Minocqua!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peaceful paradise stay

Our family from Illinois and Iowa truly enjoyed our stay in Arbor Vitae. The house was so accommodating and had everything we needed. We took advantage of all the water sports (kayaks, paddle boards, canoe, paddle boat, and water mats). We also had fun tournaments with the Baggo game. The fire pit was so and relaxing each evening. We loved the location as it was so close to everything we wanted to do.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect trip up north!

Can’t say enough good things about our stay! Chris was wonderful with communication, regardless of how small the issue. The property itself is wonderful. The nonmotorized lake is wonderful for canoeing and kayaking. Great fishing just off the pier, and lots of lakes within a short drive. The house is extremely comfortable, and we loved the Northwoods cabin vibe. Highly recommended!
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic stay for post-graduation family reunion

We loved it. House is stylish and comfortable. Kitchen well equipped for making meals. plenty of space for sleeping a big group. outdoor area is excellent. fire pit was the center of things each evening. during the day we spent most of the time on the dock and on the water.My 15yo put it this way: This place is the best. It has everything. I thought I might get bored here but I’d never get bored here.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stunning!

We absolutely loved staying at the northern delight. We come up north a couple times a year and have been doing it for many years and this is by far one of the best places that we have stayed at. The house had every amenity that you could think of, the house was so spacious, beautiful and inviting! The beds were so comfortable! We loved all the outdoor/lake equipment that we were able to use. Definitely looking forward to our next trip and hoping this cabin is available when we come up north again! Thank you so much for sharing your home with us, we had such a great time!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun family time!

We had a wonderful vacation with family! Tons of stuff to do inside and out! We enjoyed fishing, swimming, kayaks and other water toys, campfires as well as pool, games and coloring inside. Location was so convenient, being close to so many things, but house felt very private and we pretty much had the lake to ourselves! The house was clean, fully stocked and loved the decor. It was pretty humid the first couple days, so air conditioning would have been ideal, but it was still a fantastic time!:)
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

WONDERFUL MIDCENTURY CABIN!!!

We loved staying here - the deco was amazing in the property and the house had so many wonderful things to do! The bar, pool table and hangout downstairs was fantastic. The kitchen was fully stocked. The garage was full of fun - paddleboard, cornhole, floating pads with kayaks and paddle boat outside and a sauna inside to warm up. All the rooms were comfy and a bonus was outside and indoor towels were provided. We would love to visit again the place was great & excellent communication with the owner. Thanks for hosting us!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location

Cute place

Overall it was a nice place, a variety of the amenities didn’t work including the sauna which was disappointing. The floor in the rec room was separating and bubbling up making it impossible to use the downstairs bathroom or Rec room as we didn’t want to damage the floor. The place was clean and cutely decorated however, I would have choose a different place based on the troubled things.
Response from VrboOwner on 20 March 2020
Lindsey, the homeowner would like to pass along the following message: "Thank you for your review and we’re sorry that you had to deal with those issues. The sauna has since been repaired by a licensed electrician and is fully operational. The floating LVT flooring was heaving in a few spots due to all of the unusual humidity we had in the north woods this summer. We have a flooring expert scheduled to repair the troubled spots on October 25th. We continue to make improvements to our home as we only took ownership of the property back in June of this year. Our goal is to make it the best experience possible for our guests and to provide a clean, comfortable, and fun northern retreat for years to come. We’re glad that you found the house to be clean and nicely decorated and we hope you'll give us another chance in the future. Sincerely, The owners of 'Northern Delight'" Best, the Evolve Team
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
I rented this space for my 49th Birthday. For myself, husband, and adult stepdaughter. It was a great location and love having a lot of space. I do wish a few things. would have been noted. The gas fire place outside as shown is not used. That would have been nice to know. It was a bit difficult to start a wood fire after it had been pouring rain the day we got up there I was able to, by moving all the wet wood on top and splitting some. I also bought fire starter cubes. That there were really no window coverings through the house, except for a few in the bedrooms and even the master has 2 windows that are not covered at all. This makes sleeping in, very difficult. 6:30 am light is coming in. I understand having a view but I felt like a fish in a bowl. The owner is very good with communication and check in was a breeze. The house has everything you could need and is really cool. We really did not use anything expect coffee pot and a few dishes for drinking out of. Note there is only 1 TV in this whole place and with the weather being how it was at night we were sort of stuck in the house. Also we fall asleep to TV. There are a lot of other things yes to do in the house. My family is not huge on games. Only me. I would go back. Perhaps by myself or with friends.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
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