I'm Evan, and I run Staying in History with my wife, Shannon. This whole thing started with a room in Charleston that was hit by a cannonball. It was December 2018. Shannon and I had been dating a week, though we'd been talking since early summer. Wisconsin winters…
Read the storyThere was a moment, in 1926, when a Louisville chef got tired of serving ham and eggs. The Brown Hotel had opened in October 1923 at…
How mineral water turned a small Wisconsin city into one of America's grandest resort destinations — and the seven hotels that defined its golden age
We're not here to tell you that old buildings are charming or that history is interesting. You know that. What we want to talk about is…
A deep dive into the historical St. James Hotel of Red Wing, Minnesota.
Hotel Retlaw, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
The Lore The Hotel Retlaw opened in 1923 at One North Main. Eight stories of neoclassical brick, designed by the Milwaukee firm Herbert W. Tullgren & Son, and at the time the tallest building in Fond du Lac. It was…
Read the reviewWe started this site because one meaningful stay in Charleston changed the way we look at hotels. Since then, chasing down places like that has become one of our favorite things to do as a family.
This is where we write about the ones we find.
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