The hardware merchant turned Minnesota governor who bankrolled the Pillsbury flour empire — and earned…
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Poppin' Fresh first giggled his way onto TV in 1965 — but the family behind…
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The strange tale of how a Minneapolis flour heir and newspaper titan William Randolph Hearst…
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For three decades the Pillsbury Mansion was home to BLIND, Inc.—a training center where a…
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After the Pillsburys, the Minneapolis agency Carmichael Lynch restored the mansion and built Harley-Davidson's legend…
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Scores of medieval stained-glass panels glow in the Pillsbury Mansion's windows. Here's how ancient cathedral…
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The flour that made Minneapolis the Mill City built the Pillsbury Mansion on 22nd Street.…