CategoriesClub LifeCocktails on the bar at the Pillsbury Club in Minneapolis, served in the Gilded Age surroundings of the Charles S. Pillsbury mansion.

Where Can You Have a Haunted Dinner in Minneapolis? Inside Witching Hours at the Pillsbury Club

Witching Hours is a nightly, adults-only dining and cocktail experience inside the historic Pillsbury Mansion…

CategoriesHistory JournalCarved stone gable and rooftop figure of the Pillsbury Club mansion, shown in black and white against a dark winter sky.

What Did It Take to Run the Pillsbury Mansion in 1916?

Behind the Pillsbury Mansion's Elizabethan rooms was a working house: a pantry that made the…

CategoriesHistory JournalCarved stone gable and rooftop figure of the Pillsbury Club mansion, shown in black and white against a dark winter sky.

Where Else in Minneapolis Will You Find the Pillsbury Name?

A mansion, a stone campus hall, a statue by the sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial:…

CategoriesHistory JournalCarved stone gable and rooftop figure of the Pillsbury Club mansion, shown in black and white against a dark winter sky.

Why Is There a Castle on Park Avenue Near the Pillsbury Mansion?

Less than a mile from the Pillsbury Mansion stands a limestone chateau built by a…

CategoriesClub LifeThe oak-panelled dining room of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis, one of the tall first-floor rooms drawn in section on the architects’ 1916 sheet.

Craving State Fair Food in Minneapolis? You Can Get Cheese Curds and Funnel Cake in a Gilded Age Mansion

The Minnesota State Fair runs Aug. 27–Sept. 7, 2026. Until then, find cheese curds, pretzel…

CategoriesHistory JournalCarved stone gable and rooftop figure of the Pillsbury Club mansion, shown in black and white against a dark winter sky.

Is the Pillsbury Mansion on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes — as part of the Washburn-Fair Oaks Mansion District, listed in 1978. Here is…

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Who Are the Carved Faces in the Pillsbury Mansion’s Dining Room?

The Pillsbury Mansion's Tudor dining-room oak is carved with helmeted men and bonneted women. Here's…

CategoriesClub LifeA vintage white Minneapolis Trolley waiting at dusk outside the lit arched entrance of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion, with the stone gate piers alongside.

What’s the Best Office Holiday Party Idea in Minneapolis? Start in a Mansion, End on a Heated Trolley

Planning a Minneapolis office holiday party? Start with drinks inside the Pillsbury Mansion, then board…

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Why Did Whole English Rooms Cross the Atlantic in the Early 1900s?

In the early 1900s entire English rooms, and sometimes whole houses, were shipped to America.…

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How Do You Move a 400-Year-Old Plaster Ceiling Across an Ocean?

The Tudor plaster ceilings at the Pillsbury Mansion were modeled by hand in English manors.…

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