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

What Is There to Do in Whittier, Minneapolis? Spend a Day in the City’s Mansion Neighborhood

By John K

Whittier packs free world-class art, Eat Street dining, and a Gilded Age mansion club into…

CategoriesHistory Journal

Who Was Thomas Lowry, the Streetcar King of Minneapolis?

By John K

Thomas Lowry's streetcars built the Minneapolis the Pillsburys ruled — yet his own hilltop mansion…

CategoriesHistory JournalPeriod photograph, 1909: Helen “Nelle” Pillsbury seated against oak panelling with four of her children in white dresses and hair bows, eight years before the Christmas cotillion at the new mansion

Who Was Winston Lord? The Pillsbury Grandson on Kissinger’s Secret Flight to China

By John K

Winston Lord — grandson of Charles and Nelle Pillsbury — flew into China on Kissinger’s…

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

Looking for a Haunted Night Out in Minneapolis? Start at the Pillsbury Mansion

By John K

Ghost trolley tours, psychic readings, a paranormal hunt, and a speakeasy-style bar — how to…

CategoriesHistory Journal

What Was Minneapolis Like in 1916, the Year the Pillsbury Mansion Was Finished?

By John K

In 1916, Minneapolis milled more flour than any city on earth ever had — and…

CategoriesHistory JournalHistoric photograph of the front of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis seen through bare trees, showing the gables and the balustraded terrace wall along the street.

Which Four Minneapolis Mansions Were Saved From the Wrecking Ball in 1969?

By John K

In 1969 one anonymous gift let the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts save four mansions…

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

Looking for a Unique Date Night in Minneapolis? Spend It in a Gilded Age Mansion

By John K

Cocktails in a speakeasy-style bar, a candlelight ghost tour, dinner in a Gilded Age dining…

CategoriesHistory JournalHistoric photograph of the front of the Charles S. Pillsbury Mansion in Minneapolis seen through bare trees, showing the gables and the balustraded terrace wall along the street.

Which Pillsbury Was Mayor of Minneapolis? Meet George A., the Family Patriarch

By John K

A Pillsbury once ran Minneapolis City Hall: George A. Pillsbury, grandfather of the mansion's builder,…

CategoriesHistory Journal

Who Owned Rotherwas Before the Bodenhams? The de la Barre Family in the Carving

By John K

Before the Bodenhams, Rotherwas belonged to the de la Barre family — a medieval line…

CategoriesHistory JournalA colourised period photograph looking across open parkland toward a distant turreted stone mansion, with newly planted saplings and a wooden fence lining the young street — the Washburn Fair Oaks area of Minneapolis before it was built up

What Was Fair Oaks, the Lost Palace That Named the Park by the Pillsbury Mansion?

By John K

Fair Oaks, William D. Washburn's 40-room castle, once faced the Pillsbury Mansion. How the grandest…

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