While Christmas gift-giving fuels today’s consumer economy, its roots go back to the 1870s and 1880s, following the growing traditions of Christmas...
History
Early Thanksgiving Celebrations
Today, you might think that the flocks of turkeys roaming your neighborhood or the frozen beauties in the local market harken back to the first Lake...
Minnesota Bound Celebrates 30 Years on Air
The outdoor adventure show shares a profound love of nature with viewers. Ron Schara’s professional background started as a journalist with the...
A History Lesson About the Deephaven School
In December 1936, Deephaven received a federal Works Progress Administration grant to help build a new school. After two years of construction and...
Dive Into the History of Deephaven’s Saint Louis Bay
The Lake Minnetonka Historical Society is marking the city’s milestone anniversary with a cruise. Celebrate Deephaven’s 125th anniversary with the...
All Aboard the (Miniature) Wayzata Garden Railroad
Miniature train sets wind their ways through the imaginations of visitors of all ages. Nestled on the Wayzata Depot Museum grounds, a charming...
We’re Celebrating 20 Years in the Community
Lake Minnetonka Magazine celebrates its 20th anniversary this month. Enjoy a look back at some of our iconic covers from the last two decades....
101 Years and Counting at Orono Orchards
Orono golf course’s history is on par. Your golf course has some history when cut hayfields served as fairways and borrowed tomato cans, spade into...
Lakeside Home Has a Porch for Every Season
A 1905 Lake Minnetonka home blends the indoors and outdoors on its century-old porches. When you speak with Barbara Burgum about her 1905 Craftsman...
Minnetonka Beach’s Ma Kloss
For decades, Minnetonka Beach was home to Annie Kloss, known by many as “Ma,” the town’s legendary entrepreneur and proprietor of Kloss Tavern. A...
Celebrate Christmas, Highcroft Style
From 1895 to 1953, in Wayzata’s Ferndale neighborhood, stood a magnificent, red brick mansion—Highcroft—on a 110-acre estate. Built by the Frank H....
Deephaven Abode Offers Unique Spaces With a Historical Twist
When an address includes Walden, the home practically has a responsibility to embrace the property’s natural surroundings, providing owners a place...
The Charles H. Burwell House Hosts a Spooktacular Good Time
A not-so-scary good time at an annual Halloween celebration. Who doesn’t like to get invited over to someone’s house, especially if it’s for a...
Head of the Class
Do you remember your favorite teacher? While it’s been many years since Miss Ella M. Stratton led her classroom, the memory of her remains by way of...
The Historic Lafayette Club Celebrates Two Anniversaries
Lafayette Club marks its 125th anniversary and the centennial of its historic clubhouse. It is a monumental year for Lafayette Club, celebrating the...
The General Store of Minnetonka Is 40 and Fabulous
Celebrate the General Store of Minnetonka—a beloved shopping and dining destination for three generations of customers. Amid the office buildings...
How To Donate Family Artifacts to Lake Area Historical Groups
Historical organizations recommend ways to declutter and donate. What are you going to do with that? Does anyone in the family want this? Where can...
Discover Lake Minnetonkas Heritage Homes
Lake Minnetonka has many historical homes to appreciate—both large and modest in size. Area homes listed in the National Register of Historic Places...
Coffee Grounds
How did Charles Curtis Coffee, D.D.S., a fifth-generation Irish American with a rich singing voice and a successful dental practice in Minneapolis,...
The “Minnehaha” Steamboat Rehabilitation is Full Speed Ahead
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society’s efforts to preserve the historic steamboat have been bolstered by a grant from the Minnesota Historical...
