by Feroza Mehta | Sep 1, 2020 | Outdoors, Sports
Take up biking with two easy and scenic trails. COVID-19 put a wrench into our family’s traditional summer plans. Gone were the favorite summer camps and closed were many community swimming pools. So what else could we do? The light bulb went off: We could bike. We...
by Vivian Shinall | Sep 1, 2020 | Photo Contest
Lens on Lake Minnetonka photo contest winner Al Whitaker captures a waning sunset moment on Lake Minnetonka. Each month, we feature one of the winning photos from our 2019 Lens on Lake Minnetonka photo contest. This month, we asked photographer Al Whitaker to tell us...
by Deanna Bunkelman | Sep 1, 2020 | History, Noteworthy
The Excelsior Amusement park closed and, in July of 1974, many of the items were auctioned off to the public. The carrousel at the former Excelsior Amusement Park was built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, a world-renowned carrousel company. It was housed in its...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 1, 2020 | Photo Contest
Congratulations to the winners of our 2020 Lens on Lake Minnetonka photo contest! Every year, Lake Minnetonka Magazine accepts photography submissions from the community for our annual Lens on Lake Minnetonka photo contest. The photos are submitted in five categories:...
by Feroza Mehta | Sep 1, 2020 | Restaurants
Lord Fletcher’s is a Lake Minnetonka summer tradition. “You’ve never been to Lord Fletcher’s?” my friend Amy yelled, with a tinge of playful incredulity. Then she tilted her head to the side and exclaimed, “It’s a Minnesota tradition!” We had moved from Rochester,...
