Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
This treasured photo of the original Robin’s Nest root beer shack was brought into the Robbinsdale Historical Society Museum by Anita McLaughlin, daughter of the longtime owners of the “Nest,” as it was known for … Read more
In 2007 graphic designer Karen Laukkonen started her website to advocate for the preservation of Highway 100’s remaining roadside parks, and to document the seven original parks. Since then, she has extensively photographed and reported … Read more
Exciting announcement: Graeser Park is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places! Excerpt from MnDOT’s news release: Graeser Park wayside in Robbinsdale deemed eligible for National Register of Historic Places MnDOT, 1/25/24 — Graeser … Read more
GRAESER PARK ON CCX NEWS: The complete history Courtesy of CCX Media* Local cable TV outlet CCX News has covered Graeser Park’s progress since 2018. Here is the retrospective of those stories. Be sure to … Read more
Courtesy of CCX Media (See more about CCX at the bottom of this post) 5/26/23: Graeser Park Restoration Nears Completion (1 min, 15 sec) 6/3/22: Beehive Fireplace Restoration Complete (40 sec) 5/8/22: Graeser Park … Read more
The Robbinsdale Post newspaper has covered Robbinsdale for more than 60 years. Today the expanded paper, the Sun-Post, is the weekly news source for Robbinsdale and nearby suburbs Crystal, New Hope, and Golden Valley. … Read more
Back in the day, families loved to visit Graeser Park for picnics. There were barbecue grills scattered throughout the park, but many folks enjoyed cooking hot dogs in the beehive fireplace. The fires over the … Read more
Minnesota’s Highway 100, built during the Great Depression, was a stunning achievement in early highway design and construction. The new highway, a mile west of the Minneapolis city limits, extended from Edina on the south … Read more
Robbinsdale’s Graeser Park was built in 1940-41 along the new Highway 100 where it crossed the Jefferson Highway (a popular tourist route established in the 1920s that ran right through Robbinsdale on its way from … Read more