Graeser Park News

Are you a fan of Graeser Park and Lilac Way? Check out the set of posters designed by Karen Laukkonen here. Available for purchase while supplies last!   4/28/25: VOLUNTEERS WORK TO RESTORE GRAESER PARK … Read more

Graeser Park Walk-and-Talk Tour

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2025: HISTORY WALK-AND-TALK AT GRAESER PARK The Amazing Restoration of Robbinsdale’s Historic Wayside Rest Cosponsors Golden Valley Historical Society and Robbinsdale Historical Society have arranged a guided tour of the restored Graeser … Read more

A Trailblazing Highway and Its Roadside Parks

Graeser Park in 1940

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