Aladdin’s Castle: Miller Hill Mall

Miller Hill Mall, opened in 1973 in Duluth as the city’s first enclosed shopping center, featured a vibrant Aladdin’s Castle arcade near its food court for decades.

Vintage Facebook and Reddit recollections describe the arcade as a ‘wonderland’ of classic cabinets—Tempest, Asteroids, Centipede, and pinball—where Duluth teens lost hours after school.

The arcade thrived through the ’80s and ’90s but closed by the mid‑2000s amid mall renovations and changing entertainment trends. Still, many locals treasure its memory as a pixel-lit highlight of their youth.