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January 24, 2016

Marathon Petroleum Refinery, St. Paul Park, Minnesota

Marathon Petroleum Corporation in St. Paul Park, Minnesota

January 24, 2016

Rock Island Swing Bridge Walkway, Inver Grove Heights

The Rock Island Swing Bridge crosses the Mississippi River between Inver Grove Heights and St. Paul Park, Minnesota. Built in 1895 for the Chicago,…

January 18, 2016

ADM Grain Elevator and Harris Machinery Fire Damage, Prospect Park, Minneapolis

ADM Grain Elevator and Harris Machinery in the front. Harris Machinery covered in ice after a large fire gutted in the inside. Located in…

January 14, 2016

Snowy Night Over US Bank Stadium and Downtown East

US Bank Stadium under construction in Downtown Minneapolis in January 2016.

December 5, 2015

Wabasha Street Bridge over the Mississippi River, St. Paul

The Wabasha Street Bridge in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. The bridge is over the Mississippi River.

November 20, 2015

“This Could Be Your City Next” Sign at the Jamar Clark Vigil

Protest at the Minneapolis Police 4th Precinct Police Station following the Minneapolis Police killing of Jamar Clark.

November 20, 2015

“Justice for Jamar” Projected on the 4th Precinct at Night

Protest at the Minneapolis Police 4th Precinct Police Station following the Minneapolis Police killing of Jamar Clark.

November 20, 2015

Night Vigil Outside the 4th Precinct During the Jamar Clark Protests

Protest at the Minneapolis Police 4th Precinct Police Station following the Minneapolis Police killing of Jamar Clark.

November 20, 2015

Night Encampment at the Jamar Clark Protest Site

Protest at the Minneapolis Police 4th Precinct Police Station following the Minneapolis Police killing of Jamar Clark.

November 14, 2015

Aerial View of Uptown Minneapolis at Twilight

An aerial photo of the intersection of Hennepin Avenue and Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis as seen in 2015.

October 13, 2015

Burnsville Fire Department Training Facility, Burnsville, Minnesota

A firefighting training facility in Burnsville, Minnesota.

October 5, 2015

Downtown Minneapolis Buildings at Night

The Downtown Minneapolis core.

October 3, 2015

Aerial View of Rooftop HVAC Units at the Prairie Correctional Facility

The CoreCivic Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota. The 1,600-bed facility has been closed since 2010. It's being considered by the federal government for…

October 3, 2015

Warning Sign Near the Prairie Correctional Facility Entrance

The CoreCivic Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota. The 1,600-bed facility has been closed since 2010. It's being considered by the federal government for…

October 3, 2015

“Do Not Enter While Gate Is in Motion” Sign at Prairie Correctional Facility

Razor wire and security fencing surround the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota. The 1,600-bed facility has been closed since 2010. It's being considered…

October 3, 2015

Razor Wire Fencing at the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton

Razor wire and security fencing surround the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota. The 1,600-bed facility has been closed since 2010. It's being considered…

October 3, 2015

Security Gate at Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton

Entrance to the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota. The 1,600 bed facility that's been closed since 2010 has been mentioned in plans by…

October 3, 2015

Security Gate at the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton

Security fencing around the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota. The 1,600 bed facility that's been closed since 2010 has been mentioned in plans…

October 3, 2015

Aerial View of the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton

The Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota. The 1,600 bed prison has been closed since 2010.

September 22, 2015

Xcel Energy Center, Downtown St. Paul

The Xcel Energy Center in Downtown St. Paul. In 2025, it was renamed Grand Casino Arena. It's the home of the Minnesota Wild.

August 28, 2015

Power Lines Lining Dickey Road Near the East Chicago Steelworks

Dickey Road runs south from the Indiana Harbor area of East Chicago into the ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor Works, one of the largest integrated steel…

August 23, 2015

Downtown Chicago High-Rises, August 2015

Buildings in downtown Chicago.

August 14, 2015

Mississippi River Farmland, Cottage Grove, Minnesota

Mississippi River farmland in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. This aerial view looks across cultivated fields and wetland edges toward a broad reach of the Mississippi…

August 14, 2015

3M Plant on the Mississippi River, Cottage Grove

3M plant in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.

August 14, 2015

3M Manufacturing Plant, Cottage Grove

3M manufacturing facility in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.

August 14, 2015

3M manufacturing plant on the Mississippi River, Cottage Grove

3M plant in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.

August 13, 2015

Aerial View of US Bank Stadium Taking Shape Above Downtown East

US Bank Stadium replaced the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on the same downtown Minneapolis site, opening in 2016 as the home of the Minnesota…

August 7, 2015

Aerial View of US Bank Stadium Rising Over Downtown East

US Bank Stadium replaced the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome as the home of the Minnesota Vikings, rising on the same Downtown East site the…

August 7, 2015

Capella Tower and Hennepin County Government Center, Minneapolis

The Capella Tower in Downtown Minneapolis. The Hennepin County Government Center on the right.

August 7, 2015

The Armory and Parking Lots Beneath Rising Downtown East Towers

Construction cranes dominate the Minneapolis skyline in the Downtown East neighborhood during 2015. With construction occurring on the 1.1 billion dollar US Bank Stadium,…

August 4, 2015

East Bank Campus Skyline at Twilight

The Weisman Art Museum anchors the foreground of the University of Minnesota's East Bank campus, its curving stainless-steel form designed by architect Frank Gehry…

August 4, 2015

Star Tribune Building Demolition, Downtown Minneapolis

Demolition of the Star Tribune building in downtown Minneapolis. The building was razed to make room for construction of US Bank Stadium and the…

August 4, 2015

Bruininks Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Bruininks Hall at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis near the East Bank. It is part of the Twin Cities campus and sits among…

August 4, 2015

Downtown East Park at Night Beneath the Wells Fargo Towers

The two Wells Fargo office towers in Downtown East Minneapolis were under construction in 2015 as part of a larger redevelopment built on the…

August 2, 2015

Aerial View of PolyMet’s Erie Basin Mine Site Near Hoyt Lakes

Polymet Mining/Glencore copper mine in Hoyt Lakes Minnesota.

July 27, 2015

Evening Light Over US Bank Stadium’s Rising Steel Frame

Construction of US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis's Downtown East neighborhood was underway in July 2015. This stadium was built to replace the Metrodome and…

July 27, 2015

Cranes Above the Wells Fargo Towers Construction Site, Minneapolis

Construction of the Wells Fargo towers in Downtown East in Minneapolis, July 2015.

July 27, 2015

Jerry Haef Ramp Solar Panels, Downtown Minneapolis

Jerry Haef Ramp in Downtown Minneapolis has solar panels installed across its rooftop. The parking structure combines vehicle storage with on-site power generation in…

July 27, 2015

Downtown East Rooftop Solar Array, Minneapolis

Solar panels on a rooftop in downtown Minneapolis.

July 22, 2015

Capella Tower and the IDS Center Rise Above Downtown Minneapolis

Downtown Minneapolis is the city's business center, anchored by the IDS Center and Capella Tower. The IDS Center, completed in 1972, stands 792 feet…

July 15, 2015

901 Marquette, IDS Center, Foshay Tower, Minneapolis

Chicago Architecture and Lake Michigan

July 15, 2015

Cranes Over US Bank Stadium’s Steel Frame at Night

U.S. Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings, began construction in December 2013 on the site of the former Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in…

July 11, 2015

Valleyfair Amusement Park, Shakopee, Minnesota

Valleyfair amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota. The amusement park owned by Cedar Fair opened in 1976.

July 7, 2015

Morning Light on the Fergus Falls Kirkbride Building’s Staggered Wings

Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

July 7, 2015

Courtyard Path Leading to the Fergus Falls Kirkbride Tower

The Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

July 7, 2015

Arched Brickwork Tower Above the Fergus Falls Kirkbride Rooftops

The Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

July 7, 2015

Crystal Springs School Standing Empty on the North Dakota Prairie

An abandoned schoolhouse in Crystal Springs, North Dakota.

July 6, 2015

Missouri River Valley From Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park

Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park overlook and the Missouri River in North Dakota.

July 6, 2015

Missouri River Valley from the Bluffs at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park

Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park in Bismark, North Dakota

July 5, 2015

Tent Campsite at Sportsman’s Centennial Park, Garrison

Campsite at Sportsmen Centennial Park in Garrison, North Dakota.

July 5, 2015

Old Allis-Chalmers Tractor Near the Grain Elevator in Ryder

Allis-Chalmers tractor found in North Dakota.

July 5, 2015

Cottonwood Canopy Along Juniper Campground Road

Juniper Campground at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.

July 5, 2015

Bakken Oil Field Lights After Dark in North Dakota

North Dakota oil fields in July 2015 in the middle of the night.

July 4, 2015

Crossing the Fairview Lift Bridge on the Yellowstone River

The Fairview Lift Bridge over the Yellowstone River in North Dakota. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

July 4, 2015

Dirt Road to a Pumpjack Site Near Charbonneau, North Dakota

Oil rig in Charbonneau, North Dakota.

July 4, 2015

Weathered Wood-Crib Grain Elevator Near Charbonneau

Charbonneau, North Dakota Ghost Town

July 4, 2015

Abandoned Grain Elevator in Charbonneau, North Dakota

A elevator in Charbonneau, North Dakota.

July 4, 2015

Eroded Buttes of the North Dakota Badlands Near Medora

The North Dakota badlands as seen from the Theodore Roosevelt Expressway.

July 3, 2015

Hazy Two-Lane Highway Near Wolford, North Dakota

Highway near Wolford, North Dakota.

July 3, 2015

A Straight Stretch of Highway 17 Through Canola Country

Highway 17 near Starkweather, North Dakota.

July 3, 2015

Canola and Wheat Fields Outside Starkweather, North Dakota

Grass near Starkweather North Dakota

July 2, 2015

Submerged Pilings of the Woodland Resort, Devils Lake

Sunset at Woodland Resort on Devil's Lake in North Dakota.

July 2, 2015

Riprap Embankment Along Devils Lake, North Dakota

Devils Lake State Park in North Dakota.

June 29, 2015

West Publishing Building, St. Paul

The now demolished West Publishing building in downtown St. Paul as seen in 2015.

June 29, 2015

Xcel Energy District Energy Plant, St. Paul, Minnesota

District Energy in St. Paul Minnesota near the Mississippi River.

June 28, 2015

St. Louis River Gorge, Jay Cooke State Park

St. Louis River at Jay Cooke State Park in June 2015.

June 28, 2015

Jay Cooke State Park Suspension Bridge, St. Louis River

Suspension bridge in Jay Cooke State Park over the St. Louis River.

June 21, 2015

Downtown East at Dusk and US Bank Stadium Construction

US Bank Stadium, seen here under construction, opened in 2016 as the home of the Minnesota Vikings on the site of the demolished Metrodome.…

June 21, 2015

Clock Tower of Minneapolis City Hall Rises Above Downtown

Minneapolis City Hall in downtown Minneapolis.

June 21, 2015

Minneapolis City Hall Clock Tower at Sunset

Minneapolis City Hall occupies the block bounded by 4th and 5th Streets and 3rd and 4th Avenues South, completed in 1905 after more than…

June 17, 2015

Optum Headquarters Complex in Eden Prairie, MN

Optum corporate headquarters located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

June 1, 2015

Downtown Saint Paul from the Mississippi River

Downtown Saint Paul as seen from across the Mississippi River.

June 1, 2015

Downtown Saint Paul and the Mississippi River at dusk

Downtown Saint Paul as seen from across the Mississippi River.

May 31, 2015

Temple of Eck in Chanhassen, Minnesota

The Temple of Eck is the center of the Eckankar faith in the United States. It was built at a cost of $8.2 million.…

May 31, 2015

Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen

Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, is the recording and production complex built for Prince. Opened in 1987, the facility includes recording studios, rehearsal areas,…

May 23, 2015

Ardent Mills Rising Above Vermillion Falls in Hastings

The Ardent Mills facility in Hastings, MN was the first operating mill in Minnesota. Per the company, the purifier, patent barrel and graham flour…

May 23, 2015

Vermillion Falls Below the Ardent Mills Building in Hastings

The Ardent Mills facility in Hastings, MN was the first operating mill in Minnesota. Per the company, the purifier, patent barrel and graham flour…

May 23, 2015

Grain Elevators at Ardent Mills in Hastings

The Ardent Mills facility in Hastings, MN was the first operating mill in Minnesota. Per the company, the purifier, patent barrel and graham flour…

May 12, 2015

“Turbulent Water” Sign Near St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi

Sign reading "Keep Back 500 FT Turbulent Water" seen on the Mississippi River in Downtown Minneapolis.

May 7, 2015

US Bank Stadium Construction, Downtown Minneapolis

Downtown Minneapolis while US Bank Stadium was being built.

April 12, 2015

Hillside Estates Overlooking the Pacific in Pacific Palisades

View of Pacific Palisades from April 2015. The area has been ravaged by the January 2025 fires.

April 11, 2015

“Welcome to Sunken City” Painted on a Concrete Slab

Sunken City occupies a fenced stretch of Point Fermin in San Pedro, where a landslide beginning in 1929 pulled a residential subdivision's streets, sidewalks,…

April 11, 2015

Downtown LA Skyline from the Hyatt Regency on Century Boulevard

The Hyatt Regency Los Angeles International Airport rises near LAX along Century Boulevard, a stretch that became the airport's hotel row after commercial jet…

March 2, 2015

Father Hennepin Bluff Park Riverbank, Minneapolis

Snow in Father Hennepin Bluff Park in Northeast Minneapolis.

March 1, 2015

Minneapolis Downtown Skyline at Blue Hour Over Mississippi River

Downtown Minneapolis behind the Mississippi River during blue hour.

February 16, 2015

BNSF Hopper Cars at the Hansen-Mueller Grain Elevator in Superior

Hansen-Mueller Grain Elevator in Superior, Wisconsin, is a grain storage and transfer facility on Superior Bay. BNSF freight cars move commodities through the complex…