Window wrap on a McDonald's restaurant on Lake Street in Minneapolis.

Daisys Bar & Rooftop sign on Hennepin Avenue in front of the McDonalds. The bar replaced another cowboy themed bar "Cowboy Slims".

McDonald's at Hennepin and Lagoon in Uptown Minneapolis on February 5, 2023.

One of the few surviving original McDonald’s neon signs still standing in the United States is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Installed during the era before the Golden Arches fully defined the brand, the sign features “Speedee,” the chain’s early mascot introduced in the 1950s to promote the company’s streamlined “Speedee Service System.” The illuminated red-and-yellow marquee—advertising hamburgers and boasting “Over 100 Million Sold”—reflects the rapid national expansion of the franchise during its formative years. Today it serves as both a functioning restaurant sign and a preserved piece of mid-century fast-food history.

Uptown Theatre in Minneapolis as it goes through a major renovation turning it into a concert hall.

Cowboy Slims at the corner of Hennepin Ave and Lagoon Ave in Uptown Minneapolis.

McDonald’s store boarded up in North Minneapolis after fires from riots following the May 25th, 2020 death of George Floyd.

A McDonalds sign on 05/30/20 reading "Due to the recent activity in our city we will be closing at 6:30pm today & reopen tomorrow at 7am."

McDonald’s on Hennepin Ave in Uptown Minneapolis still serving through a small hole in a board.

McDonald’s on Hennepin Ave in Uptown Minneapolis still serving through a small hole in a board.

Liquoir and McDonald's fries.