Northern lights visible over a walking path in South Minneapolis. Seen around Bde Maka Ska.

Downtown Minneapolis seen below the Northern Lights at Bde Maka Ska.

Cymbiotika supplement ad on a building in the North Loop in Downtown Minneapolis.

A nighttime view of the Minneapolis skyline as seen from Lake Street in Uptown, looking north toward the city’s central business district. The IDS Center, Minnesota’s tallest building since 1972, anchors the scene on the left with its rectangular black façade and illuminated roofline. Just to the right, the art deco–inspired Wells Fargo Center glows in its signature gold lighting, a design motif rooted in its 1980s postmodern architecture. On the far right, Capella Tower stands out with its distinctive ring-shaped halo, an element added during the 1990s wave of illuminated crown designs across American skyscrapers. The foreground shows the mixed-use buildings of Uptown, reflecting the corridor’s early-20th-century commercial architecture.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey embraces City Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw during his 2025 election night gathering, where he stopped short of declaring victory but pledged to “stand up against Donald Trump on a national level.” This marks the city’s second mayoral election since the murder of George Floyd in 2020—a reminder of how Minneapolis remains at the center of national conversations on justice, governance, and reform.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks with reporters after polls closed on Election Night 2025. The event took place in downtown Minneapolis as results began to come in for the city’s municipal races.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey at his election party tonight where he stopped short of declaring victory but added "We are going to stand up against Donald Trump on a national level!".

This is the 2nd election since the murder of George Floyd.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks to supporters during his 2025 election night gathering, held at a downtown venue adorned with campaign posters. Frey, seeking reelection in the aftermath of years of national attention on Minneapolis politics, reflected on civic challenges and vowed continued focus on rebuilding trust and progress following the city’s social and economic transformation since 2020.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks at his election night party following the closure of polls.

He was announced the winner of the election the next day after it went to ranked choice voting. This is the third time he's been elected Mayor.

Cars, cars parked, bikers, walkers on the new Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis.

Brim Coffee and Cafe on Lake Street in Minneapolis in November 2025.

Biking on Bryant Avenue bikeway in South Minneapolis in November 2025.

People walking on Lyndale Avenue and Lake Street outside NY Gyro.

Traffic flows through the LynLake district of Minneapolis at South Dupont and Bryant Avenue, a neighborhood long known as a crossroads between Uptown and Whittier. Once a streetcar junction for the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, the area declined after the 1950s but later rebounded through waves of redevelopment and independent business growth. Today, LynLake blends historic brick storefronts with modern apartments and restaurants, reflecting Minneapolis’s broader push toward urban density and transit-oriented design along the former streetcar corridor.

Lake Street bridge over the channel between Lake of the Isles and Bde Maka Ska on a fall day.

Colorful leaves on the bike trails around Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis.

Fall colors on the Midtown Greenway at the Dean Parkway exit. A great time of the year!

After almost 2 years of construction, Hennepin Avenue was re-opened today. The closure ripped up the entire street rebuilding it back with bike and bus lanes.

A Minnesota Timberwolves billboard above First Avenue concert hall in Downtown Minneapolis.

A large-scale mural depicting Prince dominates the side of a brick building, illuminated by a row of rooftop lights that emphasize both the portrait and the texture of the masonry beneath it. The artwork presents Prince with his iconic guitar, referencing his role not only as a performer but as a technically accomplished musician and songwriter whose work reshaped popular music beginning in the late 1970s. The saturated purples, golds, and layered background elements visually echo the imagery and symbolism long associated with his career, particularly the Purple Rain era that cemented his global influence.

Murals like this became an important part of Minneapolis’s visual landscape following Prince’s death in 2016, serving as public memorials that connect the city’s streets to its musical legacy. Painted directly onto brick, the piece blends fine-art portraiture with urban scale, designed to be read from a distance while still holding detail up close. Night lighting transforms the mural into a landmark after dark, reinforcing Prince’s enduring presence in the city where he was born, recorded, and built an independent creative empire that continues to influence artists across genres.