October 2025 — The Pillsbury A-Mill, completed in 1881 on the east bank of the Mississippi River, was once the largest flour mill in the world and a symbol of Minneapolis’s dominance in global grain production. Designed by architect LeRoy Buffington and engineer William de la Barre, the mill harnessed the power of St. Anthony Falls to grind over 5,000 barrels of flour a day at its peak. Its innovative use of water turbines, reinforced limestone walls, and massive storage elevators represented the cutting edge of 19th-century milling technology. Today, the restored complex — now repurposed as artist lofts — stands as a National Historic Landmark and a reminder of the city’s industrial ingenuity.

June 2024 — Yet another night of rainy weather in Minneapolis. This time with a touch of fog covering the tops of the downtown buildings.

June 2024 — The Stone Arch Bridge is closed for the next few summers as they work on repairs to the former railroad bridge built in 1883.

May 2024 — A bonfire on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.

March 2024 — The 10th Avenue and I-35W bridges lit up at sunset near downtown Minneapolis. March 2024.

March 2024 — The Northstar Line makes it's way over the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis. March 2024.

January 2024 — The Washburn A Mill, the world's largest flour mill when built and now part of the Mill City Museum. Nominated in USA Today as the best history museum for 2nd year in a row. 4th place last year, this years voting ends on 02/12.

December 2023 — Canadian Pacific Kansas City Holiday Train in Minneapolis on December 11, 2023. The rail company says they’ve raised more than $22.5 million dollars and 5 million pounds of food for local food banks since the tradition began 25 years ago.

May 2023 — Wildfire smoke and the Mississippi River. Air quality warnings issued after Canadian wildfires cause smoke to drift south.

April 2023 — The Stone Arch Bridge oer the Mississippi River.

June 2022 — The Stone Arch Bridge and St. Anthony Falls in Downtown Minneapolis.

May 2022 — The Mississippi River and the Hennepin Avenue Bridge in Downtown Minneapolis.

April 2022 — Stairs being removed near the Stone Arch Bridge.

January 2022 — Gold Medal Flour sign lit up on top of the Washburn Crosby mill. Temperature: -13F.

October 2020 — A Lime and Spin scooter at what is the bottom of the Mississippi River. The river water was drained out for a few days to reveal the bottom.

September 2020 — A fall evening in downtown Minneapolis. Hennepin Bridge over the Mississippi River.

August 2020 — The Mississippi River in Downtown Minneapolis United States Post Office, Hennepin Ave Bridge and United States Federal Reserve also pictured.

August 2020 — The former Pillsbury mills on the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis.

May 2020 — Smoke from North Minneapolis and the Stone Arch Bridge as seen from I-35W during the Minneapolis Uprising on the 4th day of protests in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd.

May 2020 — Downtown Minneapolis as seen from Boom Island in May 2020. Gold Medal Flour and Northstar Blankets neon signs visible across the Mississippi River.

May 2020 — West River Parkway and the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis.

March 2020 — Downtown Minneapolis as seen from below the Stone Arch Bridge.

December 2019 — The Zen-Noh Grain Corporation export facility in Convent, Louisiana, operates along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The terminal handles millions of tons of corn, soybeans, and other grains each year, transferring them from rail and barge to ocean-going vessels for global shipment. At night, the towering conveyor systems and loading arms glow under industrial lights, reflecting the region’s central role in U.S. agricultural exports.

December 2019 — Illuminated under floodlights, the massive concrete grain silos of the Zen-Noh Grain Corporation terminal rise over the Mississippi River in Convent, Louisiana. Operated by a U.S. subsidiary of Japan’s Zen-Noh agricultural cooperative, this export facility plays a critical role in shipping Midwestern grain to international markets. The illuminated conveyors and loading structures highlight the region’s industrial link between river transport and global food supply chains.

October 2019 — An aerial view captures the excavation shaft for a massive water main tunnel beneath the Mississippi River. The reinforced concrete cylinder serves as the launch point for a tunnel boring machine, visible nearby, which will cut through layers of limestone and shale to create a new conduit linking the city’s water systems. The project represents a critical upgrade to regional infrastructure, designed to improve reliability and resilience while accommodating future demand across Minneapolis and St. Paul.

September 2019 — Bridges linking the University of Minnesota East and West banks in Minneapolis. Evening light reflects off campus buildings, including the Weisman Art Museum and the Phillips-Wangensteen Building.

September 2019 — The University of Minnesota’s Southeast Steam Plant sits along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, supplying heat and power to the campus and nearby medical facilities. Its red-brick structures and tall orange exhaust stacks stand below the university’s historic engineering buildings.

September 2019 — The Southeast Steam Plant, with its four iconic smokestacks, rises over the Mississippi River near the University of Minnesota’s East Bank campus. Once a coal-fired power station, the facility has been adapted into a cleaner-burning natural gas plant, continuing its role as a landmark in Minneapolis’s industrial skyline.

September 2019 — The Mississippi River in South St. Paul.

May 2019 — The maroon and gold Washington Avenue Bridge spans the Mississippi River, linking the University of Minnesota’s East and West Bank campuses. Seen from below, the bridge’s bold steel trusses frame the calm river and limestone bluffs, while the university’s West Bank buildings rise in the background. The bridge, completed in 1965, carries both vehicular and pedestrian traffic—including the campus’s light rail line—and serves as one of the most recognizable landmarks connecting the university’s two halves across the river.

May 2019 — Bruininks Hall, with its curved glass facade and modernist profile, stands prominently on the bluffs of the Mississippi River at the University of Minnesota’s East Bank campus. The building, named after former university president Robert Bruininks, houses student services and administrative offices while serving as a visual landmark along the riverfront. The structure’s sleek transparency contrasts with the limestone layers of the bluff below, emphasizing the union between natural geology and contemporary academic architecture that defines much of the university’s riverfront setting.

January 2019 — A -20F day during the Polar Vortex. Looking out under the Third Avenue Bridge near downtown Minneapolis.

December 2018 — Downtown Minneapolis from St. Anthony Main.

May 2018 — Downtown Minneapolis skyline as seen from the North on the Mississippi River.

March 2018 — Patrick Gannaway docked on the Mississippi River in St. Paul, Minnesota.

September 2017 — Downtown Minneapolis Skyline with I35W bridge crossing the Mississippi River.

June 2017 — A wooden freight train bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.

October 2016 — Lowry Bridge as seen from an island on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

May 2016 — A sign reading "No Trespassing, US Government Property" in St. Paul, Minnesota.

April 2016 — Downtown Minneapolis as seen from Upper Harbor Terminal in North Minneapolis. Riverside Generating Station on the left.

February 2016 — Wabasha Street Bridge in St. Paul, Minnesota.

February 2016 — Repairs being done on the Franklin Avenue bridge in Minneapolis.

February 2016 — Repairs being done on the Franklin Avenue bridge in Minneapolis.

December 2015 — The Wabasha Street Bridge in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. The bridge is over the Mississippi River.

June 2015 — Downtown Saint Paul as seen from across the Mississippi River.

June 2015 — Downtown Saint Paul as seen from across the Mississippi River.

May 2015 — Sign reading "Keep Back 500 FT Turbulent Water" seen on the Mississippi River in Downtown Minneapolis.

March 2015 — Downtown Minneapolis behind the Mississippi River during blue hour.