Reflections at downtown Minneapolis's Peavey Plaza.

Reflections at downtown Minneapolis's Peavey Plaza.

Reflections on Cedar Lake in Minneapolis before wildfire smoke rolled into the city.

A&J Fish and Chicken on Lake Street in South Minneapolis.

Downtown Minneapolis on a rainy spring evening.

A couple walks down 1st Avenue in downtown Minneapolis during a December rain.

Marquette Avenue in Downtown Minneapolis during a December rain.

Casablanca Foods in South Minneapolis during a rainy evening.

Reflections of the Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapolis.

The illuminated Minneapolis skyline rises behind a fog-covered Bde Maka Ska, its towers mirrored in the lake’s still surface. Buildings like the IDS Center, Capella Tower, and Wells Fargo Center shine through the mist, their neon accents reflecting off the calm water. Captured at night, the photograph contrasts the cool, modern glow of downtown with the serene, natural quiet of the city’s largest lake—a reminder of how Minneapolis balances its urban form with its deep connection to water and landscape.

Illuminated office and residential towers rise over downtown Minneapolis after dark, their façade lighting and interior floors forming a dense urban grid against a winter sky. The blue-accented crowns and vertical light bands highlight the city’s mix of late-20th-century corporate towers and newer high-rise residential development that has reshaped the downtown core since the 2000s. In the foreground, a still water feature mirrors the skyline, emphasizing the geometry and lighting strategies used to distinguish individual buildings within a tightly packed central business district. This area reflects Minneapolis’s broader downtown reinvestment, where office, residential, and public infrastructure coexist within a walkable, transit-served core.