Mill District, Minneapolis Eight-story freight elevator ride

Mill City Museum Flour Tower

A working freight elevator that climbs through eight floors of the ruined Washburn A Mill, each level staged with the sounds, machinery, and smells of 1910 flour production. The museum itself is built inside the mill ruin, glass roof open to the sky.

704 S 2nd St, Minneapolis Get directions www.mnhs.org/millcity $$
How to visit: MNHS ticketed. Time-specific Flour Tower reservations at the front desk.
Hours
Sun10a–5p
MonClosed
TueClosed
WedClosed
Thu10a–4p
Fri10a–4p
Sat10a–5p

Saves, regulars, and moments shape the Best of MPLS. Anonymous, never sold.

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