Mill District, Minneapolis Excavated industrial ruins

Mill Ruins Park

The exposed foundations and tailrace canals of the flour mills that made Minneapolis the milling capital of the world from 1880 to 1930. Buried under a parking lot for decades, dug back out in the 1990s as a park you can walk through.

102 Portland Ave S, Minneapolis Get directions Free
How to visit: Free, open 6 AM to midnight. Self-guided interpretive signage.
Hours
Sun6a–10p
Mon6a–10p
Tue6a–10p
Wed6a–10p
Thu6a–10p
Fri6a–10p
Sat6a–10p

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