Loop Back: Where The Burlesque Dancers Stayed
Runyons has been a popular spot to get drinks and chicken wings since 1983 at 107 North Washington. But more than a century ago, the same space was being used...
Historic North Loop
Go On A Walking History Tour
We're still in the early stages of our North Loop history plaque project, but by popular demand, we've created this map of where you can find the first set of...
Loop Back: The North Loop’s Colorful History (Overview)
From the late 1800s to the 1930s, the North Loop was the center of a wholesaling and manufacturing boom that turned Minneapolis into one of the key distribution centers in the U.S.
Loop Back: Wagons, Tractors And More
As American settlers continued their westward expansion at the turn of the century, farm implement distributors like Dean & Company could hardly keep up with demand. Dean had been sharing space...
Loop Back: “Greatest Church In The Northwest”
At the spot where thousands of drivers now enter and exit Interstate-394 in the North Loop each day, there used to be a Gothic Revival style Catholic church, known as...