Loop Back: Booth Fisheries
If your great grandparents were in Minnesota eating oysters in the 1920s and 30s, there's a good chance those oysters came via the North Loop. Specifically, from a tall brick...
Historic North Loop
Loop Back: Wild Times On Washington
From sketchy hotels to fur trading, boot-making and farm machinery distribution, the building at the northeast corner of 3rd and Washington has a long, colorful history. In fact, it’s the...
Loop Back: Hennepin Steam Laundry
When the Hennepin Steam Laundry was built in 1884 at 120 First Avenue North, there were no automobiles and few light bulbs, and most everyone was scrubbing their own laundry...
Loop Back: Mars Candy
Mars Incorporated, a company that’s now a global business empire, got its start in Minneapolis. And the treat that launched its astronomical success, the Milky Way bar, was born at...
Loop Back: Brin Glass
In its 65 years of glass production at 600 Washington Avenue North, Brin Glass helped supply some of the city’s most iconic buildings with interior windows, including the IDS Tower,...