The WalknTours Travel Blog

Minneapolis is not a city most travelers think of as a walking destination. They think of it as a cold Midwestern city with skyways and a famous music scene. Both of those things are true, but they don't capture the more interesting parts of the city's history. Minneapolis was, for several decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the flour milling capital of the world. The stretch of the Mississippi River that runs through the city, particularly around St. Anthony F