Hey hi! I’m visiting from San Francisco and love exploring urban areas on foot. I was yearning for the Midwest, so I booked a weekend trip to Minneapolis. Yesterday, I spent my Saturday walking around your gorgeous city with the goal of visiting 10 lakes + Minnehaha Falls, a Tour de Lake, if you will.

I started around 5:15 AM from my hotel and ended the journey with dinner at Vinai. The walk was lovely. I’m in awe of the breathtaking green space, extensive bicycle/pedestrian network, and fantastic food. I made it to Powderhorn, Hiawatha, Nokomis, Diamond, Harriet, Bde Maka Ska, Lake of the Isles, Cedar, Brownie, and Wirth Lakes. The route was created entirely based on vibes, with the hope of doing a lap around each lake. Hard to pick a favorite, but...Lake Nokomis (please do not come after me).

Next up: walking to Modern Times for breakfast before heading to Art-A-Whirl! This city has me kicking my feet with pure joy. I’m here until tomorrow afternoon, so any coffee or food recs are welcome :)

Happy to send the Strava route to anyone interested!

Hi there—

I met a few parents and kids while sketching this afternoon and one girl asked if she could keep the drawing.

I said she could when it was done, but her and her mom headed out before then. Just in case they (or their parents) visit Reddit Minneapolis, here’s the final drawing!

I ended up giving the physical sketch to Otis who was fishing around the creek the whole time— maybe next time I’ll hand it off to you!

First real thunderstorm living in Minneapolis and I honestly love the weather in Minnesota so much. Sure it gets really cold and snowy in the winter but I like that there are actual seasons here unlike the constant dry heat in Cali. It's also just so nice to enjoy the rain with a city skyline. I love it here.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office issued a nationwide arrest warrant on Monday for the ICE agent who allegedly shot a Venezuelan immigrant in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge and then lied about the circumstances that led to the shooting.

Christian J. Castro, 52, was charged in Hennepin County District Court with four counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and one count of falsely reporting a crime. The shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis on Jan. 14 came one week after ICE agent Jonathan Ross killed Renee Good and set off another wave of intense protests amid the largest immigration enforcement action in United States history.

Sosa-Celis and his roommate, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, were initially charged with assaulting a federal officer as Trump administration officials widely publicized their mug shots and former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called their alleged crime an act of “attempted murder.” The charges were later dropped when video evidence directly contradicted the story given by federal officers.

I moved to much better weather a few years ago. I’m a veteran (female), so most of my friends are veterans as well. Some guy sent me these messages today??

One of us is 36, single with zero kids and zero marriages or divorces.

One is 37, 2 of those, and 1 of those. Living with mom and dad.

Family values, y’all. I joke to people that all i miss about Minneapolis is the people and politics.. but man does it ring true some days.

I MISS INTELLIGENCE!!

EDIT- IMMA LISTEN TO SOME PRINCE AND TRY TO THINK NOT ALL AMERICANS ARE LIKE THIS… little red corvette…

Was doing some gardening approximately 7-7:15 this evening. Walked to the front yard. When I came back my house was covered in poop. I’m in SLP directly under today’s MSP flight approach (I know, this is [r/Minneapolis](r/Minneapolis)). If the window has been open it would have sprayed into my kitchen.

This is absolutely disgusting. Who should I be contacting to complain?

Edit: lots of folks guessing birds since there is no blue color visible here. I know they’ve got massive poops this time of year, so maybe? But there is a fairly large area that got covered, the consistency seems all wrong, and it smells like human poop. Given the sheer quantity (not all is shown in the photos) it seems like way more than any bird could poop and still be living.

It really, really doesn’t resemble any bird poop I’ve ever seen before. and I can confidently rule out neighbors unless they’ve got a cannon set up a block away.

Totally possible it wasn’t a malfunctioning airplane toilet. But when a wide spray of poop falls from an open sky, and it looks and smells like human poop, and there are planes flying directly overhead constantly (and also no birds had been seen)…it seemed like an insane conclusion was the only one that fit.

Thanks to the efforts of AFSCME members who keep HCMC running, state leaders have reached a bipartisan agreement to stabilize the immediate future of Minnesota’s largest public hospital. The move protects health care access for families, seniors, children and vulnerable Minnesotans. Read the full story here!

I drive all over the metro for my job, in my personal car. Who decided this is the plan? I already am using music/podcasts/navigation every time I’m driving… I feel ill…

After my update post of yesterday, many of you asked to see pictures from the Mayday parade. These are for you and for everyone else who took the time to send me your condolences and suggestions for healing. Thank you. You and your community helped me when I needed it most. I am eternally grateful.

One note about the parade. I loved it. I loved that it was a celebration of life in a community devastated by inhumanity. The persistence of life in death - the rise of order from entropy. Mayday is the celebration of life. What began on the solstice with the promise of renewal is manifest on the equinox and in full bloom on Mayday.

Mayday is also the time for the people, long dormant during the capitalist winter, to shatter permafrost’s isolation and reclaim the commons. Like plants after a forest fire, we rise not as individuals, but as an interconnected community. A forest is not made of one tree but of a diverse interconnected ecosystem. Each plant unique but totally dependent on each other for survival. Mono culture equals death. Diversity equals life, no system of extraction can clear cut the heart of the community.

One final note. I really wanted to give a shout out to ArtStart and Lake Harriet Community School. As a parent myself, I know how hard it was for you all to pull that off. I could tell the parents were exhausted and the poor kids looked spent. The amount of time that that y’all must have spent to put that together, I can’t imagine. But I wanted to let you know that someone saw and appreciated your effort. Thank you.

Link to original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/s/V2Fp4vWCyZ

Link to update post/photos: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/s/1kQgBdK8NN

And it's free!

IMO, the Byzantine Memorial Chapel is one of the most profoundly beautiful places in Minneapolis. You really must see it in person to get the full effect. Today is your chance (though, to be fair, you'll get other chances if you miss today, like Memorial Day.) The opportunity is not as rare as some of the other Doors Open locations, but if you need something else to do with Mom after your brunch or whatever, I highly recommend it.

Description:

Explore Lakewood’s stunning spaces as part of Doors Open Minneapolis 2026. Walk through several buildings across our grounds, including the net-zero energy ready Welcome Center, surrounded by serene walking paths and a peaceful reflection pool. Tour the historic Byzantine Memorial Chapel, featuring 10 million mosaic pieces and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Or visit one of our beautiful mausoleums including the Garden Mausoleum, an award-winning masterpiece of contemporary architecture, and the remarkable Community Memorial Mausoleum featuring gorgeous stained glass throughout. There’s something for every architecture fan here at Lakewood!

https://www.lakewoodcemetery.org/event/doors-open-minneapolis/

“If this chapel were somewhere in Europe, thousands of Americans would visit it each year. Never have we seen anything to equal it in this country—not even the famous mosaics of the Library of Congress at Washington impressed us so greatly.”

From a journalist in 1931

The Memorial Chapel is the centerpiece of the cemetery and a priceless architectural treasure—one of the most perfect examples of Byzantine mosaic art in the United States. When it was completed in 1910, it was the only building in America with an authentic mosaic interior. Through the years, visitors have been astonished to find such an outstanding architectural jewel in the heart of the Midwest. Many experts now believe that a work of such magnitude could not be recreated at any price today, as artisans possessing the necessary skills have passed into history.

Designed by prominent Minneapolis architect Harry Wild Jones and modeled after the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Mosaic Interior

The chapel interior was created by New York designer Charles Lamb and many consider it the most perfect example of Byzantine mosaic art in the United States. In 1909, Lamb traveled to Rome to enlist the services of six highly accomplished mosaic artists who had just recently completed a project in the Vatican. The artists created more than 10 million mosaic pieces, called tesserae, from marble, colored stone, and glass fused with gold and silver. The artists then traveled to Minneapolis to assemble the work inside the chapel.​

The chapel dome is 40 feet high and ringed with stained-glass windows that serve as a sundial telling the time of day and season. Four large mosaic figures representing Love, Hope, Faith and Memory are situated on the side walls below the dome. The figures were based on paintings by Lamb’s wife, Ella Condie Lamb, a noted portrait artist of her time.

Renovation

In 1996, Lakewood embarked on a year-long project of renovating the chapel. Under the guidance of architect Jim W. Miller, AIA, new lighting and heating systems were installed, a new crematory was built in the lower level, and the front entrance was landscaped.

Part of Miller’s task was undoing alterations made over the century, such as attempts to darken the interior with yellow paper over the stained-glass windows and a brown carpet over the marble floor. To remain true to the original architect’s and designer’s intentions, Miller studied letters exchanged among Jones, Lamb and the Lakewood Cemetery Building Committee.

The 1996 renovation maintained the high standards set when the chapel was built nearly a century earlier. The best materials were used and highly skilled artists were chosen to do the work. Because of this consistent attention to excellence, the Lakewood Memorial Chapel will continue to be a beautiful sanctuary for the community through the 21st century and beyond.

https://www.lakewoodcemetery.org/places/memorial-chapel/

Part of the cinco de mayo on lake street celebrations

So today I met my grandpa over in St. Paul and took the 61 Bus over to Southeast and Northeast Minneapolis for Doors Open. We first went to the Como Community Center, but then eventually took the 61 bus again over to Kramarczuk’s Sausage. My Grandpa got the Polish Kielbasa and I got the Grinder Sandwich. Both were great, with me trying a small bite of the Kielbasa that my grandpa got. My grandpa also got one their beers. When we left, we realized we were lucky enough to there when we did, as when we left there was a long line of people. We also took the 11 bus over to the Mississippi watershed, and then took the 32 and 83 buses back after we went to Antiquified Antiques to get my mom something for Mother’s Day. Anyways the food at Kramarczuk’s was great as always and I definitely see my some coming back here in the near future

East Hennepin Avenue and 2nd Street Southeast

Anyways like always, the details on how to get their on the bus

Right along the route 61, E Line, Route 4 and a 3 minute walk to the Route 11, 4 minutes to Route 10 and 17

This is a long shot, but I'd love to show these paintings at a coffee shop or even a gallery somewhere – if anyone has any recs, please let me know!

The best shot of Minneapolis I’ve ever gotten from a plane. Booking the window seat did not disappoint!

I was overwhelmed by your kindness and suggestions. I may not have gotten to you all and on some of the comments, I realized I just thanked for your suggestions and not for your condolences. And for that, I apologize.

A large number of you mentioned the Eloise Butler wildflower garden as a place where I might find peace and serenity. And I did, to a certain extent. I think I was too busy taking pictures of the flowers to actually stop and smell them. I must’ve taken hundreds, but seriously it really did bring me a lot of calm and peace.

I also visited the Walker, Minnehaha Falls, the Seward Cafe (great punk show), The 311 Club - Vacant rocks also Hi Alessandro & Dimitri - the only 2 Person I met all weekend. Also checked out the Fine Line on Saturday evening with it all culminating at the May Day Parade on Sunday.

It’s been rough on y’all the last couple years with extreme sadness and grief at the loss of your loved ones and your communities. To keep your humanity through such horrors demonstrates, to me, your wonderful and kind nature. Thank you for your empathy, thank you for your support, and thank you for your humanity.

I wanted to share with you some pictures of your beautiful city and of natures healing gifts. May you find equanimity in them as I did.

A note on the photographs. Thank you to all those who suggested West Photo. They are a great bunch of people who are very knowledgeable and helpful. I didn’t end up renting a camera, however due to I wasn’t sure upon my length of time. So, these were taken with my iPhone under the worst possible lighting conditions and also edited with my iPhone so please take that into account.

Link to original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/s/GywDnCO7PA

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gnJPC3/

Thanks for brightening my day with your whimsy!

Looks like Zak X is still going around harassing people. Here’s a little article I wrote about him, which includes his assault charges and two harassment restraining orders against him.

Well cool find of the day as well as a jump scare for my GF because of a Milk Snake crossing the sidewalk on the North Side of Nokomis. I would assume this gotta be someone’s pet because Hennepin County is most North Western extent for them.

Some photos from Wrecktangle Pizza’s 420 birthday bingo - it was all grand prizes, 10 rounds of bingo each with a $200 gift card to a local spot! It was a BLAST! (Happy to announce I won a Saturday dumpling co card!!!)

Ps (iykyk): TEAM OUTSIDE (round 1) TEAM INSIDE (round 2) - idk kindaaaa seems like the luck followed where my group went but.. 🤭🤷‍♀️

(Last one is me peak form)

Been getting back into photo taking as a hobby, because as much as it’s my life’s work, it’s also my favorite activity! Took a walk around the neighborhood and then some with the oldest digital body in my collection and a trusty 50mm :) Loring Park - Nicollet Mall & some blocks around 📸

An ICE agent working in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge will be charged with allegedly pointing his gun at two motorists while he was driving to the Whipple Building at the end of his shift in February.

Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., 35, of Temple Hills, Md., was charged with two felony counts of second-degree assault in Hennepin County District Court on Thursday. A nationwide warrant has been issued for his arrest.

This is the first criminal charge to be levied against an ICE agent for their actions during Operation Metro Surge. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in an interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune this week that while she can’t be certain, it might be the first charge of its kind nationwide.

It has now been 99 days since the murder of Renee Good. And still there has been no arrest. no charges. not even a slap on the wrist for Jonathan Ross. As far as we know, he's still working for ICE. Despite his horrific and inhumane actions.

It has now been 82 days since the murder of Alex Pretti. And still there has been no arrest. no charges. not even a slap on the wrist, and we don't even know the names of these murderous traitorous thugs. As far as we know, they're all still working for ICE. Despite their horrific and inhumane actions.

NEVER FORGET.

The Walker Art Center announced today that it is severing ties with Cardamom because its choice to revert to a QR code ordering system and eliminate servers “does not align with the Walker’s vision for a dining experience.”

Del Prado said Cardamom will close at the Walker Art Center in the next 90 days.

The separation comes at a time of controversy for the restaurant, which last week announced the format change, citing financial and staffing pressures. A statement from DDP Restaurant Group, one of the Twin Cities’ largest, said a majority of affected Cardamom employees were offered to stay with the new system and declined. Severance packages have been offered.

Heard him before I spotted him. Was surprised - are loons common at Lake Harriet?

April 17, 2026 - Democracy Now! Here’s the full 11-minutes on YouTube: Aliya Rahman Was Violently Arrested By ICE in Minneapolis. Now She's Fighting Back. - Democracy Now! (YouTube)

Here’s the video + transcript on the Democracy Now! website: Aliya Rahman v. DHS: Disabled Woman Dragged from Car Files Claim over Violent Arrest in Minneapolis (Democracy Now! website)

Jessica Gingold - MacArthur Justice Center: linkedin.com/in/jessica-gingold-17408b16

More info on the case from the MacArthur Justice Center: macarthurjustice.org/case/aliya-rahman - This page includes two PDFs: Administrative Complaint, #8 Basis of Claim (PDF) and FTCA Explained - MJC (PDF)

From the YouTube description:

Aliya Rahman, a Minneapolis resident who was violently detained by ICE officers in January during “Operation Metro Surge,” filed a federal tort claim against the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, claiming the agency used excessive force and violated her rights. Rahman was never charged with any crime. “They battered Aliya. They assaulted Aliya. They were negligent in their medical care for Aliya,” says Jessica Gingold, one of Rahman’s attorneys. “All of those things are illegal, and this is our tool for making sure that they have to pay for that.”

Aliya Rahman was on her way to a doctor’s appointment when her route was blocked by ICE vehicles. Rahman’s window was smashed, and she was violently pulled out of her car. She told the officers she is disabled and autistic, but says they mocked her. Rahman was brought to an ICE jail, where she was denied medical care. She eventually fell unconscious and woke up at a hospital. “My hope is that Americans can see that we have an option that might someday make mass acts of racial violence seem too expensive for these folks, even if they don’t share our values,” says Rahman.

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Here’s an r/Minneapolis post with a news article about Rahman’s recent filing: More ICE Accountability News - Aliya Rahman Files Complaint Against DHS, Setting the Stage For a Federal Lawsuit

Here are more r/Minneapolis posts with Aliya Rahman: r/Minneapolis/search/?q=%22Aliya+Rahman%22&type=posts&sort=new

ICYMI: The longtime homeowner and gardener passed last summer, and when the house was sold, many were unsure if the tulip house would ever return. (The bulbs were removed before the sale.) 

New homeowner Patty, who bought the house late last year, told me “it would be crushing” if the neighborhood didn’t have tulips. She found out where Lisa obtained her flowers and bought over 5,000 bulbs, planting them with the help of neighbors right before the ground froze. 

The south side of the house will bloom with multiple colors of tulips, while the east side has a mix of hardier flowers like hyacinths. Plus, surrounding neighbors planted tulips in their yards in memory of Lisa — by May, it will hopefully become a Tulip Street. 💕

Find it at the corner of 25th St and Humboldt Ave in Minneapolis. Please be respectful of the homeowner and neighbors!!!!!

all this for morgen fucken wallen?? aint he racist??

A recent post of Uptown circa 2010 inspired me to hunt these down. I lived off of Lagoon and James over by the lakes in 2005 and did one of those day-in-the-life things that were popular on blogs back in the day. Never occurred to me that so much would change in 25 years, but it sounds like these are definitely relics of a distant past. Also included a couple Dinkytown shots from the same day.

We’re so pumped I’ve been wanting the Michelin guide to come here for so long - looks like Meet Minneapolis is funding it (we had always heard the city wasn’t going to pay for it) so they’ll only be visiting spots in Minneapolis proper - sorry St. Paul !!

Thoughts on who might get a star?

Seen off of E Lake by Cub.

Papers, please.

This year marks 5 years that I've lived in the city proper. Here are some snapshots during that time. I truly believe we are one of the best cities in the country. That is only thanks to the people who choose to live here.

Here is a bit of what the last few years have looked like for me.

Love always, your neighbor.

It's video from city-owned cameras.

Hi everyone - I spent a lot of time in February at the memorials with my handful of film cameras, the relationships and sacredness of the scenes I witnessed is something I’ve shared only a little bit on ig and have largely been keeping to myself since, but I thought you all might want to see them and maybe they will help you as you process everything we’ve been through as a city in the first months of this year too. We love you Minneapolis neighbors ♥️

Went for a walk around the lake yesterday (4/5) and saw a blue heron, a cormorant, 2 pairs of northern shoveler ducks, 4 pairs of wood ducks, and a loon!!

I love loons so much and know it’s rare for them to be in the city. I’m going out again today with binoculars to hopefully get a better look if they’re still around.

As someone trying to purchase an apartment in Minneapolis, it is upsetting to find nearly every apartment on the market in North Loop (and other areas) have windowless bedrooms. I won't go into the (il)legality of this, and what living in such a setup does to one's mental health (google it if you're interested), but what I will say is that it's appalling this was ever allowed. Some zoning committee in the past was utterly clueless, developers took advantage, and now they should be made to fix it. I think I speak for most when I say we're sick and tired of companies squeezing out more revenue at the expense of the public's wellbeing. Developers can put more units in a building by elongating apartments such that the bedroom is between the living room and entryway - but that means bedrooms don't get windows. Or they get some stupid gap at the top of the wall shared with the living room. Disgusting.

“They come to our country, low IQs, and they rob us blind,” Trump said of the Somali-American community. “They rob us blind because we have crooked politicians and dirty cops.”

The president then turned his attention specifically to Ellison, the Minnesota attorney general who in 2006 became the first Muslim elected to a statewide office in the US when he won the race to represent Minnesota’s 5th District in the US House of Representatives.

“The attorney general’s a dirty cop, that’s my opinion,” said Trump, who in 2024 was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. “And something should be done about him.”

Springsteen said the live premiere of "Streets of Minneapolis" at First Avenue on Jan. 30 at the height of the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge was among the most meaningful performances he’s ever given in a career spanning more than 3,600 gigs over nearly 60 years.

“There are certain moments where you’re in the right place at the right time and something deeply meaningful occurs that is bigger than the band. It all has to do with the events of the day, the moment you’re in,” the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer said.

“And so being in Minneapolis [in January] goes way up to the top of the list as far as meaningful shows I’ve played,” he declared.

Whoops, forgot to flip the picture of the shirt- I think enough of you figured it out…