A museum dedicated to the history of flour milling might not sound that interesting, but put it in a historic national landmark and offer fascinating interactive exhibits, and presto, you have Minneapolis’s Mill City Museum. 

Once considered the flour milling capital of the world from 1880 to 1930, and known around the globe as “Mill City,” Minneapolis at one time had 20 stone flour mills along its canal.  In 1880, the Washburn A Mill, the largest and most technologically advanced mill in the world, opened and produced enough flour each day to make 12 million loaves of bread.

As industry eventually left the city, the old mill closed in 1965, but was renovated in the 1990’s and converted into the Mill City Museum by the Minnesota Historical society.  Today the museum is a popular attraction with unique and interactive exhibits dedicated to the history of the mill, the industry and the city.

Museum highlights include the F

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