Pillsbury A-Mill

The Pillsbury A-Mill on the east bank of the Mississippi River is a massive 1881 limestone mill building that was once the largest flour mill in the world. The building has been converted to residential lofts while retaining the industrial exterior and the historic designation that protects its facade. The building can be seen from the Stone Arch Bridge, its twin towers visible above the riverbank.

The complex is now primarily private residential, but the exterior is accessible from the riverfront path and offers a vivid sense of the industrial scale of 19th-century Minneapolis milling. The Mill Ruins Park immediately west, on the opposite bank, has interpretive signage explaining the milling history of both banks.

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At its peak in the 1880s, the Pillsbury A Mill was the largest flour mill in the world, grinding 5,000 barrels of flour per day. The flour supply from Minneapolis mills was so dominant in the late 19th century that Minneapolis was known as the "Mill City of the World." The Pillsbury company later merged with General Mills, another Minneapolis flour company, and the A-Mill was decommissioned in 2003 after 130 years of operation.