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I photographed this flowering shrub in Minnesota last summer. It had pink to white flowers with 5 petals in many clusters and serrated leaves:

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I've tried to identify it myself, but so far none of my searches have given me enough to go off of. Can anyone tell me what it is?

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This is a Spiraea shrub. Here is a general article on the genus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiraea.

There are 10s of species and probably hundreds of cultivars. One of the most common garden Spiraeas is S. japonica.

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