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Abbott Hospital
A historic 1910 hospital found vacant
& boarded in the heart of Minneapolis, after
decades as a "transitional care" facility.
Cambridge
State Mental Hospital
An
abandoned mental state mental asylum,
and
the utility tunnel system beneath it,
shut
down due to cruel treatment of its
prisoners.
Err, patients.
Fort Snelling abandoned
military buildings
A complex of semi-ruined old military
buildings near Fort
Snelling.
Gopher
Munitions Plant
Known to locals as
"the U-lands," the
remains of a defunct WWII munitions plant
provide the adventurous with thousands of
acres to explore.
GTA
Head House / Sack House
Last structure left
standing of a grain
elevator district along the river bank
near downtown Saint Paul.
Hamm's
Brewery
A complex of around
four dozen abandoned
buildings dating back to 1864; the birth-
place of Hamm's Beer. A 'Grade-A' industrial
playground.
"Hellhouse"
Sanitarium
An oldie, a goodie,
but a not hereie any
moreie.
Originally the Mudcura Sanitarium.
Now a pile of ashes. Sad.
Hillcrest
Bowl
An abandoned bowling
alley built in the
1950's during the golden era of American
bowling. Demolished in 2003.
A 75-year old Duluth hotel full of
memories & history, vacant for decades
& about to face the wrecking ball.
Ice
Building
Another wonderful
abandoned site that is
no longer with us on this mortal coil.
Demolished in 2001.
Martha
Ripley Maternity Hospital
An abandoned maternity
hospital on the
National Register of Historic Places.
Boarded up professionally, but we got in.
Mineral
Research Center
A large, machinery
and artifact-choked
scientific/industrial research building
that has stood empty on the U of MN
campus for years.
Minnesota
Ghost Town Huntin'
The tale and photos
of Action Squad's
foray into rural Minnesota on a quest
for ghost towns.
Montana
Flour Mill
In Minnesota, not
Montana. A vacant
flour mill still full of wooden machinery
from the 1800's.
Temple
of Saints Volodymyr & Olga
An abandoned church
built in 1908,
built like a Roman Temple.
