Twin Cities urban exploration
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  Chute Tunnel/Cave & Pillsbury Canal
  A long-buried natural cave and the man-
  made tunnel that once connected it to
  the outside world.

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  Cobb's Caves
  A long-lost cave system beneath downtown
  Saint Paul, which we were only able to
  discover with rappelling gear
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  East Bank Tailrace Tunnels
  Tailrace tunnels from the late 1800's,
  and associated abandoned building sub-
  levels.
  

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  Ford Motors Mines
  The extensive tunnel network beneath
  the Ford Motors Plant, used in the 30's

  to mine sand to make into auto glass.

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  Fort Snelling Drains
  Old stone drainage tunnels beneath the
  historic Fort, home to a variety of
  loathsome creatures.

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  Heinrich Brewery Caves
  A small system of caves once used to
  lager beer for the Heinrich Brewery
a
  century or so ago.

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  Kittsondale Helix Drains
  Two major drain systems on either side
  of Saint Paul, each featuring unusual
  stone spiral staircases.

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  Labyrinth, The
  The Holy Grail of Twin Cities Urban
  Adventuring - seven interconnected
  tunnel systems tangling beneath St Paul.

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  Lucky 13 Drain
  A massive Saint Paul drain featuring
  an impressive impact cup dropshaft
  complex.

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  Nicollet Island Tunnels (Satan's Cave)
  The infamous "Satan's Cave" and related
  utility tunnels from long ago.

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  Phalen Creek Tunnel
  A truly enormous drain, built in the
  1800's to entomb a creek that got in the
  way of the railroad companies.

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  Redwing Caves
  A variety of manmade and natural caves
  in the bluffs of scenic and historic
  Redwing, Minnesota.

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  Stahlmann's Brewery Cellars
  Extensive and deadly, this network of
  brewery caves, tunnels,
and sewers
  almost killed us.

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  Temple of the Drowned Cat Drain
  A nifty drain with some interesting
  architecture.

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  U of MN Steam Tunnels: East Bank System
  Action Squad's birthplace. A two-level,
  extremely extensive steam tunnel maze
  beneath the entire campus.

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  U of MN Steam Tunnels: West Bank System
  The corresponding, much smaller system
  across the Mississippi River.

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  U of MN Steam Tunnels: Saint Paul System
  The U's steam tunnel system beneath the
  Saint Paul campus. We almost got busted
  there twice.

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  Wabasha Street Bridge Tunnels
  A bizarre network of tunnels, bridge
  rooms, caves, plus the innards of the
  Wabasha Street bridge itself.

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  West Bank Tailrace Tunnels
  A mostly flooded system that carried
  water back to the river in the 1800's,
  after its energy had been harnessed
  and converted into electricity.

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  Yoerg Brewery Caves
  A four-level (kind of) brewery cave
  system, well over 100 years old.


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