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Abandoned Hayride Billboard on I-35W, Minneapolis Skyline

October 2024 —

Nicollet Self Service Car Wash, Minneapolis: Overgrown and Graffitied

June 2024 — Nature taking back the car wash after what seems like weeks of rain in Minneapolis. The car wash on Nicollet Ave has been abandoned for years.

Genesis Convention Center Arena, Gary Indiana

February 2024 — The Genesis Convention Center in Gary Indiana.

Genesis Convention Center Stairwell, Gary, Indiana

February 2024 — Long vacant convention center in Gary Indiana.

Genesis Convention Center scoreboard, Gary, Indiana

February 2024 — The scoreboard at the Genesis Convention Center in Gary, Indiana.

Milwaukee Mall on North Avenue

August 2023 — The long abandoned Milwaukee Mall building on North Avenue as seen in August 2023.

ADM Grain Elevator and Harris Machinery Co., Minneapolis

October 2022 — The aging ADM grain elevator rises over the Harris Machinery Co. building in Minneapolis, a reminder of the city’s long industrial relationship with grain milling and riverfront commerce. These concrete storage silos and metal-clad headhouses were once central to moving Midwestern grain through the milling district, part of an infrastructure network that fueled Minneapolis’s identity as the “Flour Milling Capital of the World.” Harris Machinery Co., a longtime supplier of industrial equipment, occupies the foreground, its brick façade contrasting with the weathered surfaces of the towering elevator. The structures together illustrate the layered industrial history of the city’s working riverfront.

Snow-Covered Loading Alley, Fruen Mill, Minneapolis

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Burned Rooftop, Fruen Mill, Minneapolis

July 2022 —

Graffiti-Covered Stairwell, Fruen Mill, Minneapolis

July 2022 —

RIP Floyd Graffiti in Abandoned Minneapolis Building

April 2021 — RIP Floyd written inside a popular abandoned building in Minneapolis.

Abandoned Chateau Hutter on the Shore of Sturgeon Bay

October 2019 — Built in the early 1930s, Chateau Hutter was originally envisioned as a European-style resort and winery overlooking Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin. The stone building, designed with locally quarried limestone and heavy timber framing, has long been abandoned but still stands as a striking relic of pre-war leisure architecture. Its location on a bluff above Lake Michigan and its craftsmanship make it one of the region’s most enigmatic remnants of early tourism development.

Overgrown Ward Building, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Queens

August 2019 —

Overgrown Grounds, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Queens

August 2019 —

Utility Sink and Barred Window, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

August 2019 —

Red and Yellow Chairs, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

August 2019 —

Derelict Classroom, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Queens

August 2019 —

Barred Window, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Queens

August 2019 —

Patient Room, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Queens

August 2019 —

Tracks at Archer Daniels Midland Elevator

July 2019 — Train tracks outside the long abandoned massive concrete Archer-Daniels-Midland Delmar Elevator No. 7 in Minneapolis.

Abandoned Mine Entrance, Black Hills, South Dakota

July 2019 — An abandoned mine in South Dakota near the Black Hills.

Abandoned Gold Rush Mine Entrance, Black Hills, SD

July 2019 — Carved into a rugged slope of weathered schist and limestone, this small mine entrance sits near the historic mining corridors west of Custer, South Dakota — a remnant of the Black Hills’ 19th-century gold rush. The opening, likely hand-dug or expanded with early blasting techniques, leads into mineral-rich rock layers once prospected for gold, silver, and iron sulfides that fueled the regional boom of the 1870s. Surrounding the portal are piles of tailings and fractured quartz veins that reveal the area’s geologic complexity — part of an ancient mountain uplift more than 1.8 billion years old. Today, the forest has begun to reclaim the site, with pines and brush growing over the spoil heaps, blending traces of human industry back into the Black Hills landscape.

Abandoned Bank Room with Chandelier

October 2018 — A chandelier and fireplace in the room of an abandoned downtown bank.

Hopkins Cold Storage warehouse interior, Hopkins, Minnesota

August 2018 — Inside the now demolished Hopkins Cold Storage facility in Hopkins, Minnesota.

Mrs. John Dibert Administration Building at Hope Haven

August 2018 —

Hope Haven: Abandoned NOLA

August 2018 —

Hope Haven Marrero, LA

August 2018 —

Abandoned Hope Haven, NOLA

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Abandoned Hope Haven Library

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Kirkbride Complex, Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center

July 2018 — Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Aerial of Kirkbride Building’s Wings and Central Tower, Fergus Falls

July 2018 —

Demolished rear courtyard, Fergus Falls Kirkbride Building, Minnesota

July 2018 —

Ford Steam Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota

November 2017 —

Abandoned Locomotive at Industrial Site, Belgium

September 2017 — Abandoned trains in Belgium.

Abandoned SNCB Autorail 4001, Charleroi

September 2017 — A decommissioned SNCB/NMBS Autorail Série 400, unit no. 4001, rests abandoned on a disused siding near Charleroi, Belgium. Built in the early 1950s by BN (La Brugeoise et Nivelles), these diesel multiple units were among Belgium’s first post-war efforts to modernize regional and intercity rail travel, replacing steam on secondary lines. The streamlined design and two-tone red-and-cream livery reflected the optimism of that era’s industrial renewal. Decades later, this car’s faded paint, shattered windows, and rust-etched steel now mark the slow decay of a machine that once represented progress in Belgian transport history. The surrounding derelict depot underscores the decline of Wallonia’s railway manufacturing heritage.

Hamm’s Brewery Power Plant, St. Paul, MN

July 2017 — The Theodore Hamm's Brewing Company was an American brewing company established in 1865 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Becoming the 5th "largest brewery" in the United States, Hamm's expanded with additional breweries that were acquired in other cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, and Baltimore.

Abandoned Mine Adit, Black Hills near Lead, South Dakota

July 2017 — A long-forgotten mine entrance lies hidden in the forested slopes near the old gold mining town of Lead, South Dakota. The timber-framed portal, now partially collapsed and overtaken by vegetation, dates back to the late 19th or early 20th century—part of the Black Hills’ extensive network of small exploratory mines that sprang up after the 1876 gold rush. Streams like this one often run through or near these adits, carrying trace minerals that once drew prospectors to the region. Though many of these shafts were short-lived, they remain scattered reminders of South Dakota’s mining heritage and the rugged ambition that once fueled settlement in the Black Hills.

Abandoned Presidents Park Statues in Black Hills Forest, South Dakota

July 2017 — These towering concrete presidential busts sit hidden in the woods near Lead, South Dakota—remnants of a once-ambitious roadside attraction called Presidents Park. Conceived by Texas artist David Adickes and opened in 2003, the park showcased forty-three sculptures, each roughly 20 feet tall, depicting every U.S. president from Washington through George W. Bush. The attraction struggled to draw visitors and closed by 2010, leaving the massive heads stranded in the forest. Over time, nature reclaimed the site, with fallen branches, moss, and pine needles collecting around the statues. Today, the figures stand as haunting relics of early-2000s Americana tourism and the impermanence of grand civic art in private hands.