Belt manlifts have always been a fetish of mine, and growing up near the former flour milling capital of the world I had access to many. This is more of a fan page and tribute than an article.
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Belt-O-Vators: The Sexy Manlifts
Belt manlifts have always been a fetish of mine, and growing up near the former flour milling capital of the world I had access to many. This is...
Northern Pacific Ore Dock
Back in ‘06 when it was clear that I was going to be going to Duluth for a few years to finish off one of my degrees I posted to the big Urban...
Northern Pacific Power
I was going through my archived documents, looking for an old UE video Flik made when I still lived near Fargo, ND I came across this virtual tour I was planning...
Dan’s Drain
Let me tell you a little about drainers… they get excited about three things underground: size, composition, and features. It follows, then, that the ideal...
Purina Mill, or, ‘That F-ing Kitten’
Continuing the theme of posting locations after they’ve been sealed, demolished, or incredibly defaced, I give you Purina...
Asbestos (with a side of lead paint); UE Philosophy
[Post complimented with pictures from the weekend.] A lot of paper and internet space is devoted to where and how so-called Urban...
Hamm’s Brewery
At the time of this writing, the Asian Pacific Cultural Center has received a $5 million setback thanks to Governor Pawlenty’s desk veto. Although I do...
Protected: Paul’s Home
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Well Shit
It’s almost too damn easy to forget I even have a website anymore, since I got so busy with studies and work (which are going great, thanks for asking). So let’s...
Published in High Pains Drifter!
Hello, readers… sorry I haven’t shown my face around lately; getting a bit too famous for this nook in the interblondes. Instead, work...
Chisago County Poor Farm
Beginning in 1885, Chisago County Poor Farm operated about one mile East of North Branch, a rural town an hour north of Saint Paul, MN. Life on the poor...
Holy Family Orphanage
Between the lines of tacky photo archives and a myriad of g-g-g-ghost resources, sometimes a gem shines through. The Holy Family Orphanage sits on the edge...
Noh Shit Tour
Just got off the winter/spring exploring trip with Nohbdy, this time it was the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I was there in late summer showing off the abandoned copper...
Clarkhouse Creek Drain
In 1888, the Duluth City Council appropriated funds to construct Cascade Park (and three other of the first city parks). The park began as a 49 acre retreat...
Protected: Social Engineering, or the ‘Cute and Dumb’ Method
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An Examination of the Word “Overkill”
TC Drainer and Glass stalked carefully up through the woods, noiselessly marching toward a dark hospital whose hallways they knew...
Felsenkeller & Ag Caves
Historical The Ag cave set, like many other Lilydale examples, were built and expanded over much time under many owners. Saint Paul’s German...
Cloquet Paper Mill
The first thing one must know about urban exploration is not to ask where locations are. This one’s in Cloquet, MN, and you’re welcome to it. Now,...
Chester Creek Drain
When I’m in Duluth I normally hang out at a local coffee shop/bakery that has interesting clients, good soup and fast internet. It has put me into contact...
Osceola & Centennial Copper Mines
Osceola Part One The sun was setting on our second day out, and we were more or less decided that nothing else would happen with our current...
Houghton County Poor Farm
The Houghton County Poor farm has been the object of my fancies since returning from the spur-the-moment jaunt to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan “Norfland...
Glass’ Fallie Drain
I need a regular drain fix, like any tunnel rat. Because of a botched OPEX plan and an expedited family vacation, I got the chance to check out my new...
East Bank Tailraces
Trip One: Get Everything Together: We’re Leaving Now After a walk around Pillsbury Mills we headed down to what used to the old NSP East Bank Tailrace....
Bureau of Mines
Trip 1: That Was Easy We ran from the back gate toward the building in the early afternoon, and a teenager a bit younger than us, wielding a camera, opened up a...
Lucky 13 Drain
One of the landmark drains of the Twin Cities is Lucky 13. Made famous by Max Action’s writeup, the 13′ diameter round reinforced concrete pipe drains...
Candyman Cave
So-called because of one the main features is a large room with a stage carved into the back of it, highlighted with beer can stage lights and two sets of steps (and...
The Shorthop
I had known for a long time that there was a certain loverly NSP tunnel that dead ended after a decent, sloppy stroll. I also knew that on a totally unrelated note...
Funk Brewery Cave
Clop clop clop splash… walking sanitary lately! It’s not every night I find myself in the sewers, dodging rats and TP because sometimes I find myself...
The Lyric Theatre
After running like hell from Stelco, we weren’t prepared for another failure, so we headed to a more historic location that is easier to get into. As with...
Firestone & Escape from Stelco Steel
A week before I left Saint Paul, MN for Toronto, ON a long-time acquaintance of mine from Oakville, ON posted a set of photos from what...
Lakeview Generating Station
It was sunset on my first day in Toronto when I was just leaving RL Hearn with Boffo. He had been exchanging calls with ‘Avatar-X’ while...
RL Hearn Generating Station
RL Hearn had been the subject of so many hundreds of photographs on UER.ca for years. When some subject comes along that everyone and their mother has...
Old Moorhead Power Plant
“It’s negative thirteen degrees and my pants are shredded. Damnit.” -What was going through my mind before making a second attempt through...
The Schmidt Brewery
“Yarr! We hoisted the Jolly Roger over ye brewery, I mean pirate ship!”; “Yaharrrr! Yarrr! Aye we did!”; “Yaharrr!” [After...
Abwasserkanal Drain
A storm drain + steam tunnel + Dethhole adventure. So Hibby and I went out draining to what the RTD explorers called the Divine Drain–but is actually the...
Duluth Steam
The Legend Miles and miles of abandoned and active steam lines, interrupted by basements, gigantic boilers, and fallout shelters. It was said that the tunnels were...
Fergus Falls State Hospital
“The proper custody and treatment of the insane are now recognized as among the duties which every State owes its citizens.” -Thomas Story...
Nopeming Sanitorium
Tuberculosis in the early twentieth century was one of the largest shapers of public health care facilities today. Carriers of the bacterial disease were feared...
Clyde Iron Works
Clyde Iron Works dominated West Duluth for over a century, producing the tools that allowed Northern Minnesota’s industry to boom onto the iron range. Through...
D&IR Round House & Engine Shop
[Standing across a harbor from complex with Danarchy.] “So, what do you suppose is up with those white buildings o’er yonder?...
Quincey Smelting Works
[Driving past Superior, WI from Duluth, MN] Glass: Wow, we’re not that far from Michigan. ETMJ: How far? Glass: Two… maybe three hours from...
Belt-O-Vators: The Sexy Manlifts