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 andrwm
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 |  | Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
< on 11/12/2006 7:23 PM >
|  | | | Hey guys,
Does anyone know of any ghost towns or towns where the population has gone down like 80% in the last century, located in the Midwest or 'Greater Lakes' area of the United States?
I know there's a few in my state, Minnesota. Most of them are either severely dwindled in population or old ruins of the towns are on private property.
Some of the ghost towns I can think of are:
- Barrows, MN (Crow Wing county)
- Nelson, MN (Douglas county)
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andrwm
Gender: Male
| | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 2 on 11/12/2006 8:51 PM >
| | | | I was just on http://www.ghostsofnorthdakota.com. My folks are actually thinking about moving to North Dakota, I'm trying to talk them into *taking a drive* that way sometime this next coming year. If they do decide to go look at houses in North Dakota, I'm going to try to find out where every single ghost town on the way is.
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cash68
| | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 4 on 11/13/2006 3:39 AM >
| | | | Pretty much the entire U.P. excluding houghton/hancock.
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EatsTooMuchJam
  
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Squirty "Stickybuns" von Cherrypants
| |  |  |  |  | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 5 on 11/20/2006 5:24 AM >
| | | | Posted by cash68
Pretty much the entire U.P. excluding houghton/hancock.
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.. and then re-including Houghton/Hancock.
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EatsTooMuchJam
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Squirty "Stickybuns" von Cherrypants
| | | | | | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 6 on 11/20/2006 5:29 AM >
| | | | Posted by andrwm
I was just on http://www.ghostsofnorthdakota.com. My folks are actually thinking about moving to North Dakota, I'm trying to talk them into *taking a drive* that way sometime this next coming year. If they do decide to go look at houses in North Dakota, I'm going to try to find out where every single ghost town on the way is.
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That site does a pretty decent job of finding them, but there are a lot more places.
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away."
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Rattler
Gender: Male
| | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 7 on 11/23/2006 12:13 PM >
|  | | | I will second a visit to Idlewild. Marlborough is really neat too and not far from Idlewild.
I will post some Idlewild pics after I scan them in.
[last edit 11/23/2006 12:13 PM by Rattler - edited 1 times]
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Dr. Magnus
   
Location: MSP (Upper Echelon)
Gender: Male
| | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 8 on 11/23/2006 10:48 PM >
| | | | Old mining town called Mandan up in the UP.
http://www.explori...m/mandan/mine.html
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Rattler
Gender: Male
| | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 9 on 11/24/2006 9:01 PM >
| | | | Click on the "Maps To Ghosttowns" on that page. You can visit Gay. The only busniess there is the Gay Bar. No kidding.
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tron_2.0
Location: Ohio
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 10 on 11/24/2006 10:23 PM >
| | | | There is an entirely abandoned neighborhood in Cincinnati. Its pretty alright.
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EatsTooMuchJam
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Squirty "Stickybuns" von Cherrypants
| | | | | | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 11 on 11/26/2006 10:35 PM >
| | | | Mandan is really not all that worth visiting. As the site says, the 4 houses in town are all occupied by hunters and the like in Summer.
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away."
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Bones
Location: st.paul, minnesota
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 12 on 11/27/2006 2:10 AM >
| | | | theres this small town in northern minnesota called cosmos minnesota, it still has a population of very few but theres an abandonded stip mall that looks as if it was on fire but no to badly burned and some houses.
out and under the town |
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Flik
Location: Fargo, ND
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 13 on 11/27/2006 3:06 PM >
| | | | Posted by andrwm
Some of the ghost towns I can think of are:
- Barrows, MN (Crow Wing county)
- Nelson, MN (Douglas county)
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Man, Barrows used to be interesting until a fire started by some kids destroyed the old schoolhouse there. I had explored it with some friends many years ago, and although it was being used to store a lot of junk, it had some neat aspects to it. There were several pianos in it too, including a player piano. All burned.
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Clockwork
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
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| | | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 14 on 11/29/2006 5:24 PM >
| | | | I would very much be interested in taking a little trip up to the UP next summer.
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ilduce
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| | | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 15 on 1/11/2007 8:16 PM >
| | | | Not sure if this qualifies as a ghost town, but I used to live near the town of Ai (pronounced "A eye"). While it still has aa number of residents, they are now down to only one business since the elementary school moved.
Some pictures that I took yesterday: http://picasaweb.g...le/GhostTownOfAiOH
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god_of_fear
Location: Osceola, Wisconsin
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 16 on 1/12/2007 5:06 AM >
| | | | They just mentioned a place on the news tonight-Truman, MN. Sounded interesting. Except that a 17 year old kid is buying up all the abandoned stores and re-opening them...
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oh-ten
Location: San Francisco CA
Gender: Male
| | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 17 on 1/12/2007 5:29 AM >
| | | | Times Beach Missouri
(because of astronomical dioxin contamination)
http://en.wikipedi...es_Beach,_Missouri
(only one building is left though...)
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| | | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 18 on 1/12/2007 6:58 PM >
| | | | Highland Park, Mi
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Noble Donor
Location: Clare, Michigan
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Ghost-towns or almost-ghost-towns in the Great Lakes/Midwest
<Reply # 19 on 1/12/2007 8:58 PM >
| | | | Podunk, Michigan. Seriously, that's the name of the place. There's one currently lived-in house.
http://www.rupelli.com/UE/Podunk/
Also, www.ghosttowns.com has a pretty complete listing, state by state.
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watch light bend in the blower.." -Clutch
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