Lockers

Grand Army, as seen from a Gilman Tram grade.

A switch for the yard engines, now on the edge of the property where nobody will find it.

Looking into one of the fire slides, designed to evacuate patients extremely quickly. In 1880, a fire completely destroyed the asylum at St. Peter, Minnesota, killing 30 patients.

When Nopeming was affiliated with local farms, it often slaughtered its own livestock. This is the part of the hospital where food would be prepped, below the stage in the Service Building.

In the Lime House, the sunset picked-up the last light of day to make this image. Lime is used in the beet sugar refinement process to reduce the acidity of the beet juice mixture.

Off the beaten path is this old LTV sign. Now it points to a ghost town and dead dock.

The steel awning and its elegant staircase are one of my favorite features near the old carpentry shop. The gymnasium-theater is in the background.

The Arcade itself, a predecessor of the indoor mall. Don’t you love those arches?

A sheik mustard-yellow paint scheme across the roofless engine house goes great with the industrial moss and rust.