Control Room

One of the last improvements to this elevator was the addition of a new scale in 1968.

Between two brick buildings is a metal one with many windows set into it. Having been in many mills of similar design, I conjecture that this was the milling building, where machines ground the corn before it was boiled.

Part of the plant has been reused as a scrap metal yard.

An impressive message for graffiti in a Detroit warehouse, but then again look at these steam pumps. Over-built and under-appreciated.

Rogers Mine is one of the most structurally sound mines in the Iron River area that isn’t part of a museum.

There’s no way an explorer, much less a choir, could stand here now. Since this picture was taken the roof has collapsed onto the loft.

Frankie on the White Pine Mine vehicle access shaft. The mine was traditional inside… all room-and-pillar.

The main floor of the hospital was crammed with furniture.

The spectacular, if precarious, view of downtown Minneapolis from the roof of ADM Annex 4. Note the great messages left by various graffiti artists who made it to the spot.