Lost Railways of the Twin Cities

Take a rails-and-trails tour of abandoned railways around the Twin Cities metro, as our author explains their history and current uses.

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Many state Departments of Transportation maintain maps of abandoned rail lines.

Minnesota

Iowa
- That is really cool. And disappointing we no long have such cool infrastructure.
Ghost Streets of Los Angeles – in both cases, relying on the palimpsests of another age revealing themselves through satellite imaging
- Thanks for sharing. That author has a great style.
  
  I have found it interesting that tornado paths can also show up that way. (All of the new buildings are decidedly from a different era than the remaining buildings.)