I have to say that these Urban Exploration videos are really interesting. And then I had to ask myself why that's the case. There is something haunting about seeing abandoned structures in the "mighty" American Civilization, which is usually portrayed as a world of tree-lined suburbs, crowded freeways, glistening skyscrapers, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and Starbucks. These mills were the physical manifestation of the companies that were the Microsofts and Apples of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And yet now they sit in ruins. What places will urban explorers be documenting 100 years from now? Will Apple's glorious corporate campus sit rotting in Cupertino? Will Googleplex be an abandoned historical site? Nothing lasts. And today's iconic structures will one day also sit in ruins, replaced with newer ideas and symbols.

@theworldofyesterday4151

3 жыл бұрын

Love the insight/foresight in your comment. Time marches on, and change is inevitable, we can only hope to preserve some of these remnants of the past through video and photography for present and future generations to see and learn about. Thanks for watching!

Attempted this earlier this fall, it was sealed up pretty good

@samjohnson4709

3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@colbyburque2648

3 жыл бұрын

Just did it tonight lol

@jpegs

3 жыл бұрын

@@colbyburque2648 whattttt can you give me a hint 😂

@colbyburque2648

3 жыл бұрын

@Apollo XBL I’ll be there tonight aswell meet me lol

@iamshamtheman

3 жыл бұрын

@@colbyburque2648 I'm here in Minneapolis passing through on a crosscountry roadtrip. Is this still accessible now? Where'd you park? Also been doing urban camping. Got recommendation?

I once explored the former Courteen Seed Company in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1999 or 2000 & it too had the charging holes above the silo's . I had to explain to my friend about looking ahead of his steps so he didn't fall down thru one of these open hole's. Thank You for posting your video.

Heyo. Great vid folks! Takes a lot of grit to crawl through places like this and y'all do a fantastic job. Thanks for treating your shoots with respect, that goes a lot further than general jack-assery. Thanks for sharing!

Found you on Mickey Nixon Films and had to sub. I live in MN and love seeing content from here. Great video! 👍

I can only imagine if that beast exploded instead of the gold medal mill back in the day.

Awesome location. Love the drone shots!! Nice exploration. stay safe!

I wonder, does a group called "action squad" no longer exist? They was one of my biggest inspirations for urban exploration, but it’s been years and the site has come to a standstill and nothing new has been heard of them. They explored this mill on their stories then.

@theworldofyesterday4151

3 жыл бұрын

They were one of our biggest inspirations as well. Chances are they've moved on now and don't explore anymore, but I'm sure there's a few former members that are still interested in the hobby and willing to chat over social media if you manage to find them. Thanks for watching!

@fireballninja01

2 жыл бұрын

if you look on their site, one of them, with one or two more former members helping out, has gone to Wisconsin to build an extensive tunnel maze

@bill4514

Жыл бұрын

I think they were all students at the u I'm guessing at least half of them are no longer in mpls

Yeesssss you guys are the best

@theworldofyesterday4151

4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the compliment. We certainly try our hardest.

Yo I live up by duluth I know a way into the abandon silver mine under duluth wanna make a video?! Haha

Another great building It gets closed time to time by the city and usually there is some kind of construction activity by the entrance I've gotten in here plenty of times it's a hell of a hike but a lot of great stuff to see That basement was always flooded and mud covered however I wish it would dry out The pipes in the basement connect to the various grain shafts

@LuckyO97

4 жыл бұрын

Never muddy when I went

@LuckyO97

3 жыл бұрын

Never was it muddy when I went was clean and dry

I went in there a year before this was uploaded and stayed a couple nights. It’s so fun to explore but unfortunately we had a warning from the police there to leave. But I could probably visit again since it’s been some years.

Love this place! went there a few days ago hella cold and windy tho.

@samjohnson4709

3 жыл бұрын

You went a month ago and got in?

I went into the mill right next to it a few days ago. I hope to someday go into UC, hopefully find an opening big enough soon

@jacobl4477

4 жыл бұрын

Cecilia Obetz all the entrances I went to 2 weekends ago were blocked off, lmk if you find any opening

Also they probably just stood on the top of the silo and used brush extensions to paint it you can tell because there is no over spray and the letters are square and there are all most no diagonal lines witch would be hard to paint with rollers because you can only go up and down. Also united crushers is a graffiti crew

@theworldofyesterday4151

4 жыл бұрын

Aaaaaahhhhhh thanks for the clarification! Was wondering how they did that, we just assumed they used stencils or something like that lol. Good observation with the over spray too. Can't believe we didn't catch that.

@cadenharmsen8845

3 жыл бұрын

@@theworldofyesterday4151 me and some friends have a I spy hunt For the vault d69 crew They have stickers all over Minneapolis Some can be found on the brick stairway crematorium looking thing by minnehaha falls Another few by loring park On the sidewalk by the coffee shop And even one in stillwater on the stairway park by made coffee

Haven't been there in a minute

They took the stairs down from the silos which is kinda depressing but me and my group made it into the tall side building instead. Still an amazing view and a great place over all

@blackeyez555

3 жыл бұрын

When did you go and can people still get in?

@oen5575

3 жыл бұрын

Sellin I went today and a every things all sealed up

@blackeyez555

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Coolman Yo wassup man😂 it’s me Amario

@waviethekid

3 жыл бұрын

Sellin you can’t get in through the solos anymore that’s all sealed up and it’s been for a while cause their taking a lot of good spots down. But the burnt tower/house behind the silos was accessible when I went which was a few months ago. There’s two cement blocks and a wood beam that Leads to a broke window. It’s a tight ass squeeze and dangerous cause there’s a rusty piece of metal sucking out but if you can get through that it’s stairs all the way up. But that was a few months ago they mighta boarded it up by now idrk. Good luck exploring tho❗️

I'm a really really big fan, but I You know a lot of caves in Minnesota what you might want to go.

Just went last night, only entrance i know just got locked up :(

@mattbellmont9380

3 жыл бұрын

It’s open again you JSU have to squeeze past the door

@joshgilbert4171

3 жыл бұрын

Matt Bellmont where is the door?

@colbyburque2648

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshgilbert4171 heard it got buried recently

@mattbellmont9380

3 жыл бұрын

@@joshgilbert4171 it’s completely locked rn

How do you get in it must be flooded right because I tried and I couldn’t find a way in

Did the entrance collapse?

how do i get in? i cant seem to find the entrance

Are you familiar with spring lake park reserve in Hastings? I was hiking there the other day and got real close to an abandoned house right on the coast of the lake. It’s completely boarded up from what I saw but It’s a cool building.

@theworldofyesterday4151

4 жыл бұрын

We haven't heard of that place before, but it sounds like it's pretty secure and locked up tight. We don't force entry so unfortunately we probably won't get to it. However it does sound pretty cool, Thanks for commenting.

@beefchillingham6790

4 жыл бұрын

The World Of Yesterday I respect that sentiment and I feel the same way. I wish a door would have been open so I could have peeked my head in but oh well. Anyways great content! Hopefully there’s more to come

@theworldofyesterday4151

4 жыл бұрын

@@beefchillingham6790 Yes sir, more on the way soon! Thanks again!

@paulsolfelt8452

2 жыл бұрын

@@theworldofyesterday4151 do not be wimpy, make some keys and get inskey , lol

how the heck did you get into the grain tower stairway? I was in there a few years ago but when I went out there in 2019 all the doors were welded tight, you used to be able to open some locks and get in before if the doors were not open already like the last time I was there . you should of checked out the Harris machine shop at the very east end of the road the name is clearly visible, I was in there and the Furniture mafia was storing thousands of dollars worth if stuff in there easily , that building was empty a year later, should not have left the door unlocked ,lol the video is still on my feed, LOL! another building at united crushers I was in was totally gone the last time I was there by all the abandoned trucks if they are still there, another building was damaged by fire and was locked up!

Where do you park?

untied is gonna get demolished soon so if you guys wanna give it 1 last visit i would, they are clearing out the basement so when they level it, it will cave in on itself. Was just there last night

@joshgilbert4171

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jonathan, where were you able to get in? I just looked around & seems blocked

@Dan-ou6jk

3 жыл бұрын

You were able to get inside?

I went about 2 mouths ago but it’s seald now

@Lumlaz

3 жыл бұрын

its got reopened by my friend, they are gonna demo it soon actually

I need to get to that roof, what's the address pls ?

I wonder how long it will be before the city tears it down.

@theworldofyesterday4151

4 жыл бұрын

We'd give it another 5-10 years, it'd be very expensive to bring this monster down.

@maxshelltrack9720

4 жыл бұрын

Really gonna suck if or when it happens the city's just destroying its history they already tore down the stacks for gopher ordinance works down in rosemount I happen to get a couple of pics not the ones I wanted to get.

@theworldofyesterday4151

4 жыл бұрын

@@maxshelltrack9720 Yeah we went to the stacks a long time ago, but never filmed it unfortunately, but yeah it's a shame they don't at least repurpose it.

And one more cave, but I can't figure out the name. And it's the biggest.

@theworldofyesterday4151

4 жыл бұрын

Although we appreciate the willingness to share locations, we try to find places on our own from old maps/forums/hints and such. After all, finding the place is half the fun for us. Also thanks for the compliment, we really do appreciate the feedback people give us, whether it's good or bad. Every little bit helps.

Sealed off! Just getting my channel started so I'd appreciate the support.

Went a few days ago and its all sealed up :(

@Thompson-26

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Fadell Same here and the old bastard that watches the property took pics of us and tried to follow us to our car but we weren’t dumb enough to park too close.

@blakeblood9196

4 жыл бұрын

the office entrance?

can we meet up sum time I wold like to no more plasis to go

I know where Echo cave is. And Lambert

@kaylabaker7410

4 жыл бұрын

can you tell me pls? me n my friend rlly wanna go into them but cant find the locations exactly to get into them

@LuckyO97

4 жыл бұрын

Echo cave is lame. I know where most caves are

@jakewalter2501

3 жыл бұрын

@@LuckyO97 how the fuck you get in and what other caves do you know, besides the one next to the marina

hi me and my friends are planning to go to fruen mill we were wondering if you would like to team up because you inspired us to start urban exploring and seem like you know what your doing

Why do all the young Urban explorers want to cuss every other word...Its hard to get subscribers,get sponsors and get nationalized.Look at it from a money standpoint.

@theworldofyesterday4151

4 жыл бұрын

We understand where you're coming from. But we aren't in this for the money, fame or sponsors. Simply to deliver content that the Urbex community enjoys, and so far 1,081 people have jumped on board to hear us cuss "every other word".

@blakeblood9196

4 жыл бұрын

1 million views pays roughly $600-700 USD so whats swearing in a .70 cent video really gonna loose them, they record so we dont have to risk our lives and they have a blast doing it,