Abandoned Target Greatland Store: Maple Grove, MN

May 17, 2012
Abandoned Target Greatland Store: Maple Grove, MN

2012 update: Went over to the area and took a few pics since it is being remodeled. Blog post originally written in July 2009; most pics also taken in July 2009. Post is updated at the bottom.   Stores come and go, such is life. You come to expect closings from nail salons, dollar...

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Hummer Dealership: Rogers, MN

May 14, 2012
Hummer hummer hummer

Rogers Hummer dealership. Those three words beg the question: WHY??? For a period in the mid-2000′s, General Motors insisted on milking the civilian Hummer trend for all it was worth by opening up Hummer-only dealerships throughout the country. One of its chosen locations was Rogers, Minnesota. Rogers, located off of busy I-94, was/is an...

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Brookdale Crossing/Brookdale Drive/Tom Thumb: Brooklyn Park, MN

May 12, 2012
Fill 'er up!

2012 update: This post was originally published in August 2010. I lost all of the photos, but really, nothing has changed in two years. All photos are from May 2012 — and are much, much better than the 2010 photos! I don’t trek back to this area of Brooklyn Park often. This trip to...

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Kmart: New Hope, MN

May 10, 2012
Kmart - New Hope

Ah, Kmart. I’ve written about Kmart a time or two, covering the Brooklyn Center Kmart and the Coon Rapids (Blaine) Kmart. So I’ve pretty much poured my feelings out to you guys about my thoughts on this dilapidated discounter. In fact, I wasn’t planning on writing about Kmart again. How many times can I...

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Golden Valley Shopping Center: Golden Valley, MN

May 9, 2012
Welcome to the Golden Valley Shopping Center!

May 2012 update: Blog post was originally published Sept. 2010. I could only recover two photos from 2010. The rest are from 2012. It looks like the Golden Valley Shopping Center got a paint job since I last visited, but other than that, it’s pretty much the same. Enjoy the updated photos! ~~~~~~~~~~~ Comin’...

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Plymouth Center: Plymouth, MN

May 8, 2012
Plymouth Center 2012

MAY 2012 NOTE: This post was originally published in 2009. Plymouth Center will be demo’d sometime in the near future to make way for a senior housing unit and…a McDonalds. I stopped by to snap a few pics and the frontage road leading to Plymouth Center was closed. There is a small construction crew...

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