Ghost Towns in Minnesota

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74 ghost towns

9% sit on public land · 7 with a free-licensed photo

16166
  • Other federal 1
  • State 6
  • Tribal 1
  • Private or unlisted 66
Illustration of a midwest landscape
Illustration of the most common landscape type among Minnesota's ghost towns.

The largest share, 66 of 74, sits on land missing from the public lands database, which usually means private property: look from the road unless the owner says otherwise. Each town page has the land manager, monthly weather and the nearest open town.

San FranciscoElcorForestvilleManganeseOld Wadena Historic DistrictRice LakeSplitrockAsh CreekAshtonBanningBetcherBodum
  • Other federal 1
  • State 6
  • Tribal 1
  • Private or unlisted 66

Each dot is a ghost town, colored by who manages the land at its location. Labels mark the most searched. Live map: © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.

Most searched in Minnesota

All 74 by county

Anoka County 1

Becker County 1

Beltrami County 1

Carver County 1

Cass County 1

Clay County 3

Clearwater County 1

Cook County 2

Crow Wing County 2

Dakota County 2

Dodge County 1

Faribault County 2

Fillmore County 3

Goodhue County 2

Grant County 3

Isanti County 1

Kittson County 1

Koochiching County 1

Lake County 2

Lake of the Woods County 2

Marshall County 1

Martin County 1

McLeod County 3

Nicollet County 1

Norman County 1

Otter Tail County 1

Pennington County 1

Pine County 5

Pipestone County 1

Polk County 1

Pope County 1

Red Lake County 1

Renville County 1

Rock County 3

Roseau County 2

St. Louis County 4

Todd County 1

Wadena County 3

Washington County 3

Wilkin County 1

Winona County 4

Wright County 1

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