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A rail-to-trail bridge across Union Pacific tracks connecting Hazel Street and Furness Parkway. Eric Ecklund has explored many of Minnesota's abandoned railroads, and maps some of them out here. Photo by Eric Ecklund.

Lost Railways of the Twin Cities

• October 27, 2023

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