Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Step inside our time machine and time travel back to Minneapolis and St. Paul in 1885 — when the West Hotel was all the rage, flour mills lined the riverfront, and Minnesota’s first Chinese restaurant opened its doors.

For more stories of places that have vanished from the landscape, explore our "Lost Twin Cities" series at TPT.org/Lost-Twin-Cities.
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