Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Where's Gramps?


Where's Gramps?  Where's the fuel?  This was a gas station and the remains of a mart right next to Interstate 35 leading to Minneapolis, and seven miles outside of Northfield.  It looks as if it has been abandoned for quite a while now.  Not sure what happened to Gramps.  Of course I love nothing better than photographing any kind of ruin.  I made this photograph fairly early in the morning on the way out of town, and stopped again later, on the way back, when it was overcast.  I have some nice close up views of some of the buildings in overcast light, but this seems to be the best version of the overall scene.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love these type of pictures as well - looks like a scene from The Walking Dead.

ken schwarz said...

I think Gramps closed the place down when the EPA came in and told him he had to replace his old rusty and leaking underground fuel tanks - a crushing expense for a little Mom & Pop gas station! Did you happen notice any old sign on the property indicating what the price of gas was?