Class of 88, Washburn... we partied in those caves almost every Friday/ Saturday night. Me and a few friends would carve chairs in the walls about 8 feet off the ground, set a candle in one of the ajacent caverns/ put on some Floyd, sit in our thrones and imagine there was no floor, and just veg out to the strange reflections the candle put off. One time we went in, there wasn't a drop of snow on the ground, we came out and there was 2 feet of snow. Yup, we got a little side tracked down there. If you drank in HS, it didn't matter who you were, Prom queen to stoner.... they found their way down to those caves for some good times and friends.
We did the same thing. But I am from Burnsville 99. Some kids from Burnsville also died in those caves. They had a fire in there and passed out. I think 1 kid out of 5 was able to crawl out. They were a few years younger than us.
Ha! There were chairs carved in the big party cave back in 85 , with faces on them and names in the wall dating back to 1920’s . There used to be huge parties in those caves . At one of the parties a guy broke his leg and they sealed them up.
Me and my friends also partied in those caves when we were teenagers back in 2000-2002 I remember climbing over all that concrete and rebar to get to the openings with just a lighter lol and candles or one flashlight maybe we would make our way back all the way to the throne room where people carve chairs into the walls like an actual throne room. The detailed was amazing. I wish I would’ve took pictures. There were steps leading up to the main chairs, and the whole back wall was lit up by candles every time me and my friends went there who kept the candles it was an amazing place and dangerous place my stepbrother and his friends decided to have a fire one evening in those caves, and it collapsed on them. He jumped on top of his girlfriend to save her life. The rubble collapsed on top of him, leaving him, partially paralyzed whoever enters those caves today, be careful do not have any fires it will dry out the sandstone flash Bring a flashlight and tell people where you’re going and do not go up the stairway to Heaven. It’s a dead end.
@@jasonrowe4574funny i was doing research and apparently in 1988 there were 2 other people that died, one by collapse and the other drowning. Also wish I knew about the dead end, i nearly fell to my death climbing down as there was no rope and the stairs were unsustainable.
Nice work fellows really enjoyed your video.. Back in the early 70s, all those caves were wide open to the street we used to drive our dirt bikes down there and go riding through the caves... They were still growing mushrooms in a few of them... So glad I found your YT Channel thanks for giving an old man/ kindred spirit a great afternoon watching your videos!
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We used to party in those caves a lot. 3540 years ago, next to the milkshark caves, there was the Mushroom caves and just down from that was the cathedral, and then on the end is the old stairway to heaven, which they filled in with the old high bridge( Smith street bridge.) Watching your video brought back some good old memories thanks
I use to go into those caves back in the early 80"s when they were wide open...They had 30 foot high entrances...You could walk right in. I seen all this. I was 22 than now 62. The last time I was in those caves is when I volunteered for 3 years in row working with the Tunnel Of Terror in the early 2000's. I enjoyed working there and was sad that they took it away....Lots of fun times!! The last time I got in by myself was at about 30 Water Street behind the business's and the opening was just big enough to lower your body in. About 20 years ago!!
Wow... now I just feel old 😑 I can read the cursive no problem. I just can't remember how to Write it aside from my own name. I really need to go back and relearn it.
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What a trip down memory lane for me. I had some adventures in the caves in that area in summer '03 and '04. That room you dropped into after climbing all the rubble was known as "the stage". Some good parties were had down there. Very unfortunate when all those people started dying down there due to idiots having fires. Wasn't in the candyman cave but close by.
Yup it was called The Stage. I grew up down on the Westside and remember Stairway to Heaven, Stairway to Fun (Mushroom Caves) Milk Truck Cave and Miner 49er under Prospect Park. Good times!
Yep. I was there partying they same time as you. Super stupid for those kids to light a fire. There was some legit fun parties back in there during that time.
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I remember going in those caves in the early nineties with one of my friends. The rubble that is being crawled over, are actually the remnants of the old high bridge. that they blew up in 1986 and then built the new one. They just shoved all the debris inside. Back when I was in there you could still see the road stripe on the underside of some of the rubble.
my mom used to go into these caves with her brothers back in the 80's. She's told me so many stories about this place. Couple years ago a classmate of mine ventured in with some friends with gopros and got some crazy footage but had to leave as someone else was in there following them, staying to the shadows. Creepy af.
Im from Eagan and we were at those caves every other weekend. Some kids from Burnsville died in there. They had a fire and lost oxygen. Only 1 out of 5 made it by crawling out. Super sad
Milk truck is named Milk Truck because it was used to keep old milk trucks and milk cool. The truck that is burried is an old milk truck. Candy Man was a old silica mine for Ford. Hence why you can literally carve your own tunnels. Then was sold and used for other things. Such as disposing of road debris which was also done to stop people from exploring the cave.
I am fairly sure that my friends are the ones that dug out the Candyman to Milk Truck chartier... also they are the ones that dug out and created certain parts of the labyrinth underneath Saint Paul... like the bar top with bench seating
Born and raised on the Westside of St. Paul. These caves were my playground when I was 8 years old until my early 20's. Sometime we would go down in there with nothing but Bic Lighters. Flicking them when we needed to see for a second. Most of the time we had flashlights. I remember back before the "Candyman" cave was called "The Stage". After someone spray painted that door way with the face of Candyman then people started calling it that.
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Very cool guys, I remember going to these caves back when I was a kid and they fun by the time we moved out of the state they had started filling them in, I’m not sure but I think I remember some people built a huge bonfire in one of the bigger ones and it caused part of the ceiling to crush a few people and that’s when the city started shutting them off
The cave you're in is the Candyman cave the hole you crawled up is what my friends called "deep throat" the stairway to heaven was closed of 20-30 years ago. After going through the mouth you go down to " the stage" it dead ends with a 10' stairwell going up to benches and such. All the holes in the walls are for tea candles. There were several entrances to this favorite,but I'm not sure anymore. I grew up exploring these back when they were called the brickyard caves.
You are correct. I grew up on the West Side and used to frequent all of these caves. I remember us all calling that area "The Stage". It was through that doorway and back to the left. I remember before whoever had graffitied the Candyman art on that door way. We used to go into Miner 49er under Prospect Park off of Ohio Street (Ohio Hill), The Mushroom Caves behind the Health Partner buildings, Stairway to Heaven, The Milk Truck Cave, and a couple others. That area was my Playground as a kid and later a teenager back in the 80's and 90's.
I remember that stairway to heaven. It was tough to get up and super scary. I graduated from Burnsville in 99. From Eagan hwy 13 and Silver Bell. Some kids from Burnsville died in there. They had a fire. Only 1 out of 5 made it by crawling out.
Last time I was there was 1993 maybe 94, the Candy Man face has been painted over as I can see in this video... it's the entrance to a cave which someone painted what Looks like a ghost face in this video with teeth... which in the 1990s was the mouth of the "Candy Man" after the movie Candy Man came out... Sad that someone painted over it... in the video I can also see some of my own tags from all the way back 25 years ago... still there, crazy!
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Spent many many hours out there back in the day lol we were there the day before those kids died and it was Smokey In that section so we bailed. They went another 5-600 feet back and started a fire. At about 9:41 that looks like the old throne room cave, used to have thrones carved on that platform section in the back. Carved some of the tea candle spots myself 😂 all the memories….
Be careful when exploring some of the Minneapolis and saintpaul caves some people have died from oxygen loss. using a lighter to measure oxygen is pretty cheap and effective at reading the air. I appreciate what y’all are doing. Keep it up👍🏻👍🏻💯💯.
Absolutely! We were actually gonna invest in an O2 sensor for these kinds of endeavors, they don't come cheap, but you can get a very accurate o2 ppm reading and they're fairly durable devices. Thank you for the well thought-out comment!
@@JleewSongs they're limestone, id rather a 1/1000 chance of a flash fire then not checking o2 and dying. If I feel a little funny, and my lighter isn't working too well I'm getting out immediately
Go ahead and flip that flame ..in a confined area .. that you aren't sure about the air content of. Genius. Maybe instead of cheaping out you buy proper equipment.
I explored thiscave in 93, YES that is stairway to heaven, i climbed up and down it with no ropes, was one of the craziest things i ever did, At the top it leveled out to a passage way that you could only crawl through, but i couldnt because the whole floor was covered in broken glass, So i made it to the top but couldnt go any further
We used to drop acid in those caves back in the late 80s. We would turn off all the flashlights and sit in complete darkness and laugh. We met a lot of other weirdos in there too. Although some of it looks a little different, much of it is just as i remember. There were some other caves called the battle creek caves. Those caves had roving gangs of violent skinheads. Bad news
Yes, The old High Bridge is stuck into the caves right where the High Bridge is located! I have crawled over all that back when they stuck it in there......
Love these videos! This is one location I have yet to find, but I feel more research would solve that! I heard most entrance(s) were no longer accessible. You guys proved me wrong! Again, great quality and thanks for sharing.
they brought a construction vehicle and smashed down the dirt opening, it'll be closed til someone digs it back out, same with spider caves 2000 feet over from candyman and milk truck, all entrances smashed on that island since someone got stuck a month or two ago.
This video is absolutely badass! You guys are so lucky that you have cool places like this where you live. I’m an avid explorer and my friends and I have found some very cool underground storm drain tunnels, all sorts of really cool hidden abandoned places that are great for hanging out in but nothing like these cave systems in this video.
The hole you climbed up was called "The Stairway To Heaven" I had alot of fun partying down there. There are some caves behind the white building that we used to call the skinny/stinky caves that a couple kids died in from lighting fires
That was not the stairway to heaven. The original stairway to heaven was done by that little parking spot where the road went under the railroad tracks.
went down one of these caves a week before city shut it down kinda of a bummer but the air quality was horrendous and so foggy that you couldn't see 30 ft in front of you
Back in the early 90's I was in there with friends. I remember it without all the trash and graffiti. It was a lot cooler back then. I'm sad to see it so disrespected😢 One night my boyfriend told me he got stuck in the stairway to have. He was really skinny and he kept going and going. He said he didn't think he'd get out but finally did.
I was shown some of the caves in this area about 4 years ago, I dont remember where it was but one of the caves had many LARGE tunnels and some small "rooms" a couple of them had chairs/thrones carved into the walls
@@JT-ln7dz wasn’t that the one they had the Halloween town/ decor? Before some punks destroyed it all anyways. That one was cool too the one I’m thinking of was pretty empty but huuuge I think there was a large “stage” like a ghetto auditorium in one of the rooms
The haunted house in a cave. Some of the decor still stands but there is some rooms and there’s one it’s a little bit of a climb but it’s called the throne room it has a bunch of chairs
I feel like there's another tunnel system like that in Saint Paul that I've been to, but the ceilings were way tall enough to drive a truck through, and there was a bunch more junk like tables and other woodwork. We came to the conclusion that there might have been a haunted house type thing set up, since we found some old masks, fake guts and stuff like that. I think it even led into a type of sewer or something?
At 3:52 was a barbie head.they had it up on the wall behind you in some sort of shrine carved out in the wall with lots and lots of candles around it. Skip this cave go down off of Sheppard and find the old haunted house cave.wayy more to see and do.
Hey man, I just started caving about a month ago and saw your comment further up about you knowing every trance. Would you mind hitting me up with some of those cave entrances?
We have a head mounted gopro for recording shots where we need to be hands free (climbing, running, crawling through tight spaces, etc) we also have it on as a backup in case we're not recording with the other camera.
yes it is the old high bridge that concrete was put there to try and close up the cave by the city to keep people out of them that stuff was there when i was young exploring those caves in the 1980's
Is there anyway old caves or entrances will be open again or if someone will make another entrance from my research it doesnt look like a permanent fix and it's sad a legacy gone and away
People are always making new entrances, you'd have to look for yourself, but we don't recommend it at this time. It's also a hot area, and security is cracking down on trespassers. Plus, those caves are dangerous in their own right and emergency services don't need to be pulling injured people out of these places during these times, which is why we're taking a break from exploring until the pandemic is under control. Thanks for asking, please be safe.
The World Of Yesterday I’ve been to milk truck, pills bury, and candyman. Security is almost none existent idk where your getting that info from? Especially if you go in the early morning or night time, anyway if you’re not experienced on them I wouldn’t go in.
@@michaelmanson5740 That's just the issue, inexperienced people visit these places and get caught or in need of rescue, resulting in closure and more monitoring. We've been told by numerous people on our Instagram that some places around the cities are next to impossible to get into unless you break in or can sneak past cameras/alarms because there's a heavy trespassing issue. However, you sound like you know what you're doing, but always exercise caution.
@@michaelmanson5740 A viewer sent us this video of them tripping a motion sensor in the triple helix drain. According to them, they were chased out by a city worker. It could be a wrong place/wrong time type scenario, but the motion sensor seems like a more permanent deterrant. th-cam.com/video/pQZOpz3dN28/w-d-xo.html
That's horrible! You have our deepest condolences, because nobody should ever have to endure something like that.... These places are extremely dangerous and can attract some terrible people, nonetheless we are very sorry for your loss and we hope things are better for you and your family now.
I'm not saying it didn't happen but I would really love to see you the information about it because I like looking into stuff like this about my own City and I'm very sorry that you lost your sister hey Mikey said you really shouldn't have to go through that but it's life man that happens but I hope you hold your head up bro
Cool video. But all of those deaths from the into and kids getting stuck were actually in regards too Agathon Cave, known to some as Al Capone. Although only ONE of the incidents from your intro actually took place at Candyman, that was Travis Bumgum, claimed to have been left behind by friends.
I thought Travis Bumgum was in Lambert's cave. ( I briefly lived in Lambert's cave during a period of homelessness in 2002 when the entrance facing Water St. was still open.)
At 14:52 when you went through the rainbow tunnel did you guys look down that first hall to your right? If you go down there that's where I used to enter these caves a few years ago but I dont know if it's still open there or not. Also that candle room after the candy man door is creepy, me and a few friends went in there, and than explored where those crickets were at and when we went back to the candle room one of the candles was lit which wasn't lit before. I think if someone went in there we would have heard them since we only went over to the entrance by the crickets, but we didnt hear or see anything.
Yeah the tunnel you're referring to was sealed up entirely with debris. We wanted to explore more of the caves, but we would've been crawling on our bellies for hours.
Is there a way to contact you, I'd love to go back down there but dont know of any other entrance that's still open I was hoping to find out where you got in at if it's still open as well as the milk truck caves. I've never been able to find milk truck. And I know you dont want to put that information in public comments.
@@CasketParade We haven't been here in almost two years so we honestly couldn't tell you whether or not it's still accessible, but if you go there I'm sure there's still ways to get in. People are always making new entrances.
Corection for following brewery location, when your facing away from payne ave when your under the minnehsha street bridge you will see the two doorways im refuring to in next article. Sorry, got turned around there for a minute.
@@austingunter845 hey bud message me ill give you exact location of entrance and handfull of others if wanted.been gling through these caves since before i was 10
@@kujoswine9860 I already know where every cave entrance is except beartrap Which it's pointless to know it because you can get in thru the Candyman cave.
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I went to banholzer cave for some shitty ass rave two or so years ago on Halloween. Was literally just a boom box with a bunch of kids standing around smoking and drinking lmfaoo. It was pretty cool to explore, but as someone with asthma, I noticed it was hard to breathe instantly... And of course, you don't have any cell service in these caves. If something happens, you're pretty fucked.
Can someone explain to me how people die in these caves. I get it's due to carbon monoxide but can't you just leave if you start feeling sick? Btw great video!
When you start a fire in a non-ventilated, or poorly ventilated area it burns up most or all of the oxygen and leaves behind carbon monoxide in extremely high levels, so it's nearly impossible to breathe. Also at low levels of carbon monoxide poisoning, you become disoriented and nauseous, so most of the people that have died from those causes in these caves, likely got sick and lost their way and died.
Having spent alot of time in these caves in the 1980s I know people also die because when you start fires it dries the sandstone above you and huge piles of rock and sand start to drop!
My God, you weren't lying. We're pretty sure that's Grant, however, we don't remember if he had left before I got up there, this was a quite a while ago. We're gonna have to look through our old footage. Good eye!
Yeah we don't mind seeing it in tunnels and caves, but in old historical buildings it's more of an eyesore, especially if it's a cus word or something that takes zero effort to make. Unless people actively put it there with the intention of making a good art piece, we believe there's no reason to tag in the first place. Of course that's debatable because art is largely subjective, but we don't like to see these places defaced with male genitalia or swastikas because it conceals a lot of what these places once were. That's just our opinion on a highly debatable topic so take it with a grain of salt. Other than that, we're inclined to agree with you. Thanks for watching.
Class of 88, Washburn... we partied in those caves almost every Friday/ Saturday night. Me and a few friends would carve chairs in the walls about 8 feet off the ground, set a candle in one of the ajacent caverns/ put on some Floyd, sit in our thrones and imagine there was no floor, and just veg out to the strange reflections the candle put off. One time we went in, there wasn't a drop of snow on the ground, we came out and there was 2 feet of snow. Yup, we got a little side tracked down there. If you drank in HS, it didn't matter who you were, Prom queen to stoner.... they found their way down to those caves for some good times and friends.
We did the same thing. But I am from Burnsville 99. Some kids from Burnsville also died in those caves. They had a fire in there and passed out. I think 1 kid out of 5 was able to crawl out. They were a few years younger than us.
Ha! There were chairs carved in the big party cave back in 85 , with faces on them and names in the wall dating back to 1920’s . There used to be huge parties in those caves . At one of the parties a guy broke his leg and they sealed them up.
@@hoopdocs, Burnsville high class of 87
Me and my friends also partied in those caves when we were teenagers back in 2000-2002 I remember climbing over all that concrete and rebar to get to the openings with just a lighter lol and candles or one flashlight maybe we would make our way back all the way to the throne room where people carve chairs into the walls like an actual throne room. The detailed was amazing. I wish I would’ve took pictures. There were steps leading up to the main chairs, and the whole back wall was lit up by candles every time me and my friends went there who kept the candles it was an amazing place and dangerous place my stepbrother and his friends decided to have a fire one evening in those caves, and it collapsed on them. He jumped on top of his girlfriend to save her life. The rubble collapsed on top of him, leaving him, partially paralyzed whoever enters those caves today, be careful do not have any fires it will dry out the sandstone flash Bring a flashlight and tell people where you’re going and do not go up the stairway to Heaven. It’s a dead end.
@@jasonrowe4574funny i was doing research and apparently in 1988 there were 2 other people that died, one by collapse and the other drowning. Also wish I knew about the dead end, i nearly fell to my death climbing down as there was no rope and the stairs were unsustainable.
Nice work fellows really enjoyed your video.. Back in the early 70s, all those caves were wide open to the street we used to drive our dirt bikes down there and go riding through the caves... They were still growing mushrooms in a few of them... So glad I found your YT Channel thanks for giving an old man/ kindred spirit a great afternoon watching your videos!
Absolutely sir! We love hearing stories about what these places were like in the past. We take the history of these places seriously and try to document and preserve these locations in video for others to see. Thank you so much for your compliment! More videos are on the way!
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That is what my Uncle told me.
Jesus changed my life and is coming back soon! God Bless y’all! Love y’all He does more! Come home. Repent or perish. Live actual life and it abundantly. Don’t cover your faults because the wash falls off. You’re in a grave pit if you don’t know Him. Look at the list against you. Hate which is murder, lust adultery, stealing a thief, the list goes on. The past doesn’t erase sin. God Bless! Be washed and born again❤ Last time I was in this cave I had smoke as well as chained; God changed me❤ God Bless❤
We used to party in those caves a lot. 3540 years ago, next to the milkshark caves, there was the Mushroom caves and just down from that was the cathedral, and then on the end is the old stairway to heaven, which they filled in with the old high bridge( Smith street bridge.) Watching your video brought back some good old memories thanks
I use to go into those caves back in the early 80"s when they were wide open...They had 30 foot high entrances...You could walk right in. I seen all this. I was 22 than now 62. The last time I was in those caves is when I volunteered for 3 years in row working with the Tunnel Of Terror in the early 2000's. I enjoyed working there and was sad that they took it away....Lots of fun times!! The last time I got in by myself was at about 30 Water Street behind the business's and the opening was just big enough to lower your body in. About 20 years ago!!
That intro was 🔥🔥🔥... Also: love the advancements and upgrades you guys are making.... NO MORE CURSIVE FONT THO
I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING 🤣🤣🤣 I gotta stop and pause and read like a 5 year old again
Wow... now I just feel old 😑 I can read the cursive no problem. I just can't remember how to Write it aside from my own name. I really need to go back and relearn it.
Jesus changed my life and is coming back soon! God Bless y’all! Love y’all He does more! Come home. Repent or perish. Live actual life and it abundantly. Don’t cover your faults because the wash falls off. You’re in a grave pit if you don’t know Him. Look at the list against you. Hate which is murder, lust adultery, stealing a thief, the list goes on. The past doesn’t erase sin. God Bless! Be washed and born again❤ Last time I was in this cave I had smoke as well as chained; God changed me❤ God Bless❤
@@dmp-9734 cringe asf
...or you could just work on being a functional adult.
I was down in those caves back in the 90s when I was a teenager. Good times.
What a trip down memory lane for me. I had some adventures in the caves in that area in summer '03 and '04. That room you dropped into after climbing all the rubble was known as "the stage". Some good parties were had down there. Very unfortunate when all those people started dying down there due to idiots having fires. Wasn't in the candyman cave but close by.
70's and 80's parties, lots of fun, they are in some of the cool tunnels.
Yup it was called The Stage. I grew up down on the Westside and remember Stairway to Heaven, Stairway to Fun (Mushroom Caves) Milk Truck Cave and Miner 49er under Prospect Park. Good times!
Yep. I was there partying they same time as you. Super stupid for those kids to light a fire. There was some legit fun parties back in there during that time.
Jesus changed my life and is coming back soon! God Bless y’all! Love y’all He does more! Come home. Repent or perish. Live actual life and it abundantly. Don’t cover your faults because the wash falls off. You’re in a grave pit if you don’t know Him. Look at the list against you. Hate which is murder, lust adultery, stealing a thief, the list goes on. The past doesn’t erase sin. God Bless! Be washed and born again❤ Last time I was in this cave I had smoke as well as chained; God changed me❤ God Bless❤
@@dmp-9734 you are schizophrenic 🔥
I remember going in those caves in the early nineties with one of my friends. The rubble that is being crawled over, are actually the remnants of the old high bridge. that they blew up in 1986 and then built the new one. They just shoved all the debris inside. Back when I was in there you could still see the road stripe on the underside of some of the rubble.
Cool lore
my mom used to go into these caves with her brothers back in the 80's. She's told me so many stories about this place. Couple years ago a classmate of mine ventured in with some friends with gopros and got some crazy footage but had to leave as someone else was in there following them, staying to the shadows. Creepy af.
Im from Eagan and we were at those caves every other weekend. Some kids from Burnsville died in there. They had a fire and lost oxygen. Only 1 out of 5 made it by crawling out. Super sad
Milk truck is named Milk Truck because it was used to keep old milk trucks and milk cool. The truck that is burried is an old milk truck.
Candy Man was a old silica mine for Ford. Hence why you can literally carve your own tunnels. Then was sold and used for other things. Such as disposing of road debris which was also done to stop people from exploring the cave.
I am fairly sure that my friends are the ones that dug out the Candyman to Milk Truck chartier... also they are the ones that dug out and created certain parts of the labyrinth underneath Saint Paul... like the bar top with bench seating
That intro the transition the music beautiful!!!! Still watching the video, bravo!!!
Born and raised on the Westside of St. Paul. These caves were my playground when I was 8 years old until my early 20's. Sometime we would go down in there with nothing but Bic Lighters. Flicking them when we needed to see for a second. Most of the time we had flashlights. I remember back before the "Candyman" cave was called "The Stage". After someone spray painted that door way with the face of Candyman then people started calling it that.
I spent a lot of time in those caves in the early 80s. Brings back memories.
Same here. I lived only a few blocks away from them back in the 80's and 90's.
Jesus changed my life and is coming back soon! God Bless y’all! Love y’all He does more! Come home. Repent or perish. Live actual life and it abundantly. Don’t cover your faults because the wash falls off. You’re in a grave pit if you don’t know Him. Look at the list against you. Hate which is murder, lust adultery, stealing a thief, the list goes on. The past doesn’t erase sin. God Bless! Be washed and born again❤ Last time I was in this cave I had smoke as well as chained; God changed me❤ God Bless❤
Those names
Very cool guys, I remember going to these caves back when I was a kid and they fun by the time we moved out of the state they had started filling them in, I’m not sure but I think I remember some people built a huge bonfire in one of the bigger ones and it caused part of the ceiling to crush a few people and that’s when the city started shutting them off
The cave you're in is the Candyman cave the hole you crawled up is what my friends called "deep throat" the stairway to heaven was closed of 20-30 years ago. After going through the mouth you go down to " the stage" it dead ends with a 10' stairwell going up to benches and such. All the holes in the walls are for tea candles. There were several entrances to this favorite,but I'm not sure anymore. I grew up exploring these back when they were called the brickyard caves.
Jon Nelson i climbed stairway to Heaven back in the 80;s
You are correct. I grew up on the West Side and used to frequent all of these caves. I remember us all calling that area "The Stage". It was through that doorway and back to the left. I remember before whoever had graffitied the Candyman art on that door way. We used to go into Miner 49er under Prospect Park off of Ohio Street (Ohio Hill), The Mushroom Caves behind the Health Partner buildings, Stairway to Heaven, The Milk Truck Cave, and a couple others. That area was my Playground as a kid and later a teenager back in the 80's and 90's.
I remember that stairway to heaven. It was tough to get up and super scary. I graduated from Burnsville in 99. From Eagan hwy 13 and Silver Bell. Some kids from Burnsville died in there. They had a fire. Only 1 out of 5 made it by crawling out.
Last time I was there was 1993 maybe 94, the Candy Man face has been painted over as I can see in this video... it's the entrance to a cave which someone painted what Looks like a ghost face in this video with teeth... which in the 1990s was the mouth of the "Candy Man" after the movie Candy Man came out... Sad that someone painted over it... in the video I can also see some of my own tags from all the way back 25 years ago... still there, crazy!
We love the comments people like you give. It's always fascinating to read and hear about what these places looked like before our time. Thanks for commenting and sharing your experiences, we appreciate it!
What's ur tags
explored in the early 70's
We probably ran into eachother down there before. I was down there a lot. Especially in the early to mid 90's.
Thanks! Only shows it for a second or 2 at 7:29-7:43 right?
Spent many many hours out there back in the day lol we were there the day before those kids died and it was Smokey In that section so we bailed. They went another 5-600 feet back and started a fire. At about 9:41 that looks like the old throne room cave, used to have thrones carved on that platform section in the back. Carved some of the tea candle spots myself 😂 all the memories….
Be careful when exploring some of the Minneapolis and saintpaul caves some people have died from oxygen loss. using a lighter to measure oxygen is pretty cheap and effective at reading the air. I appreciate what y’all are doing. Keep it up👍🏻👍🏻💯💯.
Absolutely! We were actually gonna invest in an O2 sensor for these kinds of endeavors, they don't come cheap, but you can get a very accurate o2 ppm reading and they're fairly durable devices. Thank you for the well thought-out comment!
Fires need oxygen, dont be a dumb ass and make a fire and you will have plenty of oxygen.
NEVER USE FIRE IN A CONFINED SPACE. You do NOT know what gasses are present and what the implications will be!
@@JleewSongs they're limestone, id rather a 1/1000 chance of a flash fire then not checking o2 and dying. If I feel a little funny, and my lighter isn't working too well I'm getting out immediately
Go ahead and flip that flame ..in a confined area .. that you aren't sure about the air content of. Genius.
Maybe instead of cheaping out you buy proper equipment.
Are you freaking kidding me. I've been working and living north of the cities for 8 years now and I had no idea this existed!
I explored thiscave in 93, YES that is stairway to heaven, i climbed up and down it with no ropes, was one of the craziest things i ever did, At the top it leveled out to a passage way that you could only crawl through, but i couldnt because the whole floor was covered in broken glass, So i made it to the top but couldnt go any further
We used to drop acid in those caves back in the late 80s. We would turn off all the flashlights and sit in complete darkness and laugh. We met a lot of other weirdos in there too.
Although some of it looks a little different, much of it is just as i remember.
There were some other caves called the battle creek caves. Those caves had roving gangs of violent skinheads. Bad news
Those are chunks of the old High Bridge shoved into the caves to try to close them up
Correct! I remember all of the Concrete and rebar. I am old enough to remember seeing the Old High Bridge demolished (Blown up).
Yes, The old High Bridge is stuck into the caves right where the High Bridge is located! I have crawled over all that back when they stuck it in there......
Love these videos! This is one location I have yet to find, but I feel more research would solve that! I heard most entrance(s) were no longer accessible. You guys proved me wrong! Again, great quality and thanks for sharing.
We appreciate the feedback! More videos are in the works and we're currently working on a regular upload schedule for the channel, so stay tuned!
they brought a construction vehicle and smashed down the dirt opening, it'll be closed til someone digs it back out, same with spider caves 2000 feet over from candyman and milk truck, all entrances smashed on that island since someone got stuck a month or two ago.
Blake blood9 what island?
History, great lighting,nice camera.... I approve
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This video is absolutely badass! You guys are so lucky that you have cool places like this where you live. I’m an avid explorer and my friends and I have found some very cool underground storm drain tunnels, all sorts of really cool hidden abandoned places that are great for hanging out in but nothing like these cave systems in this video.
56 yr old Ojibway foster kid from Farmington explored these caves and went to juvie treatment on prospect Ave,above some party caves!
The hole you climbed up was called "The Stairway To Heaven" I had alot of fun partying down there. There are some caves behind the white building that we used to call the skinny/stinky caves that a couple kids died in from lighting fires
The stairway to heaven, what was the meaning of the lon tunnel that went no where? Were they making it a escape tunnel if needed or a vent for air?
That was not the stairway to heaven. The original stairway to heaven was done by that little parking spot where the road went under the railroad tracks.
I live in minnesota and i new nick pay and Natalie. I remember when they passed
I cried so much that day
@@staceyoliver2779 We're very sorry for your loss. It was a truly horrific tragedy.
went down one of these caves a week before city shut it down kinda of a bummer but the air quality was horrendous and so foggy that you couldn't see 30 ft in front of you
I was litteraly just their last night🤣 new entrances bois
Josh Young I wanna go in there can you hmu with an entrance
Been in them in 2005 saw the tire where the kids passed. So sad. It is huge in there. 😳
Back in the early 90's I was in there with friends. I remember it without all the trash and graffiti. It was a lot cooler back then. I'm sad to see it so disrespected😢 One night my boyfriend told me he got stuck in the stairway to have. He was really skinny and he kept going and going. He said he didn't think he'd get out but finally did.
keep going guys, theres a lot more down there, been there, done that.
I was shown some of the caves in this area about 4 years ago, I dont remember where it was but one of the caves had many LARGE tunnels and some small "rooms" a couple of them had chairs/thrones carved into the walls
tunnel of terror?
@@JT-ln7dz wasn’t that the one they had the Halloween town/ decor? Before some punks destroyed it all anyways. That one was cool too the one I’m thinking of was pretty empty but huuuge I think there was a large “stage” like a ghetto auditorium in one of the rooms
The haunted house in a cave. Some of the decor still stands but there is some rooms and there’s one it’s a little bit of a climb but it’s called the throne room it has a bunch of chairs
Ik you said it's not milk truck but hearing you guys call that extra cave milk truck made me laugh since that's the new entrance
Funny how things work out...
This tunnel is fine to explore and those news feeds are from different tunnels
Will candyman ever open again shits been closed so long
there are usually bums and junkies there. born in 84 I have been there a few times.
I feel like there's another tunnel system like that in Saint Paul that I've been to, but the ceilings were way tall enough to drive a truck through, and there was a bunch more junk like tables and other woodwork. We came to the conclusion that there might have been a haunted house type thing set up, since we found some old masks, fake guts and stuff like that. I think it even led into a type of sewer or something?
Check out our latest video. I think you'll find it matches your description. ;)
trail of terror caves
That’s tunnel of terror I was just there
Good job. Hope you guys are up to date with a Tetanus shot.
The 3 teens died in Agathon cave
And all the other deaths you hear about took place at Agathon too
the spider entrance is how I went in every time 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I just didn’t think about it but now that you’re showing them with the light 😭😭😭😭😭
Can you DM me on ig about a possible entrance? I got into a cave nearby but can’t find an entrance for this one
That is the altar room we called it that anyway
I wonder if a small drone wouldnt be helpful to you guys as it could get past the rebar and wouldnt put you in harms way?
Great vid guys . Be safe out there 👍
:)
I have been in there so many time and it just gets more sketch and more complicated to get in
any chance you could drop the cords?
609 time stamp yes that is Stairway to Heaven my friends been there done that
And yes that was stairway to heaven
Dope explore guys! Just subscribed!
Crazy, was down there 2 weeks ago and saw ur tag lol
At 3:52 was a barbie head.they had it up on the wall behind you in some sort of shrine carved out in the wall with lots and lots of candles around it. Skip this cave go down off of Sheppard and find the old haunted house cave.wayy more to see and do.
Cujo Swine hey can you let me know how to get into some of the caves
Hey man, I just started caving about a month ago and saw your comment further up about you knowing every trance. Would you mind hitting me up with some of those cave entrances?
Where do you guys put the footage from your handheld cameras if your videos come from GoPro footage?
It's not all go pro footage...
We have a head mounted gopro for recording shots where we need to be hands free (climbing, running, crawling through tight spaces, etc) we also have it on as a backup in case we're not recording with the other camera.
In our old videos we only used the GoPro, but decided a DSLR would allow us to get better footage.
That rubble is from the high bridge rebuilt in the early 1980,s
yes it is the old high bridge that concrete was put there to try and close up the cave by the city to keep people out of them that stuff was there when i was young exploring those caves in the 1980's
@@randy6081 I remember holding on to the rebar sticking out from the concrete as support to help climb in and out of there on several occasions LOL.
Next video could u not use the wierd font in the captions, some words are hard to read
Can do! We could make it stand out a bit more.
Bet
Really cool!
Is the old subway still accessible
Is there anyway old caves or entrances will be open again or if someone will make another entrance from my research it doesnt look like a permanent fix and it's sad a legacy gone and away
People are always making new entrances, you'd have to look for yourself, but we don't recommend it at this time. It's also a hot area, and security is cracking down on trespassers. Plus, those caves are dangerous in their own right and emergency services don't need to be pulling injured people out of these places during these times, which is why we're taking a break from exploring until the pandemic is under control. Thanks for asking, please be safe.
The World Of Yesterday I’ve been to milk truck, pills bury, and candyman. Security is almost none existent idk where your getting that info from? Especially if you go in the early morning or night time, anyway if you’re not experienced on them I wouldn’t go in.
@@michaelmanson5740 That's just the issue, inexperienced people visit these places and get caught or in need of rescue, resulting in closure and more monitoring. We've been told by numerous people on our Instagram that some places around the cities are next to impossible to get into unless you break in or can sneak past cameras/alarms because there's a heavy trespassing issue. However, you sound like you know what you're doing, but always exercise caution.
@@michaelmanson5740 A viewer sent us this video of them tripping a motion sensor in the triple helix drain. According to them, they were chased out by a city worker. It could be a wrong place/wrong time type scenario, but the motion sensor seems like a more permanent deterrant.
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At the to of stairway to heaven there was a small crawl space that let to another cave where there is a small airplane still inside
Guys, you did a great job. My sister was found murdered in that tunnel. No one knows how she got there or why but...……….. Thanks for the tour.
That's horrible! You have our deepest condolences, because nobody should ever have to endure something like that.... These places are extremely dangerous and can attract some terrible people, nonetheless we are very sorry for your loss and we hope things are better for you and your family now.
Thank you.
I'm not saying it didn't happen but I would really love to see you the information about it because I like looking into stuff like this about my own City and I'm very sorry that you lost your sister hey Mikey said you really shouldn't have to go through that but it's life man that happens but I hope you hold your head up bro
We walked those as kids, me my brother, in 86.
What kind of genuis starts a fire in an enclosed area ...?
Stairway to heaven, bet you didn’t find that. I take that back haha
The stairway to heaven never had rope before
I have wanted to try urban exploration but it seems dangerous and like I could get in trouble but still fun.
Bruh y’all gotta start from the entrance of the cave, that’s damn near the best part of going there!!!
What is cool about the entrance
They don’t because they don’t want the spot blown, should be easy enough to understand
Great video. Keep it up! :)
Cool video.
But all of those deaths from the into and kids getting stuck were actually in regards too Agathon Cave, known to some as Al Capone. Although only ONE of the incidents from your intro actually took place at Candyman, that was Travis Bumgum, claimed to have been left behind by friends.
I thought Travis Bumgum was in Lambert's cave. ( I briefly lived in Lambert's cave during a period of homelessness in 2002 when the entrance facing Water St. was still open.)
@@westonvirginia6458 Lamberts and Candyman are one of the same my guy. Same cave.
I'm been to the top. It goes to the left but have to get on hands and knees
At 14:52 when you went through the rainbow tunnel did you guys look down that first hall to your right? If you go down there that's where I used to enter these caves a few years ago but I dont know if it's still open there or not. Also that candle room after the candy man door is creepy, me and a few friends went in there, and than explored where those crickets were at and when we went back to the candle room one of the candles was lit which wasn't lit before. I think if someone went in there we would have heard them since we only went over to the entrance by the crickets, but we didnt hear or see anything.
Yeah the tunnel you're referring to was sealed up entirely with debris. We wanted to explore more of the caves, but we would've been crawling on our bellies for hours.
Is there a way to contact you, I'd love to go back down there but dont know of any other entrance that's still open I was hoping to find out where you got in at if it's still open as well as the milk truck caves. I've never been able to find milk truck. And I know you dont want to put that information in public comments.
@@CasketParade We haven't been here in almost two years so we honestly couldn't tell you whether or not it's still accessible, but if you go there I'm sure there's still ways to get in. People are always making new entrances.
I live 5 minutes away, I may just have to get down there one of these days.
@@CasketParade lett me know if its open.
Corection for following brewery location, when your facing away from payne ave when your under the minnehsha street bridge you will see the two doorways im refuring to in next article. Sorry, got turned around there for a minute.
Damn did yall not go by the trampoline?
The rubble is the parking ramp from Abbott hospital
I live in St. Paul my friend I would absolutely love to join u on one of these endeavors if that be possible plz let me know
love the music lol
Of course he has an OF Hoodie
Mainly one has to keep head on a swivel when in bear country. Be nice to have tranquilizer gun 😅
Good looks
Eric & Myles aye
Has anyone mapped these caves out or maybe an old map that can be accessed?
Most of the systems have been permanently closed off. This could be easily mapped, it's just a few tunnels, maybe a mile long.
When did you guys film this? I'm thinking about going there before I move away but don't want to drive 4 hours to find it closed
At the beginning of October. Probably sealed up by now, wouldn't recommend it.
Well if it's open I'm going. I'm a full-time cave explorer. I know every cave in St Paul except for Nat Geo.
@@austingunter845 hey bud message me ill give you exact location of entrance and handfull of others if wanted.been gling through these caves since before i was 10
@@kujoswine9860 I already know where every cave entrance is except beartrap
Which it's pointless to know it because you can get in thru the Candyman cave.
Can someone help me out with locations for some caves if I give you my email? I've been to candyman many times but I want to find others.
21:29 They call it the stairway to heaven
My names on the wall!
Man I remember partying there from 2001-2003, that place Looks like shit now
Why there are always big spiders in caves :s I would like to go into a cave but if I see a spider there I would Panic so yeah
City of Saint Paul put all that debris and rock and rebar in there so people wouldn't go in there exploring like you guys are doing right now
Any chance you know the address for this place
@@Gavin-Harvey10 Saint Paul Yacht Club just west of that Yacht Club about quarter mile down the road entrance on left if you can still get in it
Isn’t there like a whole city down there
I've been in a couple of these caves just 2 weeks ago
Bailey Burkhardt Got Snapchat? I’ve been trying to explore by the Wabasha bridge on the hill that goes down to the road under the bridge looking for entrances. Add me on snap @eminent.king420
Dylan Thompson did you find an entrance
man that font in cursive though hurts my eyes to read. it's like compressed lol
Yeah... Lesson learned.
Lol I was just in there🤣🤣🤣
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I’m going to be doing an explore series in MN to but a more legal version 😂
Probably a good idea.😂 Thanks for watching friend!
dude in the odd future hoodie know wassup
I went to banholzer cave for some shitty ass rave two or so years ago on Halloween. Was literally just a boom box with a bunch of kids standing around smoking and drinking lmfaoo. It was pretty cool to explore, but as someone with asthma, I noticed it was hard to breathe instantly... And of course, you don't have any cell service in these caves. If something happens, you're pretty fucked.
Do you have a specific method for finding these locations in Minnesota?
We typically go by rumor or satellite imagery. You can usually find something just by driving around old parts of large cities.
Can someone explain to me how people die in these caves. I get it's due to carbon monoxide but can't you just leave if you start feeling sick? Btw great video!
When you start a fire in a non-ventilated, or poorly ventilated area it burns up most or all of the oxygen and leaves behind carbon monoxide in extremely high levels, so it's nearly impossible to breathe. Also at low levels of carbon monoxide poisoning, you become disoriented and nauseous, so most of the people that have died from those causes in these caves, likely got sick and lost their way and died.
After the fire the carbon monoxide will remain at unsafe levels until it is vented out of the confined space somehow.
Also, thank you for the compliment! We appreciate it tremendously!
@@theworldofyesterday4151 wow that's insane! Stay safe, sounds crazy! Thanks 4 the reply.
Having spent alot of time in these caves in the 1980s I know people also die because when you start fires it dries the sandstone above you and huge piles of rock and sand start to drop!
Did you guys see that face at 24:40 right next to the rubble?
Where in the screen is it?
Right side , looks like a thing looks and then runs away toward the light
My God, you weren't lying. We're pretty sure that's Grant, however, we don't remember if he had left before I got up there, this was a quite a while ago. We're gonna have to look through our old footage. Good eye!
@@melanieh.l7412 Just went through the footage and I can confirm that it was Grant. Good catch though!
Ok yeah just looks creepy is all
Biggest problem, the toxic gases.
None in there
Bro have you ever been to yeorg or zen? They’re pretty awesome
Nicholas we should share cave spots!!
Asceana Dean-Nelson add me on snap nicholasgw14
That is Franky's cave been all thought out them caves there is a cave further down that has milk trucks
Where at?
dont always like the idea of defacing beautfil limestone and standstone? why would another think their art is better than nature? rip
Yeah we don't mind seeing it in tunnels and caves, but in old historical buildings it's more of an eyesore, especially if it's a cus word or something that takes zero effort to make. Unless people actively put it there with the intention of making a good art piece, we believe there's no reason to tag in the first place. Of course that's debatable because art is largely subjective, but we don't like to see these places defaced with male genitalia or swastikas because it conceals a lot of what these places once were. That's just our opinion on a highly debatable topic so take it with a grain of salt. Other than that, we're inclined to agree with you. Thanks for watching.
If you guys are going to explore caves DO YOUR RESEARCH First. That cave system only connects to 1 other, not Milk Truck.
Thanks for the clarification. Information/maps of the caves are hard to come by.
You find the kings throne? This is nostalgic af
We have one of those? Neat
Awesome! :)
Only a handful of idiots have died in these caves. Media makes it seem like a death wish to go in em.