Subterranean Twin Cities

In Subterranean Twin Cities, geologist, historian, and urban speleologist Greg Brick takes us on an adventurous, educational, and-thankfully-sanitary journey beneath the streets and into the myriad tunnels, caves, and industrial spaces that make up the Twin Cities' fascinating and surprisingly vast underground landscape.  In this groundbreaking tour, the first of its kind of the Twin Cities, Brick mines the stories that lie below the city surface.

Beginning with an accessible history on the geology of the area, Brick guides us into a series of astounding firsthand expeditions.  We follow him into the St Paul's historic Carver's Cave, with its stories of sunken treasure; beneath the Milling District in Minneapolis, the densest cluster of tunnels in the Twin Cities; along the "buried rivers" of Trout Brook and Bassett Creek; through the many caves constructed for brewing, cheese ripening, and mushroom farming; and even into the "Shangri-la" of urban caves, the extensive Schieks Cave seventy-five feet beneath the busy streets of downtown Minneapolis.  A knowledgeable, wry, and daring guide, Brick shines a headlamp (with extra batteries, of course) into the captivating labyrinths beneath the Twin Cities and reminds us that what we see aboveground is really only half the story.

Written by Greg Brick
Copyright 2009
ISBN 978-0-8166-4597-8
Softbound