{"id":288,"slug":"mantorville-brewery-ruins-mantorville-minnesota","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Mantorville Brewery is the limestone — the '1857' that's the founding's year, the 'oldest' that's the state's claim. The 'caves' is the cooled — the 'bluff' that's the cellar's rock, the 'spring' that's the water's source. The 'Prohibition' is the pivoted — the 'soda pop' that's the product's shift, the 'creamery' that's the building's use.","The 'wrecking ball' is the halved — the '1939' that's the closing's year, the 'war scrap' that's the metal's fate. The 'cottonwoods' is the hid — the '80 years' that's the obscurity's span, the 'forgotten' that's the ruin's state. Mantorville is the unearthed — the 'Olive' that's the rescuer's name, the 'Roman Colosseum' that's the comparison's form.","The file keeps Mantorville: the limestone brewery, the cooled caves, the soda pivot, and the unearthed ruin.","Mantorville Brewery is the archive's Minnesota file — the castle the trees swallowed."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Mantorville Brewery is the archive's Minnesota file — the brewery that became a cave.","A ruin keeps its vault — the file's suggestion being that Mantorville's hold is the buried: the 'limestone' that's the building's bones, the 'cottonwoods' that's the forest's cover, and the 'unearthed' that's the rescue's act."]}],"name":"Mantorville Brewery Ruins","aliases":[],"type":"INDUSTRIAL_RUINS","type_label":"Industrial Ruins","cats":["ABANDONED_PLACE"],"groups":["ghost-towns"],"desc":"Industrial ruins associated with documented cultural history.","full_desc":"Mantorville Brewery Ruins is an industrial ruins in Mantorville, Minnesota, opened in 1857. Industrial ruins associated with documented cultural history. The archive files it under abandoned places. The dossier holds 1 documented fact — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. Abandoned now: the structure does the storytelling.","address":"E. 5th Street","city":"Mantorville","county":"Dodge","state":"Minnesota","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":44.065198,"lon":-92.747168,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ABANDONED","access":"RESTRICTED","access_notes":"The city guide describes dangerous ruins; viewing from the road is recommended. No entry permission established.","ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":1857,"year_closed":1939,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery pass. Earliest attestation, primary history, precise location and current access require independent enrichment.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":65,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":1,"paranormal_claim_provenance":null,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[],"history":[{"description":"The brewery began in 1857, expanded in 1864, and closed in 1939. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. Sources including 'Mantorville Historic Walking Tour' carry the record. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Mantorville Historic Walking Tour","url":"https://www.mantorville.com/City/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Walking-Tour-Booklet_original.pdf","publisher":"City of Mantorville","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access is restricted; check with the managing agency or landowner before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Mantorville Historic Walking Tour","url":"https://www.mantorville.com/City/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Walking-Tour-Booklet_original.pdf","publisher":"City of Mantorville","type":"GOVERNMENT","authority":1}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":0,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":1}}