Urban Exploring Minnesota - The Pokegama Sanatorium (S1-EII)

Housing hundreds of Tuberculosis patients during the first half of the 20th century, the Pokegama Sanatorium now sits and crumbles away. These dark and dilapidated halls are said to be haunted with the spirits of the hospital's past. The secrets have been lost in time, resting in the collapsing building. What will happen when they are uncovered?
Recorded on December 3rd, 2017.
Camera used: GoPro HERO4 Session.
Editing Software used: Cyberlink Power Director 13.
Dedicated to those who suffer from Tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases who have passed through sanatoriums akin to Pokegama.
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Music used:
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Video used:
Waverly Hills Sanitarium 1936 • Waverly Hills Sanitari...

[@hilaryholmes1735]

I actually live in Pine City and have been into the building a couple of times (don't tell the cops lol) and I can confirm it is haunted. When me and my friends at the time went there, I felt many spirits and even heard child laughter. It is so eerie and cool. There is so much history and pain tied to that place.

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

UPDATE: This has been a VERY long time coming, but we wanted to clarify a few things from the video. - Yes the sanatorium officially ceased operation in the late 40s. - The sanatorium would then become a seminary school for priests during the 50s and 60s. - In the 1970s the building was once again repurposed as a drug treatment/rehabilitation center and would operate until somewhere in the late 90s/2000s. (this explains the 80s furnishings and electronics). - Yes, this location is now under heavy surveillance, and arrests have been made since this video has been published. - Yes, we discourage vandalism, graffiti, and theft in these kinds of locations as we believe those actions can detract from the historically rich environment left behind. - Above all, we thank you (the viewers) for watching and supporting our videos, and we hope to bring you the best exploration experience we possibly can.

[@tltittythief8332]

I was in the building today

[@F.Manual-E]

Excellent video gentleman. 🔥

[@darlenejordahl3187]

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[@user-rr6sz2sv1h]

The sanitarium got bulldozed last year I believe.

[@Barnabas45]

Used to crawl around in the underground caves at the bluffs on the Mississippi river below the 35W bridge in the 80's, Good times! Even found our way in some abandoned factory!

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

Thanks for watching! This is one of our first videos so we'd love some feedback on what you liked and what we could improve on! Thanks❤

[@sarfory123]

You guys post some really great stuff! Love it all. My friends and I do this stuff all the time and In fact, we probably live pretty close to you guys. If you guys want to collaborate or just want explore together sometime, that would be pretty cool!

[@dangitdanny6599]

Don't know if anyone still comes to the comments here, but I do have an update as of October 2020. There is still someone that owns it and is now maintaining the upstairs at least. On one side he has bags over where the windows used to be and has painted over most of the graffiti, although some of it has come back. On the other side, it was sectioned off and swept up. Most of the asbestos insulation in the attic has been removed. Also, there are signs that say there are cameras, however I found no cameras in the woods or inside.

[@ritamccullough925]

A friend just reminded me of this place! I researched it in 20118-19. ** It is still owned by Pine Shores, Inc and is still for sale in lots (this blg MLS 64333540 AND IS SURPRISINGLY CHEAP!!) Pleease keep in mind not everything is fact on internet. CHECK EVERYTHHING. THINGS CHANGE. The info in this video is/was a little vague in that the sanatorium shut shut down in Apr 1943 but the property was then used long after that as a school for priests and then became Pine Manor a treatment center for chemical dependency.

[@luckyduck1085]

Thanks for filming with respect.

[@ANCHEEE]

Loved the video!!! Great job with the intro of background information. Helped me understand what happened! Also loved the captioning.

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

ANCHE Thanks for the feedback!

[@stevenfeshbach7382]

Investigated 7 or 8 years ago. That's not mouse droppings in the attic, it's bat guano. Can't believe you climbed up on the elevator shaft. Anyway, we caught voices and a strange light and went on to appear on My Ghost Story on the Travel Channel to talk about it. There used to be another building adjacent to it, stucco on the outside of it. It was falling apart when we did our investigation and I can see it's been demolished now. There was no activity in it anyway, other than bats. Lots of bats.

[@nnsxfalcon]

there was another building on the property in pine city?

[@chloemckellar8493]

I am from Pine City and have been told that there was another building near the Sanitarium that was dedicated to the doctors and nurses. That whole are now where houses are built was dedicated to the sanitarium. I was told that the doctor/nurse housing building was used for AA or alcohol rehab after the sanitarium was shut down. Not sure if this is exactly true but have been told this by a few people so is more than likely true. Who knows.

[@cjnobles5163]

Unfortunately what you guys went through wasn't the main building. I'm guessing the other buildings no longer there.

[@jessicahill2979]

I grew up in Pine City. I used to pass this place all the time.

[@FatCamp2010]

got chased out by the cops on my last visit... found records from when it was a drug treatment facility... complete with names and addresses of patients... most memorable was a file on a guy from east st paul who ate LSD every day... we tried to leave with some crazy video tapes we found but had to ditch them while running

[@lirardwobster4390]

cory huspek howd you get away? Did you go during day or night

[@tipztbdgeneral]

Bro I wanna see this shit!!!

[@outsomewhereventuring9364]

Is this up north MN by chance by a lake ?

[@FatCamp2010]

@@outsomewhereventuring9364 pine city

[@PhantomX0990]

Your intro has my work in it every time I see it, PTSD, lol.

[@holyturtle8390]

hey my name is carson I live in pine city and im going there soon for a project im working on for school i just want to know the best place to park and how you got in.

[@gmanboydawg]

Hey I'm in Minnesota and was wondering if you guys still do this stuff. I would love to join sometime.

[@jjak1990]

It looks like there is a little cemetery in front of that place.

[@K1TT3NM1TT3N5]

good stuff way underestimated channel you have here

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

Thank you, we try our best.

[@olivianoy8232]

This place is now on the market for. I’m going with a realtor tomorrow to check it out. Watched this video and it was very helpful for what I could expect.

[@cjnobles5163]

I worked for a company that used that places kitchen and basement laundry back in 2002 when I first moved to MN. All the office furniture in the halls were put there from my Company. Most I hauled in there.myself. there were 3 buildings all linked by a tunnel system with two basements. There was a hidden basement. I always explored that plce and helped do the laundry for the pine county sheriff. Also cooked meals for the jail there. Lots of old stuff in there. Including patient cards from.ealry 1900s. The basement also had a furnace where they burned the dead patients. Still worked in 2003

[@Skippz999]

Very interesting

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

❤❤❤

[@Coloradoaudits]

I have some crazy stories about exploring this place

[@user-nq7hn1cc7k]

There use to be two buildings one got knocked down but you use to be able go thru the underground tunnel that connected the two buildings creepy fucking place let me tell you

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

Yeah unfortunately we were too late, that other building looked really cool too.

[@PageBrownie]

My buddies and I went back in 2014 when the other building was still up and I got tons of photos and videos from inside of there.

[@sniper116_games_sports3]

My school buss drives passed that place every day

[@Coloradoaudits]

There also used to be a second building

[@gracedesjarlais8074]

Me and a couple friends went there and we were up in the attic and it felt super weird and I look down and there is an on flash light that’s on the floor. And we are like omg what is that. And one of my friends starts looking super hard at the corner and says let’s go. And you know we think he is play but he keeps say no we need to leave like now. We finally get down the the car and he said there was a figure squatting down in the corner. That place is definitely freaking and idk if I would go back

[@jessicaolson5343]

We parked in the exact same spot when we went 😂

[@derickfeigum3872]

I grew up 6 or so miles away from this place

[@Dailyfanman]

Is this in Ferguson falls?

[@Turbojets_Channel]

I was just here today. Some of the stuff in here looks even like 70s-80s. Maybe the sanatorium closed, but I'm pretty sure this place was used after that.

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

DoucheJet We've been looking at sources and there's scant information claiming it was used as a rehabilitation center in it's final days, and before that a place to train priests and other religious leaders, hence the 70s/80s furnishings and objects. Thanks for watching!

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

The reason we didn't include that in the video was because we found this information after we had uploaded. Again, thanks for watching.

[@chloemckellar8493]

It was used later on. I know it was used for alcohol and drug rehab later on.

[@DkpProductions]

someones still mowing the lawn

[@Isabella-rg9pd]

Went there a couple years ago with my roomates found a folder labeled "Complaints of unlicensed practitioners"

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

So many hidden treasures in this historical building.

[@the.imprint]

I grew up in Pine County.

[@chelseasmith5060]

This is on private property and the owners have installed CC cameras in several areas. Also, many people have been arrested for trespassing. I would stay out if I were you...

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

Chelsea Smith We appreciate your concern. Rest assured we don't plan on going back. Thanks for watching our video, and have a wonderful night.

[@jjak1990]

They got their footage without any issues, I would call that a success.

[@DurtyBurd24]

I think they're comments were meant towards future explorers of this area

[@Coloradoaudits]

And there is more history then explained

[@Coloradoaudits]

So the building that got tore down was built in the 60s that’s when they re-opened up the building as an inpatient psych ward

[@Coloradoaudits]

Close back down in the 80s

[@momschannel6841]

You need to change the color of the writting and make it so everyone can read it and make sure you leave the writting on long enough so people can read

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

We fixed the font and the color in our later videos, but we appreciate the feedback.

[@dangitdanny6599]

Oh, also. The typewriter got destroyed... This is so sad

[@simpspin]

This place was on fire last night.

[@lirardwobster4390]

simpspin what???

[@simpspin]

@@lirardwobster4390 apparently some squatters set it on fire but thankfully the fire was contained in a small area of the building

[@terrioestreich4007]

It was a m÷ns treatment center in the 80s, the patients would escape by running across the frozen lake

[@andersoie6851]

25 subscriber giveaway!

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

Oops...

[@kennedy7408]

At least it wasn’t a D.S. facility

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

Very valid point.

[@AccountingRaiding]

1 particle of lead paint or asbestos won't kill you in a few years, asbestos exposure will only kill you if you've inhaled a favorable exposure to it, one particle might cause difficulty breathing 15-20 years down the road if you're unlucky. And the lead will be absorbed into your system over a reasonable period of time before being flushed out, you may get a little sick but if your liver is healthy it will filter your blood properly.

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

Business Executed Thank you for the clarification. Reguardless, a very dangerous particle, and even more dangerous that it was used in insulation for so long. Thank you for watching!

[@ayewreckz7004]

Ghost hunters?

[@giantasparagus]

Different location.

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

Close...

[@Strider10Striker]

Fake not actually abandoned

[@seeve10]

ElitePhoenix nah it's actually abandoned

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

We actually live inside the building... This is one of our houses!

[@seanodriscoll5864]

Kinda bland

[@Skippz999]

Sean O'Driscoll no one likes you hater nerd

[@theworldofyesterday4151]

These Seans are praying on our downfall...