Abandoned Movie - Video Vision - Winona, MN
“If it’s still there, we have to stop…” Some places stand out and you never forget them. For close to 20 years, I only had vague memories, and hoped it was either open in some form, or at least still standing. I needed pictures of the building, no matter what shape it was in today. Or I find a vacant lot and a different form of closure. Sunday, August 12, 2018. Laura and I are driving from LaCrosse, Wisconsin, to Minneapolis, and are approaching Winona. We had stayed the night there after attending Irish Fest, the night before. That whole deal was written about five years ago, weaved into a feature on the abandoned Big Bear Gas Station in Lake City, MN . In that story, I briefly mentioned Video Vision: “This will probably be another story at some point…” Guess what, it’s time for that story! Winona is a small city of about 25,000 people, in southeast Minnesota. Sitting at the bottom of a valley, on the banks of the Mississippi River, with Wisconsin on the other side. This was the first...