Here’s Where The Nuclear Fallout Shelters Are In Minnesota

Did you know that there are still fallout shelters in many states? A doomsday prepper has verified and highlighted fallout shelters across the United States. According to the prepper, Minnesota still has 14 fallout shelters in different parts of the state.

Trueprepper.com compiled the list of fallout shelters in the United States. They describe fallout shelters as structures specifically designed and built to protect you from radioactive fallout. Most are built underground, which provides protection from gamma radiation.

The best case scenario is to have your own fallout shelter, which actually can be done in your own basement. You'd want to make sure that you have the windows covered in your basement using dirt or soil to block radiation and fallout.

Fallout shelters were built during the Cold War, and many still exist. However, as trueprepper suggests, any of the supplies are likely no longer there and haven't been stocked in years. Still, the structures do exist.

Fallout Shelters In Minnesota

Trueprepper verified the locations with placards, since they couldn't find the Civil Defense Records for Minnesota.

Northern Minnesota Fallout Shelters

There are fallout shelters in the northern part of Minnesota in the Koochiching County Court Administration Building and the Voyageurs National Park. I was skeptical about Voyageurs National Park actually having a bunker, but here it is:

Found a fallout shelter in Voyagers NP
byu/mymomcrappedthebed inNationalPark

A former High School in Moorhead, Minnesota, is listed as a fallout shelter, and so is the nearby Wilkin County Family Services Agency.

In Southern Minnesota, the former post office in Windom, Minnesota, is listed. The Waseca and Wabasha Post Offices are also on the map.

St. Olaf College in Northfield had a fully equipped fallout shelter with enough supplies for 100-200 people. However, back in the 90s, most of it was dismantled. The rooms still exist for storage, but maybe you could turn it around and make it useful in a pinch.

Twin Cities Metro Fallout Shelters

There are several in the Twin Cities area, including the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium. They built the complex at St. Catherine University, and it was designed to surive an atomic blast. There was more concrete and fewer windows, and they included a basement that doubles as a fallout shelter. They even had cardboard toilets!

Roy Wilkins Auditorium is also listed as having a fallout shelter. The MNDOT building at 395 John Ireland Blvd in St. Paul has a shelter, and the Minnesota State Capitol has one too. The Capitol and surrounding complexes were designed to house 18,000 people during the Cold War!

Personally, I'd opt for the Fallout Shelter at Hamm's Brewery, for obvious reasons. There is also a shelter listed at the Church of Saint Casimir in St. Paul.

Check out the full list of fallout shelters in every state.