FERGUS FALLS, Minn. -- For more than a century, the Fergus Falls State Hospital served mentally ill patients from across the state. It closed 16 years ago, and the hospital remains abandoned ...

The former Fergus Falls State Hospital, pictured here in this Sept. 30, 2011, photo edited for effect, was the source of many legends and stories.

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. -- Even before the stroke of Gov. Mark Dayton's pen on the state bonding bill, demolition is underway at a sprawling historic state hospital campus here.

Broken Down Dam in Fergus Falls features natural beauty, man-made failures 02:23. FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — There's an attraction in Fergus Falls that's centered around a man-made disaster.