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Shade Swamp Sanctuary — Abandoned Zoo

Farmington, CT

Stone and concrete remnants of a Depression-era wildlife facility hide in the woods of today's Shade Swamp Sanctuary. Old cages and foundations give the otherwise ordinary nature preserve the atmosphere of an abandoned woodland zoo.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: Atlas Obscura

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