ZOO ABANDONED 23 YEARS - urban exploration at Belle Isle Zoo in Detroit, MI

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So, let's go walk around and see what we can find. All right, this is the outside of the zoo that you will see on the street just driving by. The way these huts are built is just so cool. This place closed in 2002. This must have been where you bought tickets, maybe. All right, and we are in the zoo. This is going to be so cool. Check this out. [Applause] Oh wow. Ow. You're never alone. Is that a bathroom? Oh, the graffiti here is astonishing. Look at this. Oh, I bet you this has been stripped. I know I have a commenter that always says, "I want to hear you step on broken glass." You're going to hear it in this one. But thank you for all your support. Every one of you actually all you guys are awesome. I have such good conversation going in my comments about history of these places. Bet this place was really nice back in the day. place. It's really cool. It is peaceful. Yeah, there is some kind of zoo on this island. Uh I think it's called like the wildlife zoo or something. Oh wow. But I don't think it's like this one was. What kind of animals did they have here? I think they had like all the typical like wild animals you see in a zoo like the African ones and stuff. Um, comment below if you know what was here. Let's go up here. Oh, shoot. This floor is falling in. I don't want to walk on that. All these pipes. Oh, wow. This is talented. Actually, the nature scene they painted, not the graffiti, but wait a minute. Was this nature scene original to the zoo and then they graffitied over it? Be a be a shame if it was [Applause] There's a animal. What was that? A gopher or something? He just [Applause] went down there somewhere. Like a beaver or gopher or something. Wow, it's an interesting room here. I think this was like their maintenance garage or something. Look at these stairs. There's nothing up here, but it's like an attic. Actually is very sturdy. Wow. Really good. Uh really good. Yeah, they um materials and See craftsmanship. They got all the 2x4s. They put all those together and then they lifted it up. Yeah. And this is well made. Oh wow. Yeah. You know what? I don't know if these plants, you know, maybe they dumped them here, like maintenance just kind of is storing some plants here. Or were these left behind by the zoo? They got tags on them. White oak. Oh, cuz the these are little trees. Were these from the zoo or what? It's like storage for plants. Pin oak. Another pin oak. Another pin oak. I kind of feel like these might have been dumped by maintenance here. Like the orange barrels and everything. Look at this tree. That's the miss. Oh, wow. There's definitely more to this. Lockers. Is that a bathroom. Yeah, I can tell that the the zoo had actual murals on here and that people stupidly painted over them. See the art that they painted [Applause] on. I can't even tell what the art was under this. I wish people would have left this place alone. because it would have looked way cooler. Oh, there must have been animals in here. Wow. I bench. This is a different kind of building. Look at all the glass. Halloween 2020, huh? Must have been another place they kept animals. [Applause] This was a garage. This little like thing like a silo. [Applause] I don't know how big this zoo is. Kind of seems like it's never ending. Look at this. What is that? This shed is not in good shape. [Applause] This is all woods back here. All right, I found a way up to the four [Applause] walk. All right, made it on top of the boardwalk. I don't know what to think of this. Uh I'm like, did people actually use this as a trash can? I'm kind of glad they did, but at the same time, I'm not. How sturdy this thing is, though. Is this even sturdy? Just watch where you're walking. Just watch where you're walking. Yeah, there was an animal in there. Maybe monkeys, birds, maybe. All right, and that will complete my tour of the abandoned zoo on Bell Isle. Hope you guys like this one. That was so unique. I'm so glad I saw it. When have you ever seen something like this? All right, I'll see you guys on the next