I remember as a kid the old stage coach ride and how it would go through a very shallow stream. I got to sit up top with the driver once. Also the haunted house. There was a small balcony type thing that would drop about 6-8 inches making you think it was going to drop you all the way off of it. I was just a little kid from Massachusetts visiting my cousins out there.
Cool, but sad. I really wanted to sneak in the old haunted house before they tore it down, but was afraid I'd get arrested by some Barney Fife security guard. Fort Dells, the coolest attraction the Dells ever had, torn down down to put up a Wahlgreens.
I'm guessing this is the abandoned Crossroads, which is what Fort Dells became after it went out business. Crossroads incorporated a lot of the elements that were in Fort Dells, such as the train, the Haunted House, and the Totem Tower.
Storybook Gardens was not burned down, just the boat at the entrance was. It was closed and torn down. What stands where it was is now a couple restaurants and a parking lot.
Back in 1856, the Wisconsin Dells was originally named Kilbourne City, for the man who founded the area. He was responsible for the damning of Lake Delton and creating and building the hydroelectric damn to power the area.
@rburnsiv It looks like there has been a drill rig set up there all summer. I hope they don't demolish the whole site. The old restaurant next to IHop is opening again, or has opened. I'll have to take a look once the summer crowds die down. We went to Beaver Springs and there are several items there from Fort Dells. The old man sitting on the bench is now sitting in the middle of the medium fish pond!
Amazing what glaciers can do hey . The only area that the ice shoves didn't effect were called the ( Driftless Zone ) . This area will be found in southwestern Wisconsin.
SOOO INTERSTING ..NO LIE I WAS KINDA SCARED I THOUGHT SOME MUTANT CREATURE WAS GONNA JUMPOUT THOUGH LOL ( i WATCH TOO MANY SCARY MOVIES) BUT WHERE EXACTLY IS THIS BY? AND WHAT HAUNTED HOUSE ? WOULD LOVE MORE INFO
I remember as a kid the old stage coach ride and how it would go through a very shallow stream. I got to sit up top with the driver once. Also the haunted house.
There was a small balcony type thing that would drop about 6-8 inches making you think it was going to drop you all the way off of it. I was just a little kid from Massachusetts visiting my cousins out there.
Cool, but sad. I really wanted to sneak in the old haunted house before they tore it down, but was afraid I'd get arrested by some Barney Fife security guard. Fort Dells, the coolest attraction the Dells ever had, torn down down to put up a Wahlgreens.
Sad,too think of all the memories that were made on that land.
I'm guessing this is the abandoned Crossroads, which is what Fort Dells became after it went out business. Crossroads incorporated a lot of the elements that were in Fort Dells, such as the train, the Haunted House, and the Totem Tower.
This area should be preserved and protected.
Whaaaaaa????? First I found out Storybook Gardens was burned down, and now THIS? Oh god, all my childhood memories - this is painful to watch.
Storybook Gardens was not burned down, just the boat at the entrance was. It was closed and torn down. What stands where it was is now a couple restaurants and a parking lot.
A class mate from osseo, Fairchild high school,played black bart,for a while.in the 70s.
What’s the coordinates of the ruins?
This is SO sad!!! Not what I remember the Dells being all about. :^(
Back in 1856, the Wisconsin Dells was originally named Kilbourne City, for the man who founded the area. He was responsible for the damning of Lake Delton and creating and building the hydroelectric damn to power the area.
@rburnsiv
It looks like there has been a drill rig set up there all summer. I hope they don't demolish the whole site. The old restaurant next to IHop is opening again, or has opened. I'll have to take a look once the summer crowds die down. We went to Beaver Springs and there are several items there from Fort Dells. The old man sitting on the bench is now sitting in the middle of the medium fish pond!
Was there in the late sixties
What a bunch of wasted land, just so that they could hurry putting a Walgreens on the corner and the McDonald's there!
An old rail line I'll have to look up. Canadian Pacific and Amtrak have trackage rights through the Dells. Amtrak has a depot there.
The rails here are from a small train built only for in & around the park, like Disney and other theme parks have.
Amazing what glaciers can do hey . The only area that the ice shoves didn't effect were called the ( Driftless Zone ) . This area will be found in southwestern Wisconsin.
Did you have to ask permission to walk back there?
How does? one find this location.
It’s right behind McDonald’s in the dells
SOOO INTERSTING ..NO LIE I WAS KINDA SCARED I THOUGHT SOME MUTANT CREATURE WAS GONNA JUMPOUT THOUGH LOL ( i WATCH TOO MANY SCARY MOVIES) BUT WHERE EXACTLY IS THIS BY? AND WHAT HAUNTED HOUSE ? WOULD LOVE MORE INFO
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