ABANDONED Belle Isle Zoo (Found Cages!) - Detroit, MI

[@tenabrown6987]

This was an awesome zoo. I remember going there when I was young with my family. It's sad that places like this don't exist anymore.

[@VirtualVernon]

I use to come here when I was a little kid. I was born in 1985, and lived in Hamtramck Mi; which is a small city in the center of Detroit. We lived about 5-6 miles from Belle Isle. My dad would take my brother, sister, and I quite often during the summer months. We would go swimming at the beach, ride the giant slide, walk around the aquarium, explore the nature center and forest, and we would always go the Belle Isle zoo. Are favorite thing to do was play in the huge wooden park (everything was made out of wood). The funniest memory I had at the zoo was when I was a kid. I was sitting with my legs dangling over the raised walkway. My sandal fell off, and a kangaroo stole it and put it inside its pouch. Sadly as the millennium approached, Bell Isle started to get run down. But thankfully when Detroit went bankrupt, they sold it to the State of Michigan which made it a State Park. Now the State Police patrol the grounds, and there is plenty of funding.

[@UnchartedTravel]

That is very interesting thanks for sharing! It definitely did look like it would have been a cool zoo to visit when it was open!

[@wfk7208]

You deserve way more than 9k I love how you explain everything at the beginning of the video.

[@UnchartedTravel]

Wil Korbel Thank you so much for the kind words! Its comments like these that encourage us to keep doing what we're doing! Cheers!

[@skandarc2810]

And now for an actual comment. This was a superb exploration video mate. That was a great intro sir. Great narration and the sad spooky music you play throughout was perfect. The music specifically makes the overall tone so sad 😢 haha. Loved the sexy Jake Williams action at 9:46 😍😉 hahaha. You two are the best! My two fave KZbinrs ☺️👌🏻 for sure now.

[@UnchartedTravel]

As always thank you so much for the kind words and critique!!! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video and collab with jake! I hope we can continue to entertain you in the future!

[@LadyAxe13]

Usually your explorations of abandoned, once active places instill sadness in me, but an empty zoo is beautiful and satisfying, knowing the cages don't imprison wild animals for human entertainment anymore. Great location!

[@lewandlo]

When I was a kid I lived in Windsor ,across the river from Detroit. One of the Fallow deer got loose from the zoo and we live about 5 miles from the zoo across the river. It swam across the river and ended up in a small field across the street. My mom screamed "A deer ,a deer". My dad and neighbour ran after it with a rope trying to round it up hehe. They never caught it and if my dad would have ,he would of chopped it up and fed it to our family lol.

[@superz8288]

This is some amazing content! Crazy that it doesn't have many more views

[@Phantom_Fireside]

I thought I reconized part of the zoo, I had no idea this was where they filmed that part of Real Steel, Its a favorite film of mine

[@snpgam1ng]

Intro was killer!

[@UnchartedTravel]

snp gaming Thank you very much!

[@cocojo242]

snp gaming agree with you.

[@sylviahouder6665]

My husband can remember going to see animals on Belle Isle when he was a child. He remembers elephant rides for children. He is 88 now.

[@chelseadiaz]

It's very sad how small the animal enclosures are.

[@UnchartedTravel]

This is true, during feeding or closure periods it is more than likely that the animals were stuffed into those small rooms

[@andrewgellerman4605]

Well done, sir!! Another great video.

[@UnchartedTravel]

Thank you so much! Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@ussgrisham]

The Skyrim music is a good touch nice tour man

[@UnchartedTravel]

USS Kiyone Thank you very much! Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@Luigiberry]

Uncharted Travel hi brennen I love your video

[@DSBOY33]

Very nice video thank you for exploring the infamous Belle Isle Zoo i was wondering how it look now and now i know

[@UnchartedTravel]

Thank you so much! Happy to hear you enjoyed the video!

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

It's really a shame that the Belle isle zoo is gone, because of misappropriated funds, thank you kwame kilpatrick for your contribution to the city of Detroit, your greed, and your lies devastated A whole city, Detroit has not been the same after you, you should do every day of those (28)years, see yah ☺.

[@pharoahmiller2117]

The city funds were misappropriated long before Kilpatrick! What do you was happening during the 70s,,80s & 90s? The cookie jar was pretty much empty when Kawme took office in 2001.. Also the zoo was closed less then a year of his election so I hardly doubt it was his mismanagement that led to it's closing..

[@susan5301]

Very nice video! What a shame it can't stay open! Great job! Love the history lesson also!

[@UnchartedTravel]

Thank you so much for the kind words! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video! It is truly a shame that such a massive zoo like this one had to shut its doors

[@kevinbritton5001]

Don't know much about the island other than my visit last summer for the IndyCar race. Had a blast at the race. Would have loved to check the rest of the island out. Was the first time I saw a, or many protestors greeting us at an entrance to a race. Was sorta weird and out of place.

[@autumnmarie8268]

I was just thinking about anything I did as a kid there me an my wife visited the whole park today thank God I was able to see wats left of it smh even the giant slide is close smh was trying to go down sad 😥

[@kellymyers5903]

Great video great job, God bless

[@UnchartedTravel]

kelly myers Thank you so much for watching and the kind words! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video! Cheers!

[@HJCF0520]

Great video!

[@UnchartedTravel]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@deendrew36]

Those cages are tiny....what awful lives those animals must have had. I am not sorry at all this is closed.

[@retro6294]

Understandable. They never had the larger animals like giraffes and hippos. The larger animals were horse size and smaller, like lemurs and zebras. It was a small zoo and I loved it. But I agree they should have had more room for sleeping and eating.

[@katherinestinson1551]

How did you get in there. I thought you weren’t allowed to. I have walked my dog passed it and it looks cool. Belle isle is a great place to take your pets for walks. So many trails.

[@deendrew36]

Why do you think Urbexers always need to hide from outside eyes?

[@Luvyaabunch82]

Beautiful

[@germman93]

Need to make some more camping alone vids 🤔

[@Defcon1776]

Looks a lot different now 55 years on.

[@gracievore206]

You probably won’t answer but I was wondering how you got in here cause I’ve been wanting to go,

[@xthatxdetroitxgaymerx6108]

there is a beaten path, pass the stone bridge. next to the lamp post. follow the creek to the employee service drive entrance.

[@xthatxdetroitxgaymerx6108]

Hmu if u go in im pup roxas

[@TheDeadmanRules]

Awesome intro music! The music throughout the video is also cool! I don't know why anyone who loves something like that place would stop loving it and not share it with other members of their family or if they were kids when they went there, not take their own kids to it after they became adults. I just don't understand why people do that! And although it's sad to see places that were once thriving in shambles, I am sure those who went there will never forget the fun times they had! And I can't stand people who paint graffiti everywhere. Most of what is written is stupid and profane. And as seen in some videos including this one, some of the people who wrote in spray paint didn't graduate from Hooked On Phonics! :)

[@retro6294]

I went there when I was a small boy when I visited my grandparents in Detroit. I loved walking on those wooden walk ways and watching the animals. It grieves me at how rundown the place is and the gang graffiti makes it worse.

[@charmedones1249]

I just went there

[@mikeborsum2953]

This guy sounds like "Sir Spooks" from that KZbin channel.

[@deendrew36]

Do you mean Chills? My husband always says he sounds like Chills!

[@kellydeal72]

How sad....

[@AvidVentures]

this was so good guys, lets collaborate sometime?

[@UnchartedTravel]

Thank you so much! And forsure! Where are you based from?

[@debbieneel8344]

What happened to the animals?

[@kaykieling8756]

Do you post pretty recently after you’ve explored some place?

[@UnchartedTravel]

for the most part!

[@charmedones1249]

Can we still go there

[@UnchartedTravel]

Its not open to the public but it is accessible

[@PreacherJimC]

As of currently (2018) the Island is now owned by the State of Michigan and patrolled by the Michigan State Police and it is very hard to enter into these places now because the MSP are VERY! strict in enforcement. Also there is now a state fee to enter the Island. It is now considered a State Park.

[@annem2771]

@@PreacherJimC it shouldn't look like that if it's considered a state park.🤔no?

[@PreacherJimC]

Anne M the state is in the process of rebuilding and cleaning up the island. But years of disrepair and neglect it will take a while.

[@annem2771]

@@PreacherJimC ahh I see! That's cool.

[@skandarc2810]

First yay

[@UnchartedTravel]

Skandar C nice!

[@achmodinivswe9500]

Forgotten hu what are you calling the graffiti ??

[@sanjimanga8923]

Yo how did u get in there cause I want to go

[@SherrySherry]

😎 I was there several weeks ago with some fellow explorers, it wasn't easy to get in! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@seanc8924]

@@SherrySherry but how do you get in?

[@SherrySherry]

@@seanc8924 I found a hidden break in the parameter 🤫🔗‼️

[@autumnmarie8268]

It is easy trust me when you are from here you can do anything you think you can't we was there today

[@trumpisgoat7814]

Where is the ksi diss track?

[@UnchartedTravel]

Daniel Rillo lol

[@michaeljhirz]

zoo's are prisons

[@tenabrown6987]

Why do people need to go into these places and destroy it? Its so sad

[@shitdicks6882]

Cause their wankers :)

[@cocojo242]

Hate zoos

[@UnchartedTravel]

Coco Jo They make for interesting explores though!

[@Trainy2]

These old zoos were more like animal prisons. At least the zoos today have better standards.

[@red3here]

Coco Jo zoos keep animals safe form killers.

[@charmedones1249]

I'm going again today who wanna join me

[@supthanks2600]

😡😕😞😣😡😠😟........💔Detroit