Madison’s ‘Lost City’: Inside the forgotten remains of Lake Forest

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article erroneously said that the university had purchased the land of Lake Forest in 1947.  Entombed within the deepest reaches of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, partially camouflaged in the underbrush, lies a concrete vestige of a housing development long forgotten: Madison’s “Lost City.” Human constructions fight a constant … Continue reading Madison’s ‘Lost City’: Inside the forgotten remains of Lake Forest