Fort Collins, Colorado - Folk Art: Swetsville Zoo

Fort Collins, Colorado - Folk Art: Swetsville Zoo

Meet Bill Swets, zookeeper of a metal menagerie. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Fort Collins, Colorado - Swetsville Zoo Shrinks

Swetsville Zoo: A yard full of fanciful metal creatures built by Bill Swets, known in Timnath, Colorado, as Swetsville Zoo, will close within the next five years. [03/24/2009] Complete Story...

Fort Collins, Colorado - Swetsville Zoo - The Bungled Jungle

Bungle in the Jungle [exhibit] is no longer part of Swetsville Zoo. It moved about three years ago to Salida, Colorado. It was replaced by a business that sold fountains, but that didn't last long. Bungle in the Jungle, 132 West 1st Street, Salida, CO. [Rick, 03/26/2007]

[RA: September 2008: Emily and Brian report that the rest of the Swetsville Zoo is intact in Fort Collins.]

Fort Collins, Colorado - Swetsville Zoo

The Swetsville Zoo now has over 140 welded metal sculptures. A legal-sized laminated green card carries the names of the sculptures along with some humorous comments. Retrieve the card from the outside of the 2nd building on the left as you drive in. Sculptures range in height from a few inches to 20 feet. All in all, a good way to spend an hour or so. The kids behind me were having a blast. [James Franklin, 01/29/2005]

Fort Collins - Timnath, Colorado - Swetsville Zoo

It was inundated by the major flood that hit the Poudre River, but has survived. The train around the cornfied -- not associated with the zoo, but a separate entity, is now, alas, gone. The track was pulled at least a year ago. [Norm Ritchie, 06/05/1999]

[RA: Bill Swets' Swetsville Zoo features 70 sculptures, including dinosaurs, flowers, animals and windmills constructed of car parts, farm machinery, and scrap metal. Located 1/4 mile E of I-25 on Harmony Road.]