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Mendota, the asylum that treated Ed Gein
1860
Lake Mendota, Madison
Praiawart · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Opened as the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane on a Kirkbride plan. Still operating, and since the 1990s the site of a juvenile treatment programme whose results have been studied internationally.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: documented spot
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