Story Book Land (historical)

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This is the former Story Book Land of Dale City/Woodbridge. Also known as the Midget Village or Dwarf Village according to Local Legends. It was a classic 1960's roadside attraction themed on Grimm's Fairy Tales. There was a house Jack Built, Three Little Pigs, Mary and her Little Lambs, etc. And Smokey The Bear was at the entrance along with Mother Goose, probably to discourage burning the park down. They had a birthday party pavilion, horses to ride, and there was also a really fun little "around the world" ride which featured cars everyone fell out of and poisonous copperhead snakes.

Not much is left out there now other than some random odd brightly colored scraps of fiberglass and rotten wood with rusty nails sticking out. Most of the old structures were vandalized into total ruin years ago. The green grassy patch along Route 1 was the gravel parking lot at the entrance. As of 2008 the new Potomac Town Center development has come right up to the back edge of the site and a culvert has cut through part of the old entranceway.

Photo Credits:
www.theimaginaryworld.com/sblva.html
pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles49784.jpg

See also: www2.insidenova.com/ugc/snap/other/storybook-land/15602...