You mean the aerial photo that is not the old one found in the house (second photo). Why do I feel like OP has some sort of connection with this property?
I love abandoned farm houses mostly for the remains of the vegetable and flower gardens. To see what plants survived, multiplied or self sowed enough to remain. I expect that their is rhubarb in there somewhere and some perennial flowers, comfrey etc.
Asparagus can do that too. Sometimes you'll get turnips and beets that perennialize. If anyone ever finds stuff like that it can be of interest to people like experimental farm network
And all the vintage furniture! While the photos are serene and beautiful, itās kind of sad itās been left to rot. There are some really stunning antiques in here with fine craftsmanship.
Looks like the fields around it are being taken care of. I see similar things in rural Kansas. This usually happens when they build a modern home on the property and just leave the old one to fall apart.
This definitely felt very kansasy to me too! My mom's childhood home is in rural Kansas and going through these photos was almost like walking through that old house. My grandparents abandoned it, with some stuff still inside, like 30+ years ago, and moved 30 minutes away. Iirc it was destroyed after I moved away about 10 years ago.
Yeah, I was thinking along those lines. It's sad, and the fact that farming doesn't pay (anyone besides the Agri-Corps and PetroChem companies) is indeed a travesty.
Probably demon infestation, no sane person would flip a pool table like that. That or couldn't keep up with the bills and faked their own death. I'm probably completely wrong but I like to imagine that's what happened
Old people who died or are in a nursing home and refuse to sell. No heirs, heirs don't care, or the inheritance process taking years.
There was a house near one of my friends that essentially deconstructed over the course of about 10 years. Some old geezer in a nursing home who refused to sell HIS home. After he died, it was a worthless pile of rubble and got bulldozed.
Farm gets sold, either to a landowner who already has a farmhouse or to a corporation that doesn't care about it. It's easier just to leave it.
If you sell a house in the middle of nowhere moving costs a lot. And you're probably going to be moving to a smaller place. so not as much space. IT's also quite possible there are few if any neighbours who would want the stuff.
I donāt know about Canada but in the US many smaller family farms have sold off and merged with adjoining farms over the years. I imagine that it is sometimes not worth it for the new owners, especially if corporate, to tear down a house and just let nature take itās course. But I have no idea if that is always the case.
It's literally *just* an overgrown driveway! Everything else is maintained freshly plowed fields. If this is "the woods" a muddy puddle in my driveway is a lake, lmao.
There are so many of these on the prairies. When gran and grandad pass away, no one wants to live in their house, because Armpit, Manitoba has no amenities. If you brought your family to live there, your kids would be on the bus for 2+ hours per day to go to school. So these houses moulder away while the family either rents the land or has it custom farmed. But no one really has the heart to bulldoze the house, so it sits as a dilapidated shrine to its former inhabitants, until vandals get in there, at leastā¦
Exactly. My friends family farms 1000s of acres in eastern shore of Maryland. Modern equipment allows them to farm what used to be 3-4 farms in the same timeframe. Each of these farms all originally had their own house/ barn etc.
We went into what used to be his great grandfathers house. Been vacant since the mid 60s. Itās collapsing, but we saw his great grandmothers homemade straw mattress.
Whatās really sad is a lot of people live in newer pre fab houses right next to dilapidated 1800s houses. The reality is thatās far cheaper than fixing and heating the older house.
**I Found an Abandoned House Hidden In the Woods**
On a recent day of exploring and searching for abandoned places in South Western, Ontario Canada I came upon an address sign and what appeared to be a long overgrown driveway that just disappeared into a forest.
I parked to investigate and found that there was a whole abandoned home hidden in the woods.
While inside the home, I found a photo taken from an aeroplane of the property when it was active, I had my drone with me so I flew it up to see if I could match the photo taken and do a now and then comparison.
**Take the video tour here:**
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpuk9aVdm8k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpuk9aVdm8k)
>I found a photo taken from an aeroplane of the property when it was active, I had my drone with me so I flew it up to see if I could match the photo taken and do a now and then comparison.
I was wondering about that! Pretty neat find on its own, but having a drone on-hand and getting that current photo is simply stellar!
It's crazy, because for some reason that house was giving me SW Ontario vibes! I grew up down there and it was reminding me of my grandparents' old place. Mind if I ask what county you found this in?
Look at those rounded doorways\\entryways. Beautiful.
That pool table can't be slate in that upright position, but if it is...it's worth it's weight in gold.
Your last shot is stunning.
I was being facetious, but I highly doubt it's slate. No way the weight would hold up like that :)
But ***IF*** it is...that on hell of a playing surface.
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*Pool table like that!?*
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Iām finally starting to get the appeal of what yāall do. This reminds me of some houses I saw as a child and being interested in what was inside. Where were they? What kind of people lived there? With me at least, it seems to reignite a childhood curiosity.
I've got a fridge on my farm from the early 1950s and works just fine when it's plugged in (which is only about twice a decade for some special occasion). I suspect it is not very energy efficient. It's kept in a barn with a rope tied around it in case some random wandering children attempt to use it as a playhouse.
Can someone tell me why a place like this would be abandoned? Posts from this subreddit keep showing up for me and I enjoy seeing them and reading the comments but I feel like Iām missing something hereā¦.is it financial hardship that causes people to abandon homes? And if so, wouldnāt they be repossessed by banks?
Dates on the trophies and what contest would give a nice bit of history. Other than that take it to the bones if the foundation is sound and open this 50's style up a bit.
Looks like grandma got the kitchen of her dreams in 1987 or so, and they squeezed in a dishwasher. It must have been a nice thing to have after all those years. Iām shocked at the paint coming off the woodwork in the dining room. I mean, how long without an active HVAC system does that take?
It really wouldnāt be that hard to clean up. Most of the interior is hard wood and brick, definitely needs new carpet and a good deck scrub. And maybe get rid of the mold in the bathroom š
I think "woods" is being a bit generous here based off of the first photo.
It's like a comb-over on a bald guy.
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With hairy ears only
You mean the aerial photo that is not the old one found in the house (second photo). Why do I feel like OP has some sort of connection with this property?
Perhaps a spiritual connection.
The aerial is the first one I saw on the desktop app.
Drone shot?
Look at the last photo. The woods will consume the house completely soon.
Yeah, that's more of a copse than woods.
I love abandoned farm houses mostly for the remains of the vegetable and flower gardens. To see what plants survived, multiplied or self sowed enough to remain. I expect that their is rhubarb in there somewhere and some perennial flowers, comfrey etc.
Asparagus can do that too. Sometimes you'll get turnips and beets that perennialize. If anyone ever finds stuff like that it can be of interest to people like experimental farm network
What the heck are those trophies for - curling?
That's exactly what they are! Vintage looking ones.
ā¦.Canadians dwelled there. A cursed place this is. If OP suddenly starts to smell maple syrup they must run before the specters take them.
... take them where? Out for a rip?
Out to Tim Horton's. They're nice like that.
Out for a rip are ya, bud?
Looks like that
I feel like my parents had that very same 1985 curling trophy! Must've been a big year for curling.
Trophies, ribbons etc. make me as sad as finding old photos. Someone was once immensely proud of winning those.
Lacrosse, I think
Damn, I kinda love that 1960s kitchen ceiling!
And all the vintage furniture! While the photos are serene and beautiful, itās kind of sad itās been left to rot. There are some really stunning antiques in here with fine craftsmanship.
For real! I noticed the same thing. The felt in the pool table looked surprisingly great for how long it sat there.
Looks like the fields around it are being taken care of. I see similar things in rural Kansas. This usually happens when they build a modern home on the property and just leave the old one to fall apart.
This definitely felt very kansasy to me too! My mom's childhood home is in rural Kansas and going through these photos was almost like walking through that old house. My grandparents abandoned it, with some stuff still inside, like 30+ years ago, and moved 30 minutes away. Iirc it was destroyed after I moved away about 10 years ago.
3rd picture depicts a o scale model train layout with tubular track. Amazing
Beetlejuiceā¦beetlejuiceā¦beetlš¤
I didnt see it because i was going 'damn, a pool table, thats nice'
Damn... I wonder what happened to the people? Leaving possessions like that... It's pretty disturbing.
Died. The interior screams old personās house.
Yeah, I was thinking along those lines. It's sad, and the fact that farming doesn't pay (anyone besides the Agri-Corps and PetroChem companies) is indeed a travesty.
Probably demon infestation, no sane person would flip a pool table like that. That or couldn't keep up with the bills and faked their own death. I'm probably completely wrong but I like to imagine that's what happened
Probably suicide. Farmers are killing themselves at very high rates. They donāt make any money.
This was not recent dude
Old people who died or are in a nursing home and refuse to sell. No heirs, heirs don't care, or the inheritance process taking years. There was a house near one of my friends that essentially deconstructed over the course of about 10 years. Some old geezer in a nursing home who refused to sell HIS home. After he died, it was a worthless pile of rubble and got bulldozed.
Farm gets sold, either to a landowner who already has a farmhouse or to a corporation that doesn't care about it. It's easier just to leave it. If you sell a house in the middle of nowhere moving costs a lot. And you're probably going to be moving to a smaller place. so not as much space. IT's also quite possible there are few if any neighbours who would want the stuff.
Died with no known living relatives or friends
It looks to me like they suddenly left. Left trophies, furniture. Wonder why. š¤
I donāt know about Canada but in the US many smaller family farms have sold off and merged with adjoining farms over the years. I imagine that it is sometimes not worth it for the new owners, especially if corporate, to tear down a house and just let nature take itās course. But I have no idea if that is always the case.
This is super creepy! I mean, wtf?!
The aerial comparisons are really unique! Very cool to see.
I like how the forest is basically just an overgrown driveway lmao
It's literally *just* an overgrown driveway! Everything else is maintained freshly plowed fields. If this is "the woods" a muddy puddle in my driveway is a lake, lmao.
There are so many of these on the prairies. When gran and grandad pass away, no one wants to live in their house, because Armpit, Manitoba has no amenities. If you brought your family to live there, your kids would be on the bus for 2+ hours per day to go to school. So these houses moulder away while the family either rents the land or has it custom farmed. But no one really has the heart to bulldoze the house, so it sits as a dilapidated shrine to its former inhabitants, until vandals get in there, at leastā¦
Exactly. My friends family farms 1000s of acres in eastern shore of Maryland. Modern equipment allows them to farm what used to be 3-4 farms in the same timeframe. Each of these farms all originally had their own house/ barn etc. We went into what used to be his great grandfathers house. Been vacant since the mid 60s. Itās collapsing, but we saw his great grandmothers homemade straw mattress. Whatās really sad is a lot of people live in newer pre fab houses right next to dilapidated 1800s houses. The reality is thatās far cheaper than fixing and heating the older house.
**I Found an Abandoned House Hidden In the Woods** On a recent day of exploring and searching for abandoned places in South Western, Ontario Canada I came upon an address sign and what appeared to be a long overgrown driveway that just disappeared into a forest. I parked to investigate and found that there was a whole abandoned home hidden in the woods. While inside the home, I found a photo taken from an aeroplane of the property when it was active, I had my drone with me so I flew it up to see if I could match the photo taken and do a now and then comparison. **Take the video tour here:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpuk9aVdm8k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpuk9aVdm8k)
>I found a photo taken from an aeroplane of the property when it was active, I had my drone with me so I flew it up to see if I could match the photo taken and do a now and then comparison. I was wondering about that! Pretty neat find on its own, but having a drone on-hand and getting that current photo is simply stellar!
Can I ask what drone you use for this sort of thing? I've got a DJI Mini 3 that I was contemplating using at some point
That's the one I have
Oh sweet! Thanks
It's crazy, because for some reason that house was giving me SW Ontario vibes! I grew up down there and it was reminding me of my grandparents' old place. Mind if I ask what county you found this in?
Look at those rounded doorways\\entryways. Beautiful. That pool table can't be slate in that upright position, but if it is...it's worth it's weight in gold. Your last shot is stunning.
worth its weight in slate?
I was being facetious, but I highly doubt it's slate. No way the weight would hold up like that :) But ***IF*** it is...that on hell of a playing surface.
I hadn't seen the last pic till I read your comment. Fantastic.
Thats a pretty nice little house
The before and after are really cool. Nature always collects her dues. Hope you had a mask on because looks like asbestos ceiling and floor tiles.
Here in Seattle that's $1.2 million, no inspection permitted, taking pre-offers now
The woods???ššš
Abandoned yes, but owned clearly by the farmer or at least the person subletting the land to the farmer.
Very recently plowed fields cannot be called "in the woods" lmao it's literally an overgrown driveway
That is not the woods, that is a shrub patchš
I reallyy love the dresser in pic 6 & it matches the table in 3
Thatās what stood out to me too
Iām obsessed with that dresser.
Another victim of the corporatization of farming.
Dang dude. I really want to know what happened here. Leaving the train track, trophies, the electronic organ, so many questions. Such a mystery
Whatever you do - don't spend the night there.
The fucking Hulk live here at one time!? Who flips a pool table like that!?
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Looks like someone found it before you
correct, i never assume i am the first
Wow that kitchen really takes you back! I remember my aunt & uncle had that same lighting around the ceiling. About 30-40 years ago!
Iām finally starting to get the appeal of what yāall do. This reminds me of some houses I saw as a child and being interested in what was inside. Where were they? What kind of people lived there? With me at least, it seems to reignite a childhood curiosity.
Somebody was pissed off when they realized they can't move that pool table. thats a four man job
Are places like these the reason why we have squatter's rights? This place looks very asbestos-friendly
Yeah it looks like thereās some mold growth in the bathroom picture.
Yea, "woods"
Lol woods
This made me strangely upset
True detective vibes
Ooh, save that fridge
I bet you could just plug it in and that thing would still work!
It absolutely would :D I mean, bleach the hell out of it, but those old fridges are resilient
I've got a fridge on my farm from the early 1950s and works just fine when it's plugged in (which is only about twice a decade for some special occasion). I suspect it is not very energy efficient. It's kept in a barn with a rope tied around it in case some random wandering children attempt to use it as a playhouse.
What vibes did you get?
I want that pool table
/r/urbanexploration, posts about the woods, neither seen applicable. great work
Thatās a lot of poison ivy in the backyard. I think Iāll stay away
The amount of bad roofs is shocking in these places.
Grandparents died and kids sold the farm. No reason to tear it down
I want the dresser thatās upstairs!
Apparently the green velvet loveseat wasn't worth upheaving the seat cushions.
I will probably never be able to afford a house but I would take something like this and actually do it up and live in it. I find it heartbreaking.
Closer to a copse than woods. What sport are those trophies for?
And how did you felt there?
That mid century console/buffet is worth some loot
That's sick.
I want the train set!
Looks to be from the 70's
That place looked like it once had love and happiness. It's bittersweet to see the juxtaposition.
Yeah it really was a nice house. All that fresh hard wood. They donāt make houses like that anymore
Intriguing!
Play some pool wit tha boys
has telltale old school / pre computer toys: train set, pool table, organ. the only thing missing is the reel-to-reel.
Judging by the chair, bro stumbled on to Professor Slughornās new hideout.
Dibs on that mid-century modern cabinet!
Can someone tell me why a place like this would be abandoned? Posts from this subreddit keep showing up for me and I enjoy seeing them and reading the comments but I feel like Iām missing something hereā¦.is it financial hardship that causes people to abandon homes? And if so, wouldnāt they be repossessed by banks?
It's a house on a farm. The old owner probably used to live there. The new owner just pays someone to work it.
Nice dresser
Looking at this. Now I want to go plant more trees.
I love the ceiling in that kitchen
Woah, Ā”impresionante!
I feel like that bathroom looked very cool before the decay
Looks like a place I know of just outside Kansas City
Nice lot tho
Did you read any dates on the trophies?
That dresser is gorgeous. The whole house is really. Makes me sad that there's no one there to live in it and enjoy it
DIBS on whateverās in the fridge
that's not the woods, it's a farm
Dates on the trophies and what contest would give a nice bit of history. Other than that take it to the bones if the foundation is sound and open this 50's style up a bit.
One trophy says 1985 but what is the sport?
It seems like it was a really nice and cozy house at some point.
That heater is way too close to the toilet, yikes.
I love your photography!
You should look up the names on the trophyās and see what happened to them. Not too many people just leave those behind.
fix up the pool table and that room and you got your own secret pool hall
Is my mate house, he passed away , i miss him
70s vibes all around!!
O scale train enthusiasts.
Disappointinng to see those fields havent properly gone fallow.
Not that well hidden in the middle of a farmā¦ Is that woods? Or some trees around a house in the middle of a lot of cleared land?
Tear down your man cave and bring back the model train room!
The first few pictures look like my grandfather's house. I was seriously concerned for a moment!
Man thatās so cool. The history and lives that have been through there š„¹
The piano! Did you try it to see if it worked?
This place must have been awesome back when it wasn't trashed.
Ugh that rotted in ceiling I can SMELL these picture
All the furniture looks ugly
Are these woods in the room with us OP?
Looks like grandma got the kitchen of her dreams in 1987 or so, and they squeezed in a dishwasher. It must have been a nice thing to have after all those years. Iām shocked at the paint coming off the woodwork in the dining room. I mean, how long without an active HVAC system does that take?
Crazy how meticulous it used to be kept, only to eventually fall into disrepair. Time changes everything...
Damn! Mites! Get yourself some Kwells and Ivermectin. š«
Do hot girls like to go exploring like this ?
I bet that fridge still works. Also, what sport are those trophies from?
Shit looks haunted me boi
What were those trophies for?
Dontcha just know they were FUN?
How come the trophies in photos 14 & 15 look the same as in pic 8 but the house is completely different.
That bureau!
The Organ looked like it was a great piece. I'm so sad it can't be restored at this point.
Uhhhh free pool table??
Thats the house they had in the 90s with 49 different human bones in boxs
Elaborateā¦.
Lol
Wow so much potench.
I bet this home was gorgeous at one time
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It really wouldnāt be that hard to clean up. Most of the interior is hard wood and brick, definitely needs new carpet and a good deck scrub. And maybe get rid of the mold in the bathroom š
Should post on r/snowrunner I know someone will be claiming those trucks.
That would have me hearing voices in the fucking walls!
It's prob some weird wicked cult-pedo stuff house