Life changes, what we think is important, can become a burden to the ones we leave behind. A burden they may not be able to carry, by reason of circumstance. Thus it's left. I own a home, a large home. My wife died, the children are grown, and they have lives of their own. We keep in touch (always) but they will never return to what was important to my wife and I. Knowing this, my instructions to them are to sell it all, and move on. Live a simple life with Love, you can't take it with you. May God be with all who read this, may I see you there in the place that has been prepared.
@@kristensomerville3165 Thank you. I don't think like the world thinks. For what profit is there, if a man gains the whole world, and looses his soul. You can't take it with you
@@joek511 I agree wholeheartedly. Unfortunately it’s rare anymore to find people (particularly online) that have a more ‘eternal perspective’. Your children are lucky to have a father who has that.
It is indeed a very beautiful place, I loved the main entrance and corridor the most, oh and the garden in front of it. I would love to have even a half of this house.
@@lisacates4185 Im sitting in a home i have lied in since about 1999.We have a new addition that is about 2 years old. Im 57.What wil happen to it one day?I have been working on family scrapbooks full of beautiful pictures. What will become of them too? Thrown out? Or lost in some cobwebby corner to the elements? All can be vanity in the end.. All that last forever is what we have with God.
@@glowinggold9488 ,I understand, worldly possession will pass,but I'd like to think my footprint is just a stepping stone for another generation, we all need peace where ever it can be found,even an old foundation
I can't imagine abandoning my mom's property. Her house is over 100 years old. Things she's kept are from our past, as well as her grandparents past. When she died, we cleaned her room first. We found so much of her heritage. My sister is the owner, now. She isn't ready to let go, either. There's so much memories. We didn't stay around mom. She was very abusive, but we did stay in touch. She had her own problems to deal with. We still care about her. My sister was closer to her. I think mom left the property to her is the best. The book with the glasses reminds me of my mom, she read a lot. Mom taught us about forgiveness and not to be so quick to judge. It has helped with forgiveness of her abusive behaviors. I can smell the mustiness as I watch this. Mom's house is dusty and musty. It's huge and has a lot to go through and clean.
She taught about forgiveness,and you guys use that lesson you learn frm her to forgive her abusive behaviour......omg......love this part...it cracked me up.
@@lavender1986 I’m sure she loved them. Sometimes we can’t understand our parents “reasons” until we have our own children. We may not understand why they made the decisions they did. Never give up on the people you love.
Their family's history is very rich. It's sad that they left everything, especially the photos dating back years ago. These photos would be a fortune for a future family member to see. I don't even know what my grandparents looked like when they were young. Photos are treasure, specially from a family with a rich and recorded history such as theirs.
Yes, pictures are important. I have a picture of my Great Grandmother. She was full blood Choctaw Indian and born in 1875 in Indian Territory (much later to become the state of Oklahoma USA). Little did I know, as a child, sitting on her lap, that I would graduate High School 101 years after she was born.
Well because this younger generation doesn’t care and most don’t want to work either probably just left it behind or maybe they owed money to the bank didn’t want it maybe it’s too big or small a lot of reasons why people do what they do
Why do I always have this sad feeling whenever I'm watching something like this? I mean, I just felt sad thinking about the laughter and noise that once occupied the house, the memories and such.
Human are social being and we smile when we saw someone smiling, likewise in this situation. I believe anybody will feel the same "nostalgic" seeing this once happy, noisy, occupied home are now empty and ruin. 😢
You guys need to wear gloves and make it a habit you never know what kind of dangerous infection diseases you can be exposed. Be always safe. Appreciate you guys 🤗
That moldy spider really creeped me out. Who ever is shooting this I really appreciated how slow you moved throughout the place. It gave me time to appreciate what I was looking at. Most of these types of videos they move the camera so fast or the camera seems to be all over the place you don’t even know what your looking at. Stay safe
true videographers know that the viewer's brain to eye connection to what they are seeing is slower than the one who is doing the initial viewing (seeing) same sort of reason drivers don't get as car sick as their passengers.
@@sherilynl4038 I'm glad you mention car sickness. I can get nauseous from some videos where there is too much movement from walking/ running, or swinging the camera around to different shots too fast.
@@nancyneyedly4587 it's a legit motion sickness. novice videographers don't know this and just move the camera as their eyes/brain process what they're seeing, but there is a delay in other viewers
I believe in what you all do. The couple passed, their daughter had long moved to Hawaii, and the house decayed over the years. What a SHAME!!!! There were some BEAUTIFUL PIECES in that house that could still be restored.
Why don't they sell it or rent it out or give someone a free rent to keep the house at least clean and tidy so it dosent fall apart I'd love to live there
I live for these videos. So many urban explorers film like hyper children in a candy store. But you guys really take time and respect the places you explore. Thank you
My grandparents picked-up and left their home, bakery, and belongings in Italy to emigrate to Venezuela after WWII. Most of their town was bombed-out, and my grandmother would sometimes reminisce on all the porcelain, her silverware, and the bedroom they were given as a wedding gift that they left behind. It happened often, especially in post-war European countries. In the region I grew up in- Sardinia- there are also numerous farmsteads, fortifications-turned-homes, and mining towns, that were abandoned seemingly overnight, with equipment and most belongings being left there. I can only imagine what’s in the hinterlands of landlocked countries in Europe that have had similar histories.
After my dad died, my mom moved out of my childhood home. Her new place was smaller, and my dad was a "collector." We decided it was "just stuff" and took only what we wanted and left the rest behind. There was family drama, my grandma had been emotionally abusive to all of us, and since her name was on the mortgage with my dad's, she borrowed against it without us ever knowing until after my dad passed suddenly. When I found out my mom was not legally bound to the house she and my dad paid for every month for 30 years, and my grandma would be left with the remaining balance ($100k more than what my mom thought was left to pay off) we left it and all the stuff we didn't need. It was painful, but the only thing we left behind that still breaks my heart...our family pets that we laid to rest in the garden. Not that I want to dig them up...I just miss visiting and placing painted rocks where they were buried. The rest...is just stuff.
Ask the current occupants if you may visit the garden. Explain the situation to them.. I'm sure they'll be kind and interested to know some of the house's history at the same time. No harm in asking!...
You come in with nothing, you leave with nothing, everything you accumulate in a lifetime is nothing more than things to make your life more comfortable, in the end, it all means nothing, I can only hope I leave just one thing worth learning to one person, then my part here would have been worth something to someone and my job will have been done, after all, it would be good to have something on my CV when I get to the pearly gates. (Message to my kids) I only try to teach you things to save you the embarrassment, of making mistakes I've all-ready-made, I don't profess to know everything, but I can certainly save you the feeling of a red face when I see it clearly coming lol, Thanks for your comments everyone, Telling the truth may not get you many friends. But it will get you the right ones
It gives me a sense of emptiness watching this.. I just hope that the last person to live there did not die alone. It looks like it was a home full of life which faded at the passage of time.. Sad.
@@dom3827 They knew. I've seen plenty of buildings from 1900 onwards that were built to rott... At times, they rot within 10 years of use to the point that major repairs are necessary!
@@dom3827 My parents bought one in the mid price range from a big company and they nearly exclusively build with parts purchased second hand as we later found out. Repairing the plumbing is a nightmare as nothing can be ordered anymore! That's why they got it so cheap! They also painted over moist wood and did a bad job with isolation...
They say that the difference between America and Europe is that Americans think that 100 years is a long time and Europeans think that 100 miles is a long way.
The old house my ancestor built in the late 1600s still stands in Minden, NRW. It is still owned by the family that bought it from my family in 1848 when they came to the USA. In 2019 I visited cousins in Minden and they took me to see the house! Inside it are two pieces of fine furniture my ancestors could not take with them, both made in the 1700s. I thanked the family for taking such good care of my ancestral home.
14 years ago I packed up my house, stored everything in one lockable room, rented the rest of the house out and moved to another country. Seeing the decay in this house is making me nervous about the state that my belongings may be in when I return. At least having a tenant has ensured that the house remains livable and well maintained, and, of course, it’s not open to the elements. I’m hoping my belongings are not suffering from anything other than dust and cobwebs. I’m amazed that it has only taken 15 years for this house to decay and become uninhabitable. I wonder if the owner even realizes what has happened.
We used to love visiting my husband's grandma's house when she was still around, and for a while, we used to lived there. When she passed away, my husband inherited the house. The house is so full of memory that living there is too sad because without her in it, it was just a house, not a home.
My grandmother, for religious reasons, just packed a bag and hopped on an airplane to the US from Germany. So I completely believe someone just up and leaving all of that stuff to pursue a different future, in the end stuff is just stuff. I love watching your guys' videos and imagining a life in history.
I have been very saddened by the loss of these memories in videos like this, but what you said, "In the end, it's just stuff," really resonated with me. I believe in the after life and when we cling to things of this world, it just brings us to the finite and downward We will decay, just like they do. We are to look foward. Be grateful for what we were blessed with, but look forward, because in the end, it is just stuff. The soul is for eternity. And that is infinite and beautiful. It is still hard because they are memories of loved ones and in some cases loved ones not having a good end to life in a nursing home. My family never sent my gtandmother to a nursing home, and I lived her and her stiries soo much. She was a such a joy ro be around, and I am grateful we never had to put her anywhere else, but with us, in her home. Sorry for the rant. It is an emotional subject because I miss her so.
@@ammcroft Your grandmother was one of the lucky ones and she knew she was loved. That’s the greatest legacy to leave behind. I see way to many people willing to put those that loved them tossed into a nursing home. I took care of my mom along with my 2 sisters until the day she left us. I have no regrets but I have great memories.
This makes me so sad though.. to think that someone's life was either so disconnected from loved ones or so unimportant that it just rots away like this. I'm so grateful y'all genuinely care for the properties and their histories. Makes their purpose and the lives they have contained seem less in vein. Thank you.
It is interesting how you say the newer part is decaying. I studied Germany in school for a few years and something that stuck with me was a teacher told of the buildings that you could take away half of the supports of classical German buildings and they would still be sturdier and last longer than anything new. Things used to be built to last generations; centuries. I really love the classical German architecture. So beautiful! And Thank you for the photos that light up the rooms.
That house was built 10 years, to the day, after American independence was declared! Of course, we celebrate the 4th of July every year, but the year it all started was 1776. Amazing to think about.
One common denominator, these houses, all of them, seem so sad to have been left all alone. They are the heroes, they keep our time capsules and secrets.
My heart is deeply stirred by your Vids. Im so we incredibly connected to these abandoned, crumbling disintegrating houses, once homes. Italian architecture fascinates me. Ive lived in Italy & where I lived way out in the country was a phenomenal life experience. I went back in time centuries. I loved exploring & found myself in weeping many times. The architectural beauty & beauty of the land was just astounding. Thank you for these Vids. How I would love to explore theses mansions, villas & furnishings. It is is somewhat sad, but knowing the walls could share stories is somehow comforting & soothing.
Your are so correct. Past history of families who lived and scarficed is written in it's interment, if walls could talk. As you claimed living in old homes and the country side speak through its calmness. Enjoy the country the calmness of the country.
Even if surviving family moved away, you'd think they'd want to make a trip to go through the house and take the photo's (its the families history). I think its sad that families let homes such as this fall to ruins instead of putting them up for sale if they don't want them. The architecture of the home is beautiful and im sure someone would have loved to have had it.
Sometimes the repair bills overtake the owners then there are legal complications if they pass without wills or making provision for taxation and then there can be family arguments to blame for this sad state of affairs !!
We can only imagine there are reasons they haven't come yet. My family had a home we paid a reality company to keep rented for us while we worked over seas for 5 years. The home was almost destroyed while we were away. Thank Goodness we had great insurance & we could get it back to new again. My mother walked into the house & said bull doze & rebuild , I left a newly built house & will never live here again ! It did all work out in the end.
I think something happened to stop relatives or officials from proceeding probably due to legal issues over wills and disputes of legality ....lawyers and family passed away and prohibitive costs to clear the way for sale etc. left it to rot. People would rather spend all their time and money fighting everyone and then no one gets anything done. That's really sad.
The picture of the blonde woman in the 1990s, looks the spitting image of the blonde woman in the picture from the 1940s. The daughter looked almost exactly like either her mother or her grandmother.
The pictures of the girl in the small plane plus the 80s cars on the lawn, and the upstairs items that appear to be from the early 90s - the dawn of affordable Internet for most of the world, make me think that perhaps she was a daughter Who had been communicating with online friends she had met while studying or travelling, and she was then backpacking around Hawaii and something happened to prevent her ever returning to deal with the farm when her mother passed away. Whatever happened, it’s a fascinating mystery and you guys handled it beautifully. You are so respectful. I am now a new subscriber to your channel😁
Right in the “funny bone” of the leg! I winced... and laughed, but mostly winced because when you do that it feels like you’ve been shot or something. My brain registers it as “that leg is done for and you’re going to die now”, as I limp around swearing for ten minutes.
Someone else commented it & I agree- these folks are the National Geographic of Urbex! It’s true!!! These videos are just in another universe with even the biggest channels!! The humble & respectful approach to document & record the history, the backstory to the places & things, the artistic quality of the photography & videography - it’s just incredible!!!! Each video is a delight! It feels almost like actually being there in person & I always learn something interesting!! KUDOS! This is pretty much the only Urbex channel I can stand to watch, if I do watch any videos on other channels I have to mute the volume & fast forward through a lot. Their juvenile approach to the entire project, the inappropriate music, the way they have to handle, poke, prod & move objects, the commotion between the explorers, their ignorance as to the history of the places & things, their disregard of dangerous situations like black mold etc is just beyond annoying & makes it just impossible for me to enjoy looking at the places filmed. This channel has NONE of those issues - AT ALL!!! There’s just absolutely no comparison to be perfectly honest! 👏👏👏👏👏
This was so sad. To imagine the people living here and then it just being abandoned. It was once a beautiful home loved by the people who lived there. All those memories- lost. 😢
Its like sand through the hourglass ⌛ gone and never to come again, but what about the next Generations. There was nothing to pass on, they didn't care.😔😪
The idea that I might die any moment is for me less unsettling as the knowledge that I will be forgotten and no matter how hard I try, I will leave little behind for future generations. If you did a Ph.D. you know how much work it was that mostly can be summed up in a few sentences and has little impact on your field as a whole... If you build a mansion, there's no guarantee that it will inhabit future generations of the family. Etc. etc. and when you look back at WWII, you already realize that people are forgetting as they make major mistakes referencing that time... My favorite grievance is when someone says that Germans should feel guilty for murdering 6 million, when in fact, it was 3x as many(!) and both Stalin and Mao had an even higher bodycount. I add the latter not for diminishing A-Hole's contributions, but because I see way too many communism-fanboys out there...
Beautifully done as always. Honestly your camera style and editing are one of a kind. You are also one of the best story tellers presenting every tale with respect and humanity. ❤ much love from Canada
My Dad was German but I was born in 🇨🇦 I'd love to go to Germany to be part of a different culture, history & way of life. Also, after watching this episode and you guys for the first time, you earned a new follower. Very well done. Thank you
Have u ever tried to contact those relatives so they can actually see what they left behind? It is unbelievable that for decades that house is standing there untouched! Great video 👍
As others have suggested, this mystery could be easily solved by going back and asking the neighbors and/or a visit to the county courthouse. I’m assuming that property ownership is a matter of public record (as it is in the US) and so you can get info on the current and past owners.
We don't have court houses in Europe, only courts of justice. Public records in Germany are kept by the Standesamt in the the local civil registration office.
My mom is from England but married a soldier and moved to the states. She was an only child. It used to be very expensive to call over seas so she didn’t get or make calls home very often. Her father passed first and her mother lived several years on her own. When she became unable to care for herself a nephew put her in a nursing home and notified my mother through a letter. By then all my grandmothers personal things had been disposed of. All her photos and memories lost. It’s sad. Sometimes that’s how it happens.
My great great grandfather left Manchester England for the USA, and never heard from parents or siblings again, according to what he told my grandfather. Great distances do that, but some people can't seem to stay close to their family, even if they only live across town.
I know. Same boat, as you. There are no family heirlooms left. They were all sold to cover her Care home. It’s not like she had very much to begin with but, it would have been nice to have something of sentimental value. All I have of her is an old eyewash glass. Also, anytime we got a trunk call from England it scared us to death because it meant someone was very ill, or died. My Mom came from Liverpool and also married a soldier from Tennessee, My Dad. I miss them both each and everyday.
I just found your wonderful channel here on YT. I must say I am VERY impressed with all aspects of this film. This is to say that anyone can make a video, but not just anybody can produce such a captivating short film as this. I am an old man now. My picture is of myself at 33 years of age. I wish I could do what your doing now. But it is not to be. Although we know not of one another, I must say how proud I am of you. It warms my heart to see young, intelligent, adventurous Men like yourselves creating such films. They will be history one day. Stay kind, trust your gut and never question it. For most times it is correct. Remember God, He is always with you. As for this film, FANTASTIC !
@@spezia8066 Or maybe there was some bad blood between her and her parents. Who leaves their country and family behind, and never comes to take possession of their personal items, such as family photos and such, after their parents passing?
I’m in love with the history of things. Finding all those pics, furniture, dishes etc... the house!! I can’t imagine leaving something like that behind just to rot away! Each piece has a memory which we most likely will never know
This popped up in my feed and decided to check it out. I have to say WELL DONE!!! BRAVO!!! What a beautiful home. So sad that it was abandoned, but so refreshing to see that looters have not destroyed it. I felt as if I were watching a movie. Very well done, exellent filming. Time to go binge watch your channel
Pretty interesting. It's so sad that it was just left abandoned and forgotten, with all the family photos that so many of us cherish from our family's history. You gave the home your respect and I love that you did. Many others don't. Great video!
Less than 5.5 minutes into this I know for a fact that these people didnt just disappear and know one knows why. The fridge is not only empty, it is also cleaned and left open.
In south Denmark we have “Hausspruch” also on the old houses. Some are in German and some are I Danish. It’s really historical to read. Germany has so much beautiful decor on there old houses. 😊
The sheets on the bed seem too clean and the room where a younger person had stayed it does not seem too long ago .why not ask the neighbour about the history of the house .
Yes...again, the lack of dust in that upstairs room doesnt make any sense to me...everything is so clean...cluttered, but clean. The fry pan on the desk is almost shining!
Often neighbours use abandoned buildings for storage of even buy them just for storage. Farmers often take care of abandoned building making the garden nice and use the garage to put their own tractors in I think that was here as well. Maybe even using some parts of the building for guests.
It is very interesting to see the abandoned places and see the history of the people who lived there frozen and almost intact. It is sad to see the pictures and the things left behind. I like the way you guys respect the belongs and things from other. Congrats!
Agree! Can't imagine that she'd leave her parents things and house even if to sell them. Doesn't make sense to me but then I'd always visit my parents and be interested in the history/traditions. I often wonder if my children will care about my treasures like I care about my parents. Who knows! Be Well and Blessings
Thank y’all for always being thorough. I love watching y’all’s explorations because I am always curious about the people that lived there. It breaks my heart that no one wanted to live there and continue farming the land. There is nothing like the smell of fresh dirt being turned over when plowing the land. They have the equipment there to do it but it’s all just going to waste. Sad.
no wonder the young lady in the 80's or 90's wanted to scape that rural lonely place to a more vibrant city! Now in 2021 Covid-19 world, if my parents/grandparents lived there, I would just contract the most reliable and fast internet connection, do my home-office there and enjoy nature in my spare time.. Perfect place to be quarantined!
Wow, so sad to see the home decaying, but it makes me so sad to see those photos left behind. Those are the history of life for someone plus interesting to museums etc. I would also love to visit Germany as my mothers family came from Wuppertal.
Toby: "I once was an urbexer like you, then I got a window in the knee." This is my favorite kind of place. A home with everything left behind. Memories. Stories.
I would love updates to this story....you have names now from letters, etc. Research them, let us know if the daughter?? is still alive. We don't need names out of respect, but, some answers to the story👍
Yes, would love to know the history also. It’s so sad that whatever happened for whatever reason, so many memories are just left there. Maybe bad memories... we don’t know.
Thank you for that! I used the magnifier feature @500% & took a lookie-loo and noticed most of the men that were close had robes on & judging where their eyes were directed, who was the person being indoctrinated. Question if you know: he seemed to have a hat on (if he wasn't a conehead, hehe) Was it a Jewish kippah or yarmulke or something else? It seemed higher than either & also, none of the other men had one on, thus leading me to doubt my guess.
@@InfernalDreamGuitar Seriously? You are clutching at straws. It's meant as a general rule of thumb, not for extenuating circumstances. But I guess you, like we are such fans we defend. :)
I love how respectful your team is in exploring. These are items of someone's life. I like a good mystery but here in America most urbex people just are plain disrespectful to the lives lived there.
I love old photos. I have always been interested in photography since I was very young. It’s hard to believe people would leave their photos behind. I really enjoy watching these videos I feel like I’m on this journey with you and it makes it all the much better when you give some history along with it.
@@robertahubert9155 you need a tablet or Chrome cast. It looks like in chalk writing on the carriage Nach Neu Dortmund, Hitlergymnasium, class numbers 4a, 5b, 5a. No girls, boys in military type uniform.
I've seen worse. That house is still in great shape, because most roofs in Europe that are that old, have slate instead of asphalt shingles. I expect the roof is in great shape, as well as the wood underneath. It needs a good cleaning, and some work, but it is far from a total loss. I'm sure Germany still has great carpenters that could turn it around, if someone were to purchase it.
@@truthseeker2321 I agree. That house needs less work than our homestead that was left just like this to me. And it was built over a hundred years later. I’m also liquidating my husbands parents estate (they came over on the boat from Poland) and his brothers estate because my husband just never did it. My husbands home and business and surrounding buildings were built in 1952. They are ready to fall down. The outbuildings to the side were built from concrete block one side was a bar but in 1991 they doubled the size and had it built together. They’re falling apart neither has a piece of the roof you can safely step on except the frame boards. The garage also built in the early 90’s by hand by my husband and his brother and their friends is the most sturdy building left. I’m trying to get all the contents liquidated and get out of here before this place collapses. My homestead that was left to me was built in 1898 and even though I have done almost nothing there with the exception if antifreezing the water system after it was drained is in perfect shape except where I had needed a roof patch and the cellar has molded like the room with the books because I had turned off the power and with it turned off the sump pump. Cool story. And I would love to see it restored.
This is superb. Professionally done as usual, but it also gives something to think about. A house and farm once busy with work and people to a lonely old woman slumped on a carpet. The comment you made where a neighbour said the two daughters are still living (Mexico and elsewhere in Germany), but not wanting anything to do with the house due to their father, is striking too. Keep up the good work!
After watching this show, I am convinced that lots of craps in my house needed to be thrown and donated away. Life: it's all about what you had done for others and not what materials you have.
Amazing video. I lived in Germany from 2001-2006, as an army kid. Lived in Babenhausen which is near Darmstadt and Frankfurt. My family rented a german home and many other Americans who are higher ranking or civilian workers can live off base. Maybe that upstairs unit was being rented to an american? There were u.s army bases all over Germany really up until the mid 2000s. With those huge homes many older people rent out separate parts for extra money. either way the family story seems to end there, so sad but So interesting! Danke!!!
I was having the hard day, and just bumped into your vid.. It amazes me how soothing your voice is.. Looking at your vlog really reminds me how temporary everything was... Made me realize how small problems can be, problems that sometimes turn our days upside down.. Just ❤ love this!
Do you have to get permission to enter these beautiful homes? I LOVE seeing these amazing structures from a time when quality meant everything. People took pride in these works of art. Thanks so much for making these videos!! God bless...stay safe!
In a third world country they would treasured this beautiful house so much..thousand of people in this world are still homeless, it breaks my heart to see this beautiful house abandoned like this
This is just amazing to me....you're really doing something special by bringing all these "memories " back into the light in such a respectful manner.....sometimes ,all it takes, is for a story to be told...to be heard...to help souls "rest at peace " You're doing great work♡♡♡
Family pictures are important. I have a picture of my Great Grandmother. She was full blood Choctaw Indian, born in 1875 in Indian Territory (much later to become the state of Oklahoma USA). Little did I know, as a child, sitting on her lap, that I would graduate High School 101 years after she was born.
That house is so beautiful even with the mold! The piano breaks my heart! Oh to b filthy rich! I’d through the old yuck out and clean it up to it’s original glory!
I love the mystery to your stories. I do think that you can find the daughter if you have her name. You don't have to disclose the name, but you can do a "behind the scenes search" of where she travelled to & lives now. Somehow it is like the house weeps because it is empty. So sad that such an epic family history had to end. I am certain it was beautiful in its time. Thank you for sharing this adventure!
Awesome video, thank you!! You may have missed this clue. I'm willing to bet that someone may be illegally living in the upstairs part you thought may have been occupied by a younger person. It's to clean compared to the rooms on the first floor.
I instantly thought the exact same as yourself a younger person also that they'd been there for time after the others had left the decor just seemed so much more recent lived in than the rest of the home to me
I want you guys to know how important your videos are. In the US, we wonder what our gr and grgr grandparents may have lived like, something of who they were, even why they came here, & your videos help. Thank You! 🙂
Interesting presentation with a little mystery! This seems to happen a lot with farm houses - I've seen a couple like that here in the UK. Perhaps it's the fact that children may have no interest in farming, move away and can't return for some reason when the last relative dies. But with so much communication going on amongst this family why would they not return to settle affairs and sell a potentially valuable property? Wouldn't pry any further though, enough to see your presentation of a beautifully decaying time-capsule. Also nice to see 'Classic Urbex Entry' 101 - Ouch! 🤣📸🔦
Yeah, at some point you have to leave the history alone. Who knows what happened to the girl in the states. Exploring the UK is still on our list, let's see when we'll be able to go there. See you in the next video. Btw, Tobi is fine :D
Fascinating exploration of not just an abandoned home, but the complexity of familial ties. And, perhaps, how familiarity can breed contempt. Being from Texas, how I would've loved to be gifted with such a once light filled European home. It's melancholic.
Guys!! Remarkably well done; respectful and interesting ! I'm grateful for the total lack of sensationalism we see in others' vids. Classy. Thank you !
I've been watching a lot abandoned building videos recently and yours my favourite because you told the story in a beautiful way and some videos you show before and after being abandoned. Definitely my kind of videos to watch 😍
I don't know why, I feel sad throughout this clip. I'm living with my parents now. The house I grew up in. Makes me think, this house will become like that mansion if I don't live here after my parents gone. Hopefully not soon. 😞
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Briken megustamiro desde España felicidades equipo.🎥😍😍💖
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I LOVE your Italian series - so many beautiful old houses and churches, cannot wait to see the newest episode!!!
We not write to the address you have and ask them.?
New to your channel. I can’t wait! I love Italy!
Life changes, what we think is important, can become a burden to the ones we leave behind. A burden they may not be able to carry, by reason of circumstance. Thus it's left. I own a home, a large home. My wife died, the children are grown, and they have lives of their own. We keep in touch (always) but they will never return to what was important to my wife and I. Knowing this, my instructions to them are to sell it all, and move on. Live a simple life with Love, you can't take it with you. May God be with all who read this, may I see you there in the place that has been prepared.
Very true
Wise words. I rarely read the comments - glad I read yours!
@@kristensomerville3165 Thank you. I don't think like the world thinks. For what profit is there, if a man gains the whole world, and looses his soul. You can't take it with you
@@joek511 I agree wholeheartedly. Unfortunately it’s rare anymore to find people (particularly online) that have a more ‘eternal perspective’. Your children are lucky to have a father who has that.
Wise words.
Saddening to think that this beautiful home was occupied and loved for 228 years, but in the last 15 years it has been dying a horribly lonely death.
It is indeed a very beautiful place, I loved the main entrance and corridor the most, oh and the garden in front of it. I would love to have even a half of this house.
The home is so sad and lonely, it needs love
I will take a new troop of van dammes to live there any time!
@@lisacates4185 Im sitting in a home i have lied in since about 1999.We have a new addition that is about 2 years old. Im 57.What wil happen to it one day?I have been working on family scrapbooks full of beautiful pictures. What will become of them too? Thrown out? Or lost in some cobwebby corner to the elements? All can be vanity in the end.. All that last forever is what we have with God.
@@glowinggold9488 ,I understand, worldly possession will pass,but I'd like to think my footprint is just a stepping stone for another generation, we all need peace where ever it can be found,even an old foundation
I can't imagine abandoning my mom's property. Her house is over 100 years old. Things she's kept are from our past, as well as her grandparents past. When she died, we cleaned her room first. We found so much of her heritage. My sister is the owner, now. She isn't ready to let go, either. There's so much memories. We didn't stay around mom. She was very abusive, but we did stay in touch. She had her own problems to deal with. We still care about her. My sister was closer to her. I think mom left the property to her is the best. The book with the glasses reminds me of my mom, she read a lot. Mom taught us about forgiveness and not to be so quick to judge. It has helped with forgiveness of her abusive behaviors. I can smell the mustiness as I watch this. Mom's house is dusty and musty. It's huge and has a lot to go through and clean.
She taught about forgiveness,and you guys use that lesson you learn frm her to forgive her abusive behaviour......omg......love this part...it cracked me up.
@@lavender1986 I’m sure she loved them. Sometimes we can’t understand our parents “reasons” until we have our own children. We may not understand why they made the decisions they did. Never give up on the people you love.
this is interesting its so sad it abandon
the book unfinished with the glasses left on it, really gave me such a feeling of sadness, a moment stuck in time
*Me Too!*
@onie wham. I was wondering what the book was about. It may have been another clue.
Did you notice the text was in English, not German
These are staged items..planned...
I was thinking that to, If so i wish they would not do that.I hate fakeness.@@onlyinmissouri
Their family's history is very rich. It's sad that they left everything, especially the photos dating back years ago. These photos would be a fortune for a future family member to see. I don't even know what my grandparents looked like when they were young. Photos are treasure, specially from a family with a rich and recorded history such as theirs.
Yes, pictures are important. I have a picture of my Great Grandmother. She was full blood Choctaw Indian and born in 1875 in Indian Territory (much later to become the state of Oklahoma USA). Little did I know, as a child, sitting on her lap, that I would graduate High School 101 years after she was born.
Yes leaving the pictures behind broke my heart. Such legacy and history to be shared with future generations just left. So sad!
Well because this younger generation doesn’t care and most don’t want to work either probably just left it behind or maybe they owed money to the bank didn’t want it maybe it’s too big or small a lot of reasons why people do what they do
@@cowboygeologist7772 my kids that are now 22 and 23 years old aren’t interested in having old pictures
Sometimes you just have too many old photos, there are a few copies of the same photo and you simply choose to leave some of them.
Why do I always have this sad feeling whenever I'm watching something like this? I mean, I just felt sad thinking about the laughter and noise that once occupied the house, the memories and such.
Same 😢😢
Human are social being and we smile when we saw someone smiling, likewise in this situation. I believe anybody will feel the same "nostalgic" seeing this once happy, noisy, occupied home are now empty and ruin. 😢
Because it shows us how short lives are and how easily we are forgotten and life goes on.
I think most of us do
Probably a lot of family trauma as well
You guys need to wear gloves and make it a habit you never know what kind of dangerous infection diseases you can be exposed. Be always safe. Appreciate you guys 🤗
They are wearing gloves.
@@kara8307 ×aaaaaa!
@@kara8307 not all the time 😅
@@kara8307 ....One of them clearly was not and even said he shouldn't be touching things without gloves.
They also should have plastic boot covers for their shoes!
That moldy spider really creeped me out. Who ever is shooting this I really appreciated how slow you moved throughout the place. It gave me time to appreciate what I was looking at. Most of these types of videos they move the camera so fast or the camera seems to be all over the place you don’t even know what your looking at. Stay safe
true videographers know that the viewer's brain to eye connection to what they are seeing is slower than the one who is doing the initial viewing (seeing) same sort of reason drivers don't get as car sick as their passengers.
@@sherilynl4038 I'm glad you mention car sickness. I can get nauseous from some videos where there is too much movement from walking/ running, or swinging the camera around to different shots too fast.
@@nancyneyedly4587 it's a legit motion sickness. novice videographers don't know this and just move the camera as their eyes/brain process what they're seeing, but there is a delay in other viewers
Yes with the speed of travel you really get a great feeling of what they encountered.
I totally agree 👍!
I believe in what you all do. The couple passed, their daughter had long moved to Hawaii, and the house decayed over the years. What a SHAME!!!! There were some BEAUTIFUL PIECES in that house that could still be restored.
Hawaii?? Wow she left a beautiful rich home for the island Hawaii? Why?
@love
@love
I think you meant a man goes after his woman. Let me guess..liberal?😁
@love
@love
Well thank God I'm not a liberal🙄
Why don't they sell it or rent it out or give someone a free rent to keep the house at least clean and tidy so it dosent fall apart I'd love to live there
I saw a calendar from 2006 THE DECAY IS MUCH OLDER THAN 21 YRS APPROX VERY VERY ODD.
I live for these videos. So many urban explorers film like hyper children in a candy store. But you guys really take time and respect the places you explore. Thank you
This brought me to tears. I'll never understand how family members can leave pictures behind.
That green velvet victorian furniture was beautiful.
if they are dead they can not bring those pictures in paradise
Its too expensive to take take of a big place like that on her own.
Very sad all the same! I would love to restore that home! Its huge!
That green velvet stuff is 1980s I think
Because you don’t get a u haul in 💀
My grandparents picked-up and left their home, bakery, and belongings in Italy to emigrate to Venezuela after WWII. Most of their town was bombed-out, and my grandmother would sometimes reminisce on all the porcelain, her silverware, and the bedroom they were given as a wedding gift that they left behind. It happened often, especially in post-war European countries. In the region I grew up in- Sardinia- there are also numerous farmsteads, fortifications-turned-homes, and mining towns, that were abandoned seemingly overnight, with equipment and most belongings being left there. I can only imagine what’s in the hinterlands of landlocked countries in Europe that have had similar histories.
After my dad died, my mom moved out of my childhood home. Her new place was smaller, and my dad was a "collector." We decided it was "just stuff" and took only what we wanted and left the rest behind. There was family drama, my grandma had been emotionally abusive to all of us, and since her name was on the mortgage with my dad's, she borrowed against it without us ever knowing until after my dad passed suddenly. When I found out my mom was not legally bound to the house she and my dad paid for every month for 30 years, and my grandma would be left with the remaining balance ($100k more than what my mom thought was left to pay off) we left it and all the stuff we didn't need. It was painful, but the only thing we left behind that still breaks my heart...our family pets that we laid to rest in the garden. Not that I want to dig them up...I just miss visiting and placing painted rocks where they were buried. The rest...is just stuff.
I'm sorry😟
So sad
Ask the current occupants if you may visit the garden. Explain the situation to them.. I'm sure they'll be kind and interested to know some of the house's history at the same time. No harm in asking!...
You can still paint rocks in their memory.
Sorry to hear that. Maybe you can try asking current occupants? I'm a pet owner myself so I understand your emotions.
Makes me wonder if any of the family watches these videos and sees how important it is to keep them memories safe as possible.
You come in with nothing, you leave with nothing, everything you accumulate in a lifetime is nothing more than things to make your life more comfortable, in the end, it all means nothing, I can only hope I leave just one thing worth learning to one person, then my part here would have been worth something to someone and my job will have been done, after all, it would be good to have something on my CV when I get to the pearly gates. (Message to my kids) I only try to teach you things to save you the embarrassment, of making mistakes I've all-ready-made, I don't profess to know everything, but I can certainly save you the feeling of a red face when I see it clearly coming lol, Thanks for your comments everyone, Telling the truth may not get you many friends. But it will get you the right ones
So true
Even the casket you are buried in, will turn to dust.
Well said!. True but sad. Yes we leave earth behind and take nothing. :(
Absolutely true. What's the point of being here
@@lollyplopperblue6239 your karma or destiny or the low of univers who decide that.
It gives me a sense of emptiness watching this.. I just hope that the last person to live there did not die alone. It looks like it was a home full of life which faded at the passage of time.. Sad.
*WHAT DO YOU "THINK" ... (OLD ..NOBODY LEFT..) ..YES ALONE*
*>> WE ALL DIE ... "ALONE".. ME AND "YOU" ALSO
@@netautorisationnetautorisa545 are you an programer or what.or HTML professional?
For being over 230 years old, it's in remarkable condition. Built to last that for certain. Great video!
@@dom3827 They knew. I've seen plenty of buildings from 1900 onwards that were built to rott...
At times, they rot within 10 years of use to the point that major repairs are necessary!
@@dom3827 My parents bought one in the mid price range from a big company and they nearly exclusively build with parts purchased second hand as we later found out. Repairing the plumbing is a nightmare as nothing can be ordered anymore! That's why they got it so cheap! They also painted over moist wood and did a bad job with isolation...
@@dom3827 It was Demos, I think.
I agree i would love that house
They say that the difference between America and Europe is that Americans think that 100 years is a long time and Europeans think that 100 miles is a long way.
Whoever was living in the second floor moved out around the late 90's or early 2000's. That flatscreen monitor on the desk is the giveaway.
Lol it was the 2006 calendar for me 😂 still a pretty weird place though
Maybe some squatters stayed there, and then they realized how creepy it was and left.
Same with that exercise bike.
The washing machine and microwave too,
It shows a calender from 2006.
The old house my ancestor built in the late 1600s still stands in Minden, NRW. It is still owned by the family that bought it from my family in 1848 when they came to the USA. In 2019 I visited cousins in Minden and they took me to see the house! Inside it are two pieces of fine furniture my ancestors could not take with them, both made in the 1700s. I thanked the family for taking such good care of my ancestral home.
235 year old house!
Imagine all the occurrences that transpired within these walls!
Birthdays, mothers days, fathers days, christmases, new years, good news, sad news, achievements
So much history
I wonder what it seem during ww2
@@martabehr9976 maybe they were Nazi's and part of the Gestapo then. the daughter or heir could have left it to rot for a reason.
Absolutely!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
More bad than good considering the history of Germany :-/
14 years ago I packed up my house, stored everything in one lockable room, rented the rest of the house out and moved to another country. Seeing the decay in this house is making me nervous about the state that my belongings may be in when I return. At least having a tenant has ensured that the house remains livable and well maintained, and, of course, it’s not open to the elements. I’m hoping my belongings are not suffering from anything other than dust and cobwebs. I’m amazed that it has only taken 15 years for this house to decay and become uninhabitable. I wonder if the owner even realizes what has happened.
We used to love visiting my husband's grandma's house when she was still around, and for a while, we used to lived there. When she passed away, my husband inherited the house. The house is so full of memory that living there is too sad because without her in it, it was just a house, not a home.
My grandmother, for religious reasons, just packed a bag and hopped on an airplane to the US from Germany. So I completely believe someone just up and leaving all of that stuff to pursue a different future, in the end stuff is just stuff. I love watching your guys' videos and imagining a life in history.
I have been very saddened by the loss of these memories in videos like this, but what you said, "In the end, it's just stuff," really resonated with me. I believe in the after life and when we cling to things of this world, it just brings us to the finite and downward We will decay, just like they do. We are to look foward. Be grateful for what we were blessed with, but look forward, because in the end, it is just stuff. The soul is for eternity. And that is infinite and beautiful. It is still hard because they are memories of loved ones and in some cases loved ones not having a good end to life in a nursing home. My family never sent my gtandmother to a nursing home, and I lived her and her stiries soo much. She was a such a joy ro be around, and I am grateful we never had to put her anywhere else, but with us, in her home. Sorry for the rant. It is an emotional subject because I miss her so.
It is stuff that future generations may love to have.Sadly no one want's memories of their heritage and lineage anymore.
@@ammcroft This definitely touched my heart
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Your grandmother was one of the lucky ones and she knew she was loved. That’s the greatest legacy to leave behind. I see way to many people willing to put those that loved them tossed into a nursing home. I took care of my mom along with my 2 sisters until the day she left us. I have no regrets but I have great memories.
It is a shame that if the heir did not want any of it then it should have been auctioned off and sold to a new family and not went to rot.
This makes me so sad though.. to think that someone's life was either so disconnected from loved ones or so unimportant that it just rots away like this. I'm so grateful y'all genuinely care for the properties and their histories. Makes their purpose and the lives they have contained seem less in vein. Thank you.
BrainError vain?
Ugh. Spelling police is back ... well said, BrainError ♡
BrainError Well, yours is neat!
@@christineberry3076 Bruh dude please stop trying to be the "spelling police"
The saddest thing to me is that it's not just memories left behind to mould but family histories as well.
All the money in the world is only temporary happiness
Sure, but the lack of money is a lot worse!
@@kibblenbits ok so somewhere in the middle is ok
That’s right,I totally agree.money is just a peace of paper.God bless and peace grace to all of us 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Money doesn’t buy happiness, but surely can rent it!
Money does not guarantee happiness.
But no money guarantee unhappiness
How heartbreaking that such a beautiful home has been left to rot. All that history.
all it’s previous owners are rotting
It is interesting how you say the newer part is decaying. I studied Germany in school for a few years and something that stuck with me was a teacher told of the buildings that you could take away half of the supports of classical German buildings and they would still be sturdier and last longer than anything new. Things used to be built to last generations; centuries.
I really love the classical German architecture. So beautiful! And Thank you for the photos that light up the rooms.
That house was built 10 years, to the day, after American independence was declared! Of course, we celebrate the 4th of July every year, but the year it all started was 1776. Amazing to think about.
Or three years after the French revolution.
@@edi9892 Three years before. What am I talking about? French Revolution was 1789!
One common denominator, these houses, all of them, seem so sad to have been left all alone. They are the heroes, they keep our time capsules and secrets.
My heart is deeply stirred by your Vids.
Im so we incredibly connected to these abandoned, crumbling disintegrating houses, once homes. Italian architecture fascinates me. Ive lived in Italy & where I lived way out in the country was a phenomenal life experience. I went back in time centuries. I loved exploring & found myself in weeping many times. The architectural beauty & beauty of the land was just astounding. Thank you for these Vids. How I would love to explore theses mansions, villas & furnishings. It is is somewhat sad, but knowing the walls could share stories is somehow comforting & soothing.
Your are so correct. Past history of families who lived and scarficed is written in it's interment, if walls could talk. As you claimed living in old homes and the country side speak through its calmness. Enjoy the country the calmness of the country.
A lot of houses might end up like that. People falling off the earth, contacts lost, covid forcing separations. So sad in many ways.
Even if surviving family moved away, you'd think they'd want to make a trip to go through the house and take the photo's (its the families history). I think its sad that families let homes such as this fall to ruins instead of putting them up for sale if they don't want them. The architecture of the home is beautiful and im sure someone would have loved to have had it.
Sometimes the repair bills overtake the owners then there are legal complications if they pass without wills or making provision for taxation and then there can be family arguments to blame for this sad state of affairs !!
We can only imagine there are reasons they haven't come yet. My family had a home we paid a reality company to keep rented for us while we worked over seas for 5 years. The home was almost destroyed while we were away. Thank Goodness we had great insurance & we could get it back to new again. My mother walked into the house & said bull doze & rebuild , I left a newly built house & will never live here again ! It did all work out in the end.
I think something happened to stop relatives or officials from proceeding probably due to legal issues over wills and disputes of legality ....lawyers and family passed away and prohibitive costs to clear the way for sale etc. left it to rot. People would rather spend all their time and money fighting everyone and then no one gets anything done. That's really sad.
It’s possible as the last member of the family that lived there fell into a deep depression and just gave up on life.
In the olden days, pictures were taken with duplicates sent to family's & that's why some were left behind, everyone had their own photos.
The picture of the blonde woman in the 1990s, looks the spitting image of the blonde woman in the picture from the 1940s. The daughter looked almost exactly like either her mother or her grandmother.
I agree and I wondered if that pic of her in the vehicle was taken in that truck in the garage....
The pictures of the girl in the small plane plus the 80s cars on the lawn, and the upstairs items that appear to be from the early 90s - the dawn of affordable Internet for most of the world, make me think that perhaps she was a daughter Who had been communicating with online friends she had met while studying or travelling, and she was then backpacking around Hawaii and something happened to prevent her ever returning to deal with the farm when her mother passed away. Whatever happened, it’s a fascinating mystery and you guys handled it beautifully. You are so respectful. I am now a new subscriber to your channel😁
When he smashed his knee into the window...
I felt that.
I watched that part 5 times in a row :D
4:29 :>
That shit was funny asf
I felt for him, I've done that in the past. Poor knee.
Right in the “funny bone” of the leg! I winced... and laughed, but mostly winced because when you do that it feels like you’ve been shot or something. My brain registers it as “that leg is done for and you’re going to die now”, as I limp around swearing for ten minutes.
Someone else commented it & I agree- these folks are the National Geographic of Urbex! It’s true!!!
These videos are just in another universe with even the biggest channels!! The humble & respectful approach to document & record the history, the backstory to the places & things, the artistic quality of the photography & videography - it’s just incredible!!!! Each video is a delight! It feels almost like actually being there in person & I always learn something interesting!!
KUDOS!
This is pretty much the only Urbex channel I can stand to watch, if I do watch any videos on other channels I have to mute the volume & fast forward through a lot. Their juvenile approach to the entire project, the inappropriate music, the way they have to handle, poke, prod & move objects, the commotion between the explorers, their ignorance as to the history of the places & things, their disregard of dangerous situations like black mold etc is just beyond annoying & makes it just impossible for me to enjoy looking at the places filmed. This channel has NONE of those issues - AT ALL!!! There’s just absolutely no comparison to be perfectly honest! 👏👏👏👏👏
Love the fact that you took all those crisp bright photos so we can see the details of each room. Well done
This was so sad. To imagine the people living here and then it just being abandoned. It was once a beautiful home loved by the people who lived there. All those memories- lost. 😢
Everything gets abandoned, just in cities things move quicker, old buildings are simply demolished.
Its like sand through the hourglass ⌛ gone and never to come again, but what about the next Generations. There was nothing to pass on, they didn't care.😔😪
It breaks my heart every time to see the lovely old furniture disintegrate like that.
We are all only just a small dot in space and time
You are right!I might say WE ARE A GRAIN OF SAND IN THE WIND!Sad but true!!!
The idea that I might die any moment is for me less unsettling as the knowledge that I will be forgotten and no matter how hard I try, I will leave little behind for future generations. If you did a Ph.D. you know how much work it was that mostly can be summed up in a few sentences and has little impact on your field as a whole... If you build a mansion, there's no guarantee that it will inhabit future generations of the family. Etc. etc. and when you look back at WWII, you already realize that people are forgetting as they make major mistakes referencing that time... My favorite grievance is when someone says that Germans should feel guilty for murdering 6 million, when in fact, it was 3x as many(!) and both Stalin and Mao had an even higher bodycount. I add the latter not for diminishing A-Hole's contributions, but because I see way too many communism-fanboys out there...
Shows how unimportant 'stuff' is in reality.
@@edi9892 who lives, who dies, who tells your story? 😢🎶
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Beautifully done as always. Honestly your camera style and editing are one of a kind. You are also one of the best story tellers presenting every tale with respect and humanity. ❤ much love from Canada
Thank you, Heather. We are happy that you like the style of the video. We are working on improving it even more!
@@bwturbex 👍🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
My Dad was German but I was born in 🇨🇦 I'd love to go to Germany to be part of a different culture, history & way of life. Also, after watching this episode and you guys for the first time, you earned a new follower. Very well done. Thank you
I agree it's amazing
Amazing - sounds like a wealthy family and hopefully the daughter just moved to USA with enough money to never return. I pray she is safe and well.
Have u ever tried to contact those relatives so they can actually see what they left behind? It is unbelievable that for decades that house is standing there untouched! Great video 👍
Good idea..
Maybe there aint any not every fam have contact
Leaving is one thing but to leave almost every possession they had behind is bizarre, pretty sure something tragic has happened 💔
As others have suggested, this mystery could be easily solved by going back and asking the neighbors and/or a visit to the county courthouse. I’m assuming that property ownership is a matter of public record (as it is in the US) and so you can get info on the current and past owners.
We don't have court houses in Europe, only courts of justice. Public records in Germany are kept by the Standesamt in the the local civil registration office.
@@GMW.artist in any case, go to the place where the records are kept.
My mom is from England but married a soldier and moved to the states. She was an only child. It used to be very expensive to call over seas so she didn’t get or make calls home very often. Her father passed first and her mother lived several years on her own. When she became unable to care for herself a nephew put her in a nursing home and notified my mother through a letter. By then all my grandmothers personal things had been disposed of. All her photos and memories lost. It’s sad. Sometimes that’s how it happens.
My great great grandfather left Manchester England for the USA, and never heard from parents or siblings again, according to what he told my grandfather.
Great distances do that, but some people can't seem to stay close to their family, even if they only live across town.
That’s exactly why we all need to have wills.
I know. Same boat, as you. There are no family heirlooms left. They were all sold to cover her Care home. It’s not like she had very much to begin with but, it would have been nice to have something of sentimental value. All I have of her is an old eyewash glass. Also, anytime we got a trunk call from England it scared us to death because it meant someone was very ill, or died. My Mom came from Liverpool and also married a soldier from Tennessee, My Dad. I miss them both each and everyday.
My mom is from Middleton Cheney close to Banbury.
@@arunkhanna2990 that cost money whe don't all have plus leave to who if nobody there
I just found your wonderful channel here on YT. I must say I am VERY impressed with all aspects of this film. This is to say that anyone can make a video, but not just anybody can produce such a captivating short film as this. I am an old man now. My picture is of myself at 33 years of age. I wish I could do what your doing now. But it is not to be. Although we know not of one another, I must say how proud I am of you. It warms my heart to see young, intelligent, adventurous Men like yourselves creating such films. They will be history one day. Stay kind, trust your gut and never question it. For most times it is correct. Remember God, He is always with you. As for this film, FANTASTIC !
Maybe the daughter also died and that’s why she never returned.
That is exactly what I thought! Or there was a debt issue attached to the house and she was afraid of the entanglement had she made herself known.
My first thought was maybe the daughter pass as well!
@@spezia8066 Or maybe there was some bad blood between her and her parents. Who leaves their country and family behind, and never comes to take possession of their personal items, such as family photos and such, after their parents passing?
@@spezia8066 farms are notorious for going bankrupt
I thought this was going to be a "ran away to America" mystery
I’m in love with the history of things. Finding all those pics, furniture, dishes etc... the house!! I can’t imagine leaving something like that behind just to rot away! Each piece has a memory which we most likely will never know
My thoughts exactly!!
This popped up in my feed and decided to check it out. I have to say WELL DONE!!! BRAVO!!! What a beautiful home. So sad that it was abandoned, but so refreshing to see that looters have not destroyed it. I felt as if I were watching a movie. Very well done, exellent filming. Time to go binge watch your channel
This is AWESOME! Thanks for subtitling and doing English voiceovers!
Pretty interesting. It's so sad that it was just left abandoned and forgotten, with all the family photos that so many of us cherish from our family's history. You gave the home your respect and I love that you did. Many others don't. Great video!
Less than 5.5 minutes into this I know for a fact that these people didnt just disappear and know one knows why. The fridge is not only empty, it is also cleaned and left open.
How observant of you
Yes exactly. How I would leave mine if going for a holiday VERY clean. No mold. Looked to me as if coming back
As pot plants throughout home ?
Maybe it got cleaned after the old Person had to go to a retirement home or the person cleaned it before they left for the new home.
Someone nearby an old neighbour who knew them, hoping to buy it with contents dirt cheap and putting off any other potential buyers
In south Denmark we have “Hausspruch” also on the old houses. Some are in German and some are I Danish. It’s really historical to read. Germany has so much beautiful decor on there old houses. 😊
Thank you for that information! I'm Danish born, living in Australia since I was a baby so I don't know much about Denmark's history!
@@Lara-xu3yc your welcome 🤗 just ask, I can tell you a lot about Denmark. Where was you born in Denmark?
@@naleia88 I was born in Hillerød 😁
Is Danmark also littered with abandoned houses and old structures just like Sverige is?
The sheets on the bed seem too clean and the room where a younger person had stayed it does not seem too long ago .why not ask the neighbour about the history of the house .
Yes...again, the lack of dust in that upstairs room doesnt make any sense to me...everything is so clean...cluttered, but clean. The fry pan on the desk is almost shining!
Often neighbours use abandoned buildings for storage of even buy them just for storage. Farmers often take care of abandoned building making the garden nice and use the garage to put their own tractors in I think that was here as well. Maybe even using some parts of the building for guests.
It is very interesting to see the abandoned places and see the history of the people who lived there frozen and almost intact. It is sad to see the pictures and the things left behind. I like the way you guys respect the belongs and things from other. Congrats!
So sad to be forgotten the daughter in my opinion has passed away! So so heartbreaking!
Nah, she’s a Buddhist nun in Chiangmai. Asia is the future.
Agree! Can't imagine that she'd leave her parents things and house even if to sell them. Doesn't make sense to me but then I'd always visit my parents and be interested in the history/traditions. I often wonder if my children will care about my treasures like I care about my parents. Who knows! Be Well and Blessings
Whoever is looking after the house is not doing their job.
someone has to be in charge of it.
Thank y’all for always being thorough. I love watching y’all’s explorations because I am always curious about the people that lived there. It breaks my heart that no one wanted to live there and continue farming the land. There is nothing like the smell of fresh dirt being turned over when plowing the land. They have the equipment there to do it but it’s all just going to waste. Sad.
no wonder the young lady in the 80's or 90's wanted to scape that rural lonely place to a more vibrant city! Now in 2021 Covid-19 world, if my parents/grandparents lived there, I would just contract the most reliable and fast internet connection, do my home-office there and enjoy nature in my spare time.. Perfect place to be quarantined!
Ana De Abreu- I grew up in a place like that in Indiana, and I sorely miss it.
City life sucks.
If one knows anything about Internet in rural German areas, this comment is hilarious.
@Neal Head Many people with that handle, but thanks just the same.
"I used to be an explorer like you but then I took a window in the knee..." Great work guys :)
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Wow, so sad to see the home decaying, but it makes me so sad to see those photos left behind. Those are the history of life for someone plus interesting to museums etc. I would also love to visit Germany as my mothers family came from Wuppertal.
Toby: "I once was an urbexer like you, then I got a window in the knee."
This is my favorite kind of place. A home with everything left behind. Memories. Stories.
I would love updates to this story....you have names now from letters, etc. Research them, let us know if the daughter?? is still alive. We don't need names out of respect, but, some answers to the story👍
Agree!
Also want to know. March 2021
Since many immigrated to the US and other vountries there are relatives who would love the photos or clues or even dishes
Yes, would love to know the history also. It’s so sad that whatever happened for whatever reason, so many memories are just left there. Maybe bad memories... we don’t know.
Greetings from Texas USA 🇨🇱🇬🇷🇺🇸 I love this old house! I would live in it, that's for sure! Great job!!
The photo you think is a wedding is an ordination to the ministry.
I noticed that also. Only because my father was in the seminary long ago in 1950's.
Bravo! and God bless of course
Thank you for that! I used the magnifier feature @500% & took a lookie-loo and noticed most of the men that were close had robes on & judging where their eyes were directed, who was the person being indoctrinated. Question if you know: he seemed to have a hat on (if he wasn't a conehead, hehe) Was it a Jewish kippah or yarmulke or something else? It seemed higher than either & also, none of the other men had one on, thus leading me to doubt my guess.
Sometimes the easiest thing is just to ask the neighbour what happened to the family 😉
Libraries hold a lot of information as well as court records showing ownership. Nobody took the time to investigate that I guess.
I know eh? A mystery, yet everyone in neighborhood knows. LOL
@@changeintheair9648 What if there's no one around and the house is in the middle of nowhere?
exactly
@@InfernalDreamGuitar Seriously? You are clutching at straws. It's meant as a general rule of thumb, not for extenuating circumstances. But I guess you, like we are such fans we defend. :)
I love how respectful your team is in exploring. These are items of someone's life. I like a good mystery but here in America most urbex people just are plain disrespectful to the lives lived there.
The ones I've come upon were very respectful of the home's/property. 🇺🇸
I love old photos. I have always been interested in photography since I was very young. It’s hard to believe people would leave their photos behind. I really enjoy watching these videos I feel like I’m on this journey with you and it makes it all the much better when you give some history along with it.
Notice the Hitler youth on the train photo???
@@redtobertshateshandles No to many people on the train and not enough time to see each person individually.
@@robertahubert9155 you need a tablet or Chrome cast. It looks like in chalk writing on the carriage Nach Neu Dortmund, Hitlergymnasium, class numbers 4a, 5b, 5a. No girls, boys in military type uniform.
I can imagine how beautiful that place could have been. I really love it. A good find guy's.
Thanks guys for being so respectful of their property. And for blotting the personal addresses & Names.
It's too bad that the house that was in the family for 250 years could not have been maintained. Such a loss in only 15 years.
I've seen worse. That house is still in great shape, because most roofs in Europe that are that old, have slate instead of asphalt shingles.
I expect the roof is in great shape, as well as the wood underneath.
It needs a good cleaning, and some work, but it is far from a total loss.
I'm sure Germany still has great carpenters that could turn it around, if someone were to purchase it.
@@truthseeker2321 I agree. That house needs less work than our homestead that was left just like this to me. And it was built over a hundred years later. I’m also liquidating my husbands parents estate (they came over on the boat from Poland) and his brothers estate because my husband just never did it. My husbands home and business and surrounding buildings were built in 1952. They are ready to fall down. The outbuildings to the side were built from concrete block one side was a bar but in 1991 they doubled the size and had it built together. They’re falling apart neither has a piece of the roof you can safely step on except the frame boards. The garage also built in the early 90’s by hand by my husband and his brother and their friends is the most sturdy building left. I’m trying to get all the contents liquidated and get out of here before this place collapses. My homestead that was left to me was built in 1898 and even though I have done almost nothing there with the exception if antifreezing the water system after it was drained is in perfect shape except where I had needed a roof patch and the cellar has molded like the room with the books because I had turned off the power and with it turned off the sump pump. Cool story. And I would love to see it restored.
This is superb. Professionally done as usual, but it also gives something to think about. A house and farm once busy with work and people to a lonely old woman slumped on a carpet. The comment you made where a neighbour said the two daughters are still living (Mexico and elsewhere in Germany), but not wanting anything to do with the house due to their father, is striking too. Keep up the good work!
After watching this show, I am convinced that lots of craps in my house needed to be thrown and donated away. Life: it's all about what you had done for others and not what materials you have.
thanks for the insight into an abandoned family history. It’s sad that the entire family’s history will be forgotten and is left to rot like this....
Sometimes Urban Exploration is sad. It often reminds us that nothing is forever.
But maybe by doing this and shedding light on the family you have brought their story back to light. Others may emerge to add to the family history.
Amazing video. I lived in Germany from 2001-2006, as an army kid. Lived in Babenhausen which is near Darmstadt and Frankfurt. My family rented a german home and many other Americans who are higher ranking or civilian workers can live off base. Maybe that upstairs unit was being rented to an american? There were u.s army bases all over Germany really up until the mid 2000s. With those huge homes many older people rent out separate parts for extra money. either way the family story seems to end there, so sad but So interesting! Danke!!!
There are still US bases in germany.
You guys are just the *best* urbex channel on youtube.
So tastefully and skillfully done, it's just a pleasure to watch and listen to.
Thank you!
How very sad! The house could be saved but the expense would be enormous!
I was having the hard day, and just bumped into your vid.. It amazes me how soothing your voice is..
Looking at your vlog really reminds me how temporary everything was...
Made me realize how small problems can be, problems that sometimes turn our days upside down..
Just ❤ love this!
I commented the same thing about his voice👌💯
Do you have to get permission to enter these beautiful homes? I LOVE seeing these amazing structures from a time when quality meant everything. People took pride in these works of art. Thanks so much for making these videos!! God bless...stay safe!
So sad! From the still photos, it looks like it was a beautiful home! So many memories! Thank you!
Beautiful house. I wish it could be saved.
In a third world country they would treasured this beautiful house so much..thousand of people in this world are still homeless, it breaks my heart to see this beautiful house abandoned like this
This is just amazing to me....you're really doing something special by bringing all these "memories " back into the light in such a respectful manner.....sometimes ,all it takes, is for a story to be told...to be heard...to help souls "rest at peace "
You're doing great work♡♡♡
I came here to escape the madness and enjoyed your good efforts. A big thank you.
Family pictures are important. I have a picture of my Great Grandmother. She was full blood Choctaw Indian, born in 1875 in Indian Territory (much later to become the state of Oklahoma USA). Little did I know, as a child, sitting on her lap, that I would graduate High School 101 years after she was born.
That house is so beautiful even with the mold! The piano breaks my heart! Oh to b filthy rich! I’d through the old yuck out and clean it up to it’s original glory!
I love the mystery to your stories. I do think that you can find the daughter if you have her name. You don't have to disclose the name, but you can do a "behind the scenes search" of where she travelled to & lives now. Somehow it is like the house weeps because it is empty. So sad that such an epic family history had to end. I am certain it was beautiful in its time. Thank you for sharing this adventure!
Awesome video, thank you!!
You may have missed this clue.
I'm willing to bet that someone may be illegally living in the upstairs part you thought may have been occupied by a younger person. It's to clean compared to the rooms on the first floor.
I instantly thought the exact same as yourself a younger person also that they'd been there for time after the others had left the decor just seemed so much more recent lived in than the rest of the home to me
Probably someone the neighbors know who decided to mow the grass and keep trespassers away
I want you guys to know how important your videos are. In the US, we wonder what our gr and grgr grandparents may have lived like, something of who they were, even why they came here, & your videos help. Thank You! 🙂
there is no way a house fell into that level of disrepair if it was left in 06 like the calendar. someone has been there
This was really interesting. It was nice to see a property in such good condition after so long.
Interesting presentation with a little mystery! This seems to happen a lot with farm houses - I've seen a couple like that here in the UK. Perhaps it's the fact that children may have no interest in farming, move away and can't return for some reason when the last relative dies. But with so much communication going on amongst this family why would they not return to settle affairs and sell a potentially valuable property? Wouldn't pry any further though, enough to see your presentation of a beautifully decaying time-capsule. Also nice to see 'Classic Urbex Entry' 101 - Ouch! 🤣📸🔦
Yeah, at some point you have to leave the history alone. Who knows what happened to the girl in the states. Exploring the UK is still on our list, let's see when we'll be able to go there. See you in the next video.
Btw, Tobi is fine :D
Fascinating exploration of not just an abandoned home, but the complexity of familial ties. And, perhaps, how familiarity can breed contempt. Being from Texas, how I would've loved to be gifted with such a once light filled European home. It's melancholic.
Guys!! Remarkably well done; respectful and interesting ! I'm grateful for the total lack of sensationalism we see in others' vids.
Classy. Thank you !
I've been watching a lot abandoned building videos recently and yours my favourite because you told the story in a beautiful way and some videos you show before and after being abandoned. Definitely my kind of videos to watch 😍
Love the stories that go with your videos
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I don't know why, I feel sad throughout this clip. I'm living with my parents now. The house I grew up in. Makes me think, this house will become like that mansion if I don't live here after my parents gone. Hopefully not soon. 😞
Beautiful old homestead,to bad someone couldn't have taken it over."..what a shame