Abandoned/derelict sites
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Clawhammer
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Where in SE Ohio did you grow up? I'm near Athens at the moment.
Sometimes I miss film... This is an image circa 1978 of my old elementary school in Southeastern Ohio, built circa 1872. I was a student there in the late 1960s. Long gone now.
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Every Miles A Memory
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Awesome Shots Sabre!!
Sabre those pictures take me back to exploring abandoned farmsteads while living in Kansas. It is always a little eerie to find an abandoned house still furnished inside. It's like they just got up one morning, got in the car and drove away. I remember an abandoned house outside McPherson, KS that still had cans of food in the cupboards, clothes in the closets, and cars in the driveway, all untouched in over 20 years. Strange.
Here is one from eastern Colorado.
West of Lindsborg, KS.
Here is one from eastern Colorado.
West of Lindsborg, KS.
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Every Miles A Memory
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When ever we're exploring abandoned homes, towns or places, I always wonder what happened? I mean, who leaves with all their stuff still in the closets, furniture in the rooms and food in the cupboards??
Love exploring them and photographing them
Love exploring them and photographing them
Yuman Desert Rat
Expedition Leader
probably a bank seizure/foreclosure where they stayed as long as they could before being forcibly removed?
..or an invasion of zombies...?
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Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
Funny you say Bank Seizure.....a good buddy of mine is a bank president, and called me the other day asking if I'd like to ride along with him to go put new locks and No Tresspassing signs up at a Bank Seizure. When I asked if he was bringing me for back-up, he said "No, this guy used to be a commercial fisherman, and he left piles upon piles of stuff in both the house and the yard"
Our tiki bar is decorated with random Flotsom and Jetsom that floats up or we find on the neighboring islands.
We brought a trailer with us to this guys house he had left, and literally filled a 5x8 cargo trailer. Of some of the crazy stuff we found, was boxes of ammo left in drawers, an entire medicine cabinet full of medical supplies, pain killers, antibiotics.....etc and a ton of other stuff that was still in good condition and was of good quality. I'm not a prepper, but when you find bottles of stuff that hasnt even expired yet, and most of it needs a perscription, lets just say that a lot of it went into my stock pile of goods to keep around in case the SHTF
Our tiki bar is decorated with random Flotsom and Jetsom that floats up or we find on the neighboring islands.
We brought a trailer with us to this guys house he had left, and literally filled a 5x8 cargo trailer. Of some of the crazy stuff we found, was boxes of ammo left in drawers, an entire medicine cabinet full of medical supplies, pain killers, antibiotics.....etc and a ton of other stuff that was still in good condition and was of good quality. I'm not a prepper, but when you find bottles of stuff that hasnt even expired yet, and most of it needs a perscription, lets just say that a lot of it went into my stock pile of goods to keep around in case the SHTF
Yuman Desert Rat
Expedition Leader
Nice score!
Sabre
Overlanding Nurse
This one had boxes and boxes of stuff...some furniture gone but otherwise like a time capsule. Lots of bereavement cards, bank statements, tax records. We figured that mom had died and her son didn't want to be a rancher. Neighbor had cattle on the land, but house had been empty since about 1979.
I left my house for a year a couple years back to move with my wife to do schooling. Most of our stuff stayed, we packed what fit in my 6x12 enclosed trailer for the apartment but I had some really uneasy sleeps. Considering myself an urban explorer, I was always worried my house would turn into a crack house or party spot, get burnt down or I'd see pictures of it on the internet ha-ha.
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
I would have major issues leaving everything behind if my house was in a very rural area or out in the middle of no-where. I'd probably have to sell it, or board it up 100% tight
Sabre
Overlanding Nurse
You know what was so cool about this? NO VANDALISM. No spray paint, no senseless destruction. The front windows had been broken, but there were also dried cow patties on the porch and in the living room, so animals likely did that. Nobody had messed with this place, which was both surprising and somehow refreshing.
