If I was Homeless living on a limited income like SSI or a minimum wage job and came upon a place like this I would inhabited it and try to repair it starting with the roof. . I feel its more of a crime to abandon buildings and let these Buildings go to waste being destroyed by the weather and vandals. Buildings that with a little work could be livable once again. I hate how we waste We disregard people and places like its nothing . all because of money has become more important.

My father was the last person to be buried in Elkmont in 2013. His name was Brownlee Reagan. The national park system was not allowed to go into any money making business, or so it was ruled. So now I think the cabins will be cleaned up and out. I don't know any change of status of the cabins today but you could get the true story at Sugarlands Visitor Center about 5 miles from there. Yes and that is a fireplace but probably doubled as an oven years ago. Oh and I've known this place all my life (as a Gatlinburg native) and I'm 50 so this is no discovery by a hiker.

What a clickbait title, “abandoned” is a large stretch when there’s at least 10-15 cars parked out front.

Seriously watch out for Squatch check out missing people 411. Don't hike alone carry a firearm and a PLB!

Too bad they don't repair them and rent them out as camping cabins

At last someone who exp[lains about the area rather than walk around pointing a camera. this man is talented. others should copy.

this is a lession on why the fed gov should not run to many things

what a shame it was left to ruin.

Thanks for the tour. Why, with so many homeless people would the Gov not fix these cabins up for Homeless Children? The scenery is so beautiful and a children's sanctuary would be a good thing?

If you’re ever here you should check out these abandoned cabins in the woods...*

I'd like to tell you that you and others like you let me go on so many adventures that I want to be able to do. I'm unable to do these things because I can't walk. These places you go allows me to go with you.

"Apparently youre not supposed to go in to these, they frown upon it"

Hey John screw the idiots on here making comments about your weight. They are trolls with no life or friends. Keep exploring and congratulations on losing weight. I enjoyed your video.

Tennessee Smokies is one of the most beautiful places i have ever seen. I live in the Arkansas mountains now and have lived half way around the world. The Smokies took my breath away. Thank you for showing us this. I wish so much these places could be restored and respected. Blessings.

Lived in East Tn. Most all of my life. Born and raised. The Smokey Moutains have been my stomping grounds since childhood. Now we take our boys there camping or just a day trip. This is one place we have not been to. I have to make a note to go and check it out. Perhaps this fall we will go.

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I am from the State of WA. In the hills where my grand parents settled (back when land was free for the pioneer settlers), there was a similar situation. The homesteads were spread around in the hills. As a child I hiked into the woods to "pick cone" to sell so I could buy school supplies (even though my foster parents received money for that purpose!). I would often run into an overgrown collapsing structure. One day I found my grand parents old homestead! I was in awe. I began to cry as I remember my mother telling me about tying the horses to the posts near the house or going into the barn not to far away. I saw it all, exactly what she was talking about even though the barn roof lay on the ground, the house walls covered by vines with trees protruding from moss covered cedar boards. The only thing standing was the horse posts. My mother was born in 1909. When she was 9 she need medical attention which was too far away. Her father hiked over the hill because a group of native people lived near the river. He got the medicine man to come to help. That would have been 1918.

OMG!!! I’m blown away by this!!! I had a very strange dream about this exact place and I’ve never ever been to Tennessee or any state near it!!!! Eerie!!!!

Isn’t it crazy how many KZreadrs you took here since this video! Same with that prison! You deserve much more recognition and respect for all you’ve always done to help others. 💯✊🏻❤️🙏

Just stumbled up on this video and was impressed. I remember when "folks with money" rented those cabins back in the 1960s-mid 1980s. Hearing somebody say they were going to be hunting Elkmont told you all you needed to know. It was common knowledge that Elkmont was there and that it had once been a "logging town" so I was amused when two or three years ago I found several videos that, if you didn't know the truth, would leave one to believe that they discovered this "abandoned town" all on their own. Keep up the great work.