Urbex | Exploring an Abandoned Ghost Town - Toys Left Behind
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Urbex | Exploring an Abandoned Ghost Town - Toys Left Behind
This town / village was built in the very early 1900s. The town was built by a limestone quarry that was right next to it (no longer there). The workers of the quarry complained it was difficult to get to work when it snowed and rained. The quarry agreed to built a small village for its workers and their families as long as they didn't agree to unionize. The village was then built and consisted of duplexes / single homes. When the great depression hit the United States, the limestone quarry went bankrupt. They ended up selling the village to a new owner. The village went through a few more owners through its years. Families continued to live in these houses even though it kept going through new owners over the years. These houses were rental properties. The owner of the entire village owned all the land and properties. In the 80s when the village went up for sale again, they tried to rezone the property so the houses could be individually owned. This however could not happen due to the yards being to small for each unit to have its own well and septic system. The entire village shared the same water supply and used the same septic system. The last owner of the village went bankrupt in the late 2000s. The village was up for sale again but had a hard time selling due to the housing crisis. All the families who lived in the houses were forced to leave. Some took everything with them, others just left behind what they didn't want. The entire village, while for sale, started to be vandalized. Many of the homes were broken into, windows smashed, etc. The entire village in it vacant state was a known area for parties and drugs. In 2014, a former teacher ended up buying the entire property for 220,000 US dollars. His purpose is to try and rehab the village making it a place for people to learn crafts and other trades. The owner now lives on the property with his family. He has numerous horses and dogs that roam the property. I was given permission to tour this awesome village and was very happy to be given that opportunity.
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Imagine how trippy it would be for someone who owned one of those homes, to stumble upon this video.
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
These homes were rented out but it has happened in other videos. Sometimes I get more info or pictures
Trying something different here with my editing. Some of you might have seen this before but I did a lot of editing from my 5 part series and made it one video. Let me know what you think.
@alyssakramer0214
5 жыл бұрын
Love the song at the end !!! What is it?..🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🔊🎶🎵🎶🎧🎶🎵
@joysmetaphysicalnaturechannel
5 жыл бұрын
I remember this explore of the town. Still very fascinating, great editing. Thank You for sharing.
@bigdaddy2343
4 жыл бұрын
You from Southeast PA? Or Philly area? I can spot one of my own anywhere with that accent. I'm down for urbex adventures. I'm 6'5 245, can throw my hands and I'd got your back.. 💪🏻👊🏻
These houses looks like they are in good shape. It's so sad to see them wasting away. When so many people need a home.
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
Some are in decent shape.
@masia1950
10 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing and with revitalization it could be a nice community but as stated in the beginning, because the houses shared the same water supply and septic system zoning was a problem and everyone had to move. It looks like families were given little time to vacate based upon all the belongings they left behind.
This little village always makes me sad. I've seen it before and nature is really eating it up. It seemed to be a sweet little town once.
@miller7759
5 жыл бұрын
Yellow Dog? Near Worthington Pa? This looks like it. Im from Petrolia.
Very good filming. Those were fine houses in their day. Thank you
Easily one of the most professional looking and high quality explores that captures the essence of abandonment and what time can do to lives/property I have ever seen. Took my breath away Steve. Exceptionally good video.
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks been. I have been watching you 100 day challenge. Almost there ha
12:46 they even left the cat to die! But the video is great, when I was young and we would pass the abandoned villages in a train I always looked at the houses and wondered: who lived there, what was their jobs, what happy and sad moments did these families had.
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
I do the same thing when exploring them
This was so sad......these people I hope didn’t become homeless with their children....makes me cry ....🙏❤️
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
I hope that wasn't the case. Seeing a lot of stuff left behind makes me thing they we're given very little time to move out
This was definitely a cool town to explore. There were some interesting items that were left behind. I like the Sony PlayStation controller and the Comcast remote. I’m always interested in tech items. 👍🏼
@urbex_cr5063
5 жыл бұрын
I worked in a Comcast call center for 2 years, I had to learn everything about that remote control haha
@maevemaiden
3 жыл бұрын
@@urbex_cr5063 me too soooooo glad those days are over lol
I bet they were lovely homes
*Heres a small slice of supernatural* pause at 3:37 look up to the ceiling where a small section of wood slats are exposed and you will see a tiny black dot almost float down the wall trying to look 'bug like' then expand into a black wisp and out the window. This is basically a black mini mass an unclean spirit with no real defining shape, ive seen quite a few before , great capture by Steve !
Great video & history in the description ... Thank you for sharing 👍
recognized it at the intro lol still a unique explore and a nice eddit Steve. I wonder if it still stands now.
Amazing , the teacher still going to fix it up ? I heard a dog barking ...Thank s Steve enjoyed your video 🙏🏻🤗👍🏻
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
I am not sure. Its been a while since I have been there but when I was, he had good plans for it
New here!! Love your videos thank you.!
2:52 Homer Simpson )
That's convenient to have all those abandoned houses in the same area to have access to..👍
I'm surprised there's no junkie squatter's hanging out in these places, unless it's so far from town.
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
It's in the middle of nowhere. Plus owner does live on the property
@miller7759
5 жыл бұрын
@@AbandonedSteveHello from Petrolia Pa.. I know right where this is now. Took me a second to recognize the little town. Wow small world...I've lived about 1.5 miles away from here years ago up over the Hill. I trout fish the crap outta that Creek. Theres a really cool old mine to explore about 500 yards away on the opposite side of the creek and road There are ALL kinds of cool abandoned stuff I could show you if your ever back over this way. A old abandoned mine that still have old equipment in it. A place called the Tile Yards which was a Tile and brick plant back 75 plus years ago. If you have a Jeep or a 4 wheel drive we can go off roadin some time and I could show you some of those places If you'd like Sir. Theres a abandoned chemical plant here in Petrolia that needs explored...Indspect Chemical Plant ..
The question on everyone's mind is, did you ever get the the milk and cookies?😄
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
Haha nope
@Crazycatlady1836
5 жыл бұрын
LOL!
Great video, I liked the way you put it together.
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
That town is awesome.
Wow very nice commentary. You deserve my subscribe and like
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Welcome
Nice view.
Excellent video!
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
What man no longer tends to..nature will.
Love this place went here last year and got a tour from the owner
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah he is a great guy
Great video, I like how you didn't talk the whole time while touring the buildings, makes it more interesting. Thanks!
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That is why I wanted to try something different. Do the talking in the beginning
@OutsidewithTom
5 жыл бұрын
This was actually the first video of yours that I've watched, just found your channel. It was refreshing because most other youtubers that I've seen that do these types of videos constantly talk the whole time. Thanks.
makes me sad that perfectly good homes are being wasted away and that people had to leave so much behind
Interesting..
The kids rooms made me sad. 😣😟😭
@JojoCrazyCat
5 жыл бұрын
:(
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The dead animal in the couch.... I hope it wasn't a small dog 😪 great video
There Are Some Abandoned Shops in the Town Irwin PA not very far from this village
Yesss 😁
8:01 - Those newspapers are dated February 2011. Amazing how so much decay can happen in 8 years, though I think vandals did a lot of the damage. That floor at 4:27 under that water damage will probably collapse within a few years, unless it's fixed. These houses look to still be fixable but are rapidly approaching the point of no return. Also, at 12:02, that's a PlayStation 2 controller that appears to be taken apart by the idiot vandals. I get it. Teenagers like to smash stuff. I smashed my own toy cars as a teenager (not all of them, just a few I got for cheap). What these kids don't realize is that those are someone's homes. Those are the places where people made memories. It's incredibly disrespectful to just vandalize them. May 6, 2020 1:11 am
Based on the fact that there are clothes items and papers in better condition than the houses, I would say they were not maintained to begin with. It is likely that these houses were rotting before the people even moved out. I mean the damage looks older than the items inside. I'd say it was probably low income residents (nothing wrong with that, they probably just couldn't afford repairs) and an owner that didn't bother.
Good vid Steve, I thought they were renovating them houses?
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
They were trying to raise money to help fix them up. It's been a while so not sure how far along they got
I thought you did this place before in a three-part series??
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
Yes I did in a 7 part. Problem is I made it too long. I shorten it up
would the post office still deliver at those addresses if you had ordered something?
Great exploration and good video. Sub & like. Pozdrawiam serdecznie 😊👍🇵🇱
So obviously your crew?... Didn't know u had one .. Been watching you since this town evacuated
@jbanks4life
5 жыл бұрын
Just read the description nice
Where is this?? I live in Pennsylvania born and raised. I'd love to go and spend some time wandering through here with the owners permission just to look at everything!!
someone needs to buy this land, and bulldoze these precious homes. it would be way too expensive to restore all of them for one person. then, get the zoning crap worked out, etc. then sell the lots to those interested in building small or tiny homes, and viola! you have a new town. keep all the homes designed after the original houses, nothing modern, or high tech.
Too bad we couldn't see the owner's house, just to compare the difference. Must have took a lot of work to make it live able!
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
The owners house was better but was still nothing better.
I heard a dog barking, do some people still live/squat there?
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
The guy who owns the property has dogs.
Are you near the Ohio line? Like in the Pittsburgh area or Tuscarora, it looks a little familiar, I used to live in Blair . These places are really nice, even for the shape they are in .
Hey sir what happened to abandoned sc page?
Yellow Dog.
@miller7759
5 жыл бұрын
Small world...Ever been to Craigsville the Tile Yards or 40 foot in a Jeep on a Bike or Quad? I lived in Worthington from 01 to 06. Im Jeep Matt.
'' Selam gönül dostu öncelikle gürültüsüz sessiz sakin çekimin için emeğine yüreğine sağlık dünya'da böyle güzel mekanları neden doğaya terk ederler anlamış değilim evsiz yersiz yurtsuz insanlara devretseler sevaba girerler dünyada fakir kalmaz. dünya kurulduğundan beri adaletin adı var kendisi yok. kurt kuzuyu her zaman yemiştir ner de çokluk orada yokluk olmuştur maalesef kısaca dünya'nın çivisi çıkmıştır kader de olanı yaşıyoruz insanoğlu adına hayırlısı olsun. ve her şey gönlünce olsun sonsuz sevgi saygılar efendim''
11:14 mountain dew?
with respect to the septic...why didnt they just tear down some of the homes to give them more land?..but from the pictures it seems they all had plenty of land for septic systems etc
11:19, near the shed, were those horses?..if so, why are there horses at an abandoned town?
@timmorris6456
5 жыл бұрын
Angelle hull that was my question as well.
@pamelatillery2841
4 жыл бұрын
Read the info. The new owner has horses and dogs 👍
You can own whole actual village?
Yellow Dog??
@miller7759
5 жыл бұрын
Dude I thought So!! I used to live in Worthington. Been 4 wheelin at Craigsville The Tile yards everywhere out there. Have you ever been into the portal entrance by the huntin club? I live in Petrolia now.
Tell you what else is crazy besides that water damage at 4:27 (pause) and I don't know how to point it out because its so obscure but left of the window that's on the right, is a hidden form , let me explain sometimes things just look like faces or people or ghosts but its what they call pareidolia mans sensory perception to see faces or forms in things like clouds rocks etc. but if you take that image and make a 'real' or inverted image and it produces a almost picture quality image then it may be a real spirit. So I was doing that checking and I found a.... ready a horse lol, a horses head that is a mottled horse perfect why ? Well spirits (unhuman) like to hide as animals and like to hide upside down so that's that, sorry a long story but if your into this kind of thing cool!
2:52 what is that sound ? " don't " ?
@whattheheck1000
4 жыл бұрын
"D'oh", like Homer Simpson says in The Simpsons. May 6, 2020 12:44 am
There is a legend that, whoever rings that bell, will one day.........
HI!
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
Hello
i would buy it for a few thousand and turn it into an airsoft field.
So saddening that these houses are abandoned and decaying while too many American families are living in homeless shelters. Why not invest in America by rehabilitating homes rather than warehousing human beings in homeless shelters?
@AbandonedSteve
5 жыл бұрын
I agree
what a waste :(