1860s ABANDONED Victorian Mansion and its Mysterious Secrets

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See the link in the video description to finally get yourself that tactical gear you've always wanted, and use the code 10DAVE at checkout to save yourself 10% off your purchase. Okay guys, here we go. We're inside a very, very beautiful abandoned historic mansion. As you guys saw from the exterior footage at the beginning, beautiful house from the outside. Guys, it's not good inside. So we're just going to start the video right now. We're going to start exploring. I'm going to tell you guys some stuff as we go, okay? So we're going to keep this one short, because guys, this place is really, really dangerous. And you'll see what I'm talking about in a minute. It's a toilet right there. What's up guys? So we're going to go through here, and I'm going to show you guys what I'm talking about. So here we have like a full-on collapse of the ceiling. That starts from the roof to the attic, to the second floor, and then down. And soon enough, that whole floor that we're looking at right here is going to collapse into the basement. Very unsafe, guys. And I don't want to spend too much time in this house, because as we'll go through, you'll see how unsafe it is. And if the floor is that soft up there, I can only imagine how soft it is if I stood right there. So we're going to go easy here, guys. I'm going to make it quick, so you guys can at least get a look at the place. As you saw from the outside, it's a gorgeous exterior of an old house. I'm going to hopefully find out some history about this place. There's video games in this place, guys. And there's all these Amazon boxes full of Amazon stuff, and orders that whoever owns the place. Super weird, guys. There's another video game right there. So, yeah. So they've got all these tarps up to try and stop the water damage, but it's too late, guys. It's already happened. So we'll go over here and check out the staircase here, okay? Here's your front door right there. And then you come into the front door, and you got a nice, beautiful staircase right here taking you upstairs. Guys, upstairs is so dangerous. So we'll finish the first floor, and then maybe we'll do the basement, and then we'll head upstairs. Here's a video game right here. This is Jurassic Park 3. Can you see that? Is that too bright? Let's see. Jurassic Park 3 video game, okay? So there's all those Amazon boxes. Another game here. Does it say what it is? No, it doesn't say what it is, guys. Okay, let's head on through here. Okay, so here's the staircase from this angle, but you can't get through it, get to it, because of that game right there. Nice pocket doors right here. Really nice. It's a shame that's going to go to waste. It's all rotten, and the doors are just open because the house has been so warped that the door won't close. Same with this door right here. It just won't close. The house has been warped, so the doors are just stuck open. And then here's where we started. What's up, guys? So we're not going to bother going in there because we already went that way. Okay, let's move on into this room here. A little safer here. Ceiling is coming down there, though there's a lot of water damage up in that top corner. And then there's the kitchen back here, again with the ceiling coming down. Plaster is just, drywall is just plopped over the cupboards. There's a set of servant stairs here that go upstairs, and then there's more of the kitchen. And yeah, a lot of the rooms are just just destroyed, and I don't feel safe walking into them, so we'll just have to take a look. Okay, this way. Now let's go into the basement while we're here. There's not much to see. It's pretty rotten, but we'll take a look. Now, I heard a rumor that this house has some kind of a history with the Underground Railroad. Now, I would not have a clue to even know what I'm looking for, to find any proof or evidence of that, but hopefully I can dig that up in my history and provide that for you guys at some point. I don't know. There's this, I don't know, maybe they had a TV in there or something. No, it wouldn't have been a TV, because the furnace is right here. I wonder what that's for. Moving along, it's very damp down here. I'm not going to stay down here for too long. Yeah, it's just rooms, that's all. All right, let's get out of here. Okay, let's start with the servant stairs here and go check out the second floor here. Okay, so there's another set of stairs there, but I don't trust them, so I'm not going to go up them, up to the next floor. Excuse me. Yeah, I don't trust those, so I'm not going to go that way. And then, I don't trust any of these floors, guys. Looks like there was a fire here at one point. See, it's not too much to the house on the inside. It's not as nice as you'd think it is from the outside. So, here's this collapse. That's the ceiling. I'm now on the floor. That's the ceiling that goes down into the basement, and then there's the hole coming up from the attic and up from the ceiling or the roof, I should say. Now, I do see some charred wood, so this could be from a fire and from the fire department trying to put it out, but either way, this room is screwed, guys, and I'm not taking one step closer to that. Okay, so we're going to go through here now, and we got a bathroom right here. Okay, window. We'll go down these stairs. That goes back down to the main floor, and then there's more damage from the water right there. So, we're not stepping foot in there, and speaking of stepping foot, someone has stepped foot on those first two steps there and broken them, and this is where I don't want to go, but I'll go. We'll do it for you guys. I feel okay about it. Take a big jump up here. Okay, come on up here. So, now we're coming up to the top floor in the attic, and I'll show you guys what's going on here. So, there's the roof, and you've got a big hole right there. This whole beam here is just... See, there's the fire damage right there. You can see it. The roof is on fire. So, these beams here have just collapsed, hit the floor, causing that hole, and all the water just dropping down through the rest of the house. So, not looking good, guys. Not looking good. Oh, bring that down. I'm pretty tired, guys. All right. There's a look at that. Back to this staircase here. Okay, guys. That wraps this one up. Sorry the inside wasn't as good as the outside, but here we are, guys. We've seen it anyways. It would have been a beautiful house before the fire and all of the damage, and hopefully, I was able to find you guys some good history on this place, so we know a little bit more about what this place was about, but it's time for me to go, guys. I've got a couple more places to go. I'm on my way home from a big, long road trip. So, you guys know what to do. Like, comment, maybe share, and always make sure you're subscribed. If you're not subscribed, you're a new viewer to my channel. Hit that subscribe button. Hit this button right here to subscribe to my channel. Hit this button right here if you want to become a member of my channel, and hit these two buttons here on the bottom left and bottom right to check out some other videos of the amazing abandoned places I've been to. Thanks a lot, guys. I've got to go. See you next time. Peace.