ABANDONED 1600’s Mansion With EVERYTHING Left Inside ~ Frozen In Time 

So much waste in this world!

@@francesgrumblatt3420 so, so very true. So much waste. And even when the tons of glassware, porcelain dinnerware, lamps, furniture etc make it to antique Co-ops & second-hand shops, the stuff sits moldering away collecting dust because the greedy resellers ask more than people are willing to spend. I have seen this for the two decades I've been going to these places. It's only gotten worse as time's gone by. mini rant over. 🤣 Another sensitive & thoughtful explore, Jeremy. thank you

The problem is cost to maintain on top of obscene taxes to inherit and then once acquired. It truly is sad.

What a shame for these estates that fall in to ruin from lack of money, family deaths or estates unsettled due to fighting over money, etc.😢

​@@synchronicity1470 so does someone have the items for sell? I always wonder why no one just picks them up 🙈so many cute things there

I like the soft speaking tone, also seems respectful of the peace of the location.

@@bryan81584 And the sensitive/sentimental music.

@@livenbelieve4819shut up 😭

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Totally agree. I feel like the entire property got that level of respect by everybody that went inside. I bet if that was a place in the US, it would have been rummaged through and graffiti all over the walls....IMHO

Lol. They were built with all that “detail” to cover up a crumbling structure. A lot of that stuff isn’t original, and I bet that whole place isn’t insulated an inch, and is drafty as heck. I’d take a modern building over something from before we knew about climate control 😂

@@carladamcarterthat’s why it’s lasted hundreds of years…. Tell me you know nothing about building houses without telling me you know nothing. Modern homes aren’t built to last. This Mansion was. It was built with Joinery and without screws. Not saying they can’t be built to last. You would know better if you actually work in the trades. 2x4’s are 2”x4” now and are young wood. Not like the old days. You can see how well built that house is. Climate control back then was fireplaces and windows. Also the carpenters and craftsmen that worked on this probably weren’t drug addicts, alcoholics. Also modern tech like MDF, particle board, etc. isn’t made to last. It gets wet, it turns to mush.

Problem is that only very few people can afford that kind of details, whereas modern houses are for almost everybody.

⁠@@bartsimpson8002 thank you! What an ignorant, laughable comment. Glad you dismantled it.

@@bartsimpson8002 I’m a GC. I know a thing or two. Thanks for weighing in.

I do hope that life will bring kinder people uour way.

@@christinedavies4895As do I xx

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Thank you for all your kind reply messages. My last visit to the home the new owner changed so much. I went to see my mother’s beloved garden she planted flowers every year for 50 plus years but the new owner paved over most of it. Like the song yellow taxi they took paradise and put up a parking lot. My heart was broken thinking of all the hours my mother slaved over her garden she loved so much. My mom died in that home and I feel a part of her is still there. My heart is forever broken 💔

So very sorry to hear this. Now you must move ONWARD & build a Life as YOU choose! 💕

So glad someone else felt that. The longer the video went on, as brilliant as it was, the sadder I got. Just imagine how much life this building saw, and is now just sat here, still full of memories

I felt the same and thought of the inevitability of everything, all objects and life disintegrates. We can free ourselves of such sadness when we can accept this.

This exquisite house should be restored and place as a historic landmark!! It’s just incredible!! I collect antique furniture and things…. I’d love some of those pieces. Love the blue and white bathroom….. Thank you for sharing!!

In years past, this place was probably full of life and laughter with family gatherings at Christmas and such. It is a sobering example of time constantly marching forward.

In a perfect world I’d have all my friends work together to preserve this place and we can all share a percentage of owning it . And then have magical magnificent parties all the time . I know I know pipe dream

Books were entertainment….it kept them sharp….I remember when my father came home with a television….we were all jumping so excitedly….the family tv…everyone sat around all watching a program at night…I remember when everyone sat around the dinner table, just talking about their day, eating together….some nights my dad would say let go for a ride, we would all pile into, going no where just riding around….I always fell asleep, I would feel my father pick me up and carry me into the house and put me to bed….it felt so safe…even though I knew he would pick me up…so I wouldn’t open my eyes, my mother would carry my little brother Timmy, my other brother and my sister would always stay awake, ruffed it going upstairs..

I posted this to my facebook ❤

Himmmm I agree... and the sadness of the last days must have been lonely.

Powerful reminder

Well said

So true. A lesson we have to learn as difficult as it is. I am 82 and have collections. Collections of everything. What do I do with them? My children don't want antiques or collections which take up so much space. Have a strong attachment to these collections as I found certain pieces in various parts of the world. For me, they contain such wonderful memories, but I do recognize that is not the case for others.

Yes but I can't bear that he doesn't make some adjustment to wide open windows and shutters. To arrange so some airflow but animals and rain not coming in. I hate that.

I love seeing the inside of these places and you bring to life the Best parts of each room.thank You for being so respectful of each place

@@MsMesem..... I would have to close the windows and doors. That's just me.

As you are making through all the rooms and you see that God was present while they lived in this Chatou ,I believe it would be good to call out to bless the souls which have gone to you Lord and throughout the Mansion and it's Glory to not allow evil spirtss to claim now that the childen of God are gone ,hopefully to Our's Lord in Heaven

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Same , and to think all the billionaires in the world could easily restore something like this , but instead buy some tacky modern mega mansion. It's unreal the unjust in the world.

"tacky modern mega mansion" You got that right.@@lucialuciferion6720

Heraclitus said it a long time ago. Punta rhea. Nothing lasts.

@@mikestirewalt5193 Indeed. March on, comrade

Well said.

Beautiful and insightful ❤

Terrifying reality of time.

A woman, Bess Gill was murdered in this French Chateau - her remains are in the home. Please respond - Content creator. Please 🕊

@@hipe4191where did you find this information?

I feel it's deteriorating, but so close to repairable! Can I make an offer?

This building is in great condition. Made to last forever

To think that the owner was killed here is so sad. I love your channel. Thank you so much for your complete respect.

So why did you leave?

@@animaladvocate8938 There was a death in our family... we wanted to return to Canada to be with our surviving family members.

@@PuckDudesHockey oh I see. Im so sorry for your loss.

I hear that

I'm sure many of the books are worth a fortune. Many are perhaps 17th century. If I were younger. I would have loved to bid on clearing and cleaning this castle. A person could get rich on this one. 🤑

@@josephchartier9983 eh I definitely would keep them all. Knowledge is priceless in my opinion regardless of the money it could gain. Different perspectives

@@melissalovett9828 In the 60's. I had lived in Grace Kelly's Uncles Summer Home. There were Might have been 900 books or so. I loved them. Went through them often being there were no video games and only 4 channels on TV. I miss them often. But now I'm retired I would have sold them so someone else could enjoy them and I could use the money now. 🤓

@@melissalovett9828 Do you read in french or latin?

l feel that. l want to make it into a hotel/restaurant. Thank god l never gave in to that impulse!!

I want the Persian rugs , one might be a Kerman some of the finest in the world. you can tell by the aqua blue and floral design that was made for the European market. Just stunning. They say we are 6 degrees of separation from most humans on earth, trying to find my 6 degrees here to claim my old ancestral castle ..you know like Israel did with Palestine. lol

Same here 😢

Do it I’ll come help

I will come help if I can have two rugs !! lol

The daughter may well have also passed.

So it isn't Maxine de la Mar? Thank goodness! I've been googling my fingers off trying to find them!

​@@erikalla4454 I have been doing the same thing! I came to the comments trying to find out the family's name...

The pink and green with some black accents was popular in early 1950's. This family home reeks of culture and good taste.

Beautiful and sad, But as the riches disappear, heirs cannot afford the upkeep on these beautiful old mansions. It is too expensive to fix, then too expensive to maintain.

It was identified as a crib, but as you say, it was a baby carriage. Commentary could benefit from a woman's greater familiarity with homes. Also, it has been altered by several generations and, it is obvious, intruders. Maybe it is involved in a protracted legal case and that is why no attempt has been made to empty it of personal contents.

You know they go through looking for $$$ . I wonder how much money they made grabbing whatever.

Microwave oven? Washing machine, front load?? Someone was living there recently. The house is impressive though, I really enjoy checking everything with my eyes.

He didn’t mention that old movie projector on the second floor. That looked really old

Loved it!!! Would love to see more awesome videos like this! 😃👍🫶

Honestly if people like us , interested in saving the same buildings , got together we can buy it together and visit at times and enjoy it ! That would be possible maybe? Maybe there's a way to do this, I've never looked into this possibility.

This also goes through my mind often. That would be a great idea, there isn't really a platform for it I guess. You have Workaway and 1 euro house concepts but that's rather different. I believe there are a lot of people dreaming of doing something like this, but are held back by the need to survive in todays' society and not able to create the right circumstances and plan ahead.@@lucialuciferion6720

I agree, it’s on a nice scale, not too opulent. I could actually imagine living in a house like this.

I agree, it is so SAD. Beautiful, fascinating, amazing, but utterly what a waste of beautiful things and a property that deserves care. I hope it gets auctioned to someone who appreciates it.

@vivien Anderson Watching this made me sad too. It made me think of so many things that happen in life. I have a nephew that said to me "You know Aunt Val, after a generation or two, you are forgotten about" I didn't know how to feel and really had to accept that as an ordinary person it's probably true, but still sad. The books in there were sad to see that they didn't go to a library, but the thing that got me was a few of the pictures of people. Who are they? Are they family members from generations ago that nobody cares about? The pictures from my Mom and Dad's house are my prize possessions and are so precious to me. I found old pictures of great-great grandparents and I wanted to know who each of them were, where did they come from and when? I know some might say I'm too sentimental but I feel everyone should know where their roots came from and no matter where, be proud of that and who you are. That's what makes this video so heartbreaking yet interesting. I think the generations following behind us don't care as much for the old, they are wrapped up in today and tomorrow, maybe because the world is moving so fast. Even though I'm grateful for the videos, they are very thought provoking and moving. I drive around and see abandoned properties that are so beautiful and use to wonder why didn't anyone buy that and fix it up, but now that I'm older and see how taxed we are, it makes it so hard. Too bad the local government agencies can't fix our homeless population with some of them. I see how this brought you and I to tears because there has to be easier answers. Thank you for your comment, I don't normally share on comments but I had to with yours because it touched me in the same way.

We should save it

​@@valsperl5557i relate i am.only one left now and dont know what to do

@@hazeltreeretreat9035 Hi Hazel, I have a nephew and a niece left who are about 2 hours away. They have jobs, families, and everyday life responsibilities so it makes it hard to connect. It's sad being the last one, I'm the last one with no children. When both my parents were gone, as old as I am, I felt like an orphan. I think no matter how old you are, just knowing Mom & Dad were there, was subconsciously a safety net feeling and now that's gone and then you know for sure, you're totally on your own. It's been just over 4 years since my Dad passed away and I lived next door and took care of him for 9 years, there are still days I wake up and think, I better get up and get next door to make his breakfast. Then I realize, he's gone, calm down. Then I feel lost all over again. I lived for my family, they were everything to me. When I was 20, I was in a near fatal accident and my parents made their dining room into a hospital room and took care of me while I laid there in a body cast for months. They didn't have to do that, they owed me nothing, so to be next to them in their final years and give them their final wishes, gave me a lot of peace. I was very grateful for that opportunity to give back to them. I try to keep that in mind and try to be grateful for as much as possible to avoid going into depression that's hard to get out of. When Dad passed he had only had hospice for 2 days but it allowed me 1 year of grief therapy and that was a life saver. I had an excellent therapist and thank God for that everyday. I'm at an age that makes it hard to get out, meet new people and be social. My hearing is bad, my back and my legs are not in the greatest shape for walking even. My enjoyment is TV, hobbies and the phone. It's sad to realize that there are probably millions in the same situation and no way to know each other and communicate. If I felt better I would volunteer to sit with others and read to them, watch TV or whatever help they need, but I'm stuck. Looking at these abandoned homes is heartbreaking at any age, but when you're next in line to go and you look at your possessions that are your taste, you wonder if they're going to the dump or hopefully given to someone in need that can enjoy and cherish them as I do. Who knew that this was going to be life at this age, if someone had told me this was it, I would have thought they didn't know what they were talking about. Like a child not understanding the process of working to earn the food on the table, until they have to do it. I hope you never feel alone, and if you do, just remember there's millions in the same position. Hope this helps you even a little bit. Wishing you peace in this crazy thing called, life.

Or there is nobody left or no money....sadly

@@josephinenobile1594 sadly ? Nah they lived the good life while they had it. Doubt they were depressed out there in the chateau Jeeves

@@Garrysullivanjones i assure you, the father that was the last living owner/occupent of home was severly lonely.

@@crabtrap yeah I didn’t think of the last resident going through all those emotions and the knowing it was the end of their glory from Long ago . Ever stalwart...

Yes, but the "Things" mattered while they were there! People read The Books, Played the Card Games, Listened to The Piano, Played with The Doll Carriage, Slept in The Beds etc etc etc... The Trick is to Use your Things to their best purpose to create memories and not Let Things Use YOU! 😁

Youve clearly never lived with nothing, this is coming from your friendly neighborhood "homeless traveller. ​@cherrypichick6782

François Grégoire , born March 24, 1914 in Remiremont , Vosges , and died on April 24, 1973 in Saint-Nabord , Vosges , is an engineer by training, then a professor of literature and a French essayist . Under the pseudonyms of Maxime Delamare , André Gex and René Derain , he published numerous detective novels and spy novels , several of which appeared in the Série noire .

@@debbieosbornsteiniger7303 thanks! Now I guess François Grégoire isn’t related to Delphine Delamare, but I’ve had some fun researching.

you can look at the archives

@@michelemiletich7540 which ones?

Death happened 😢

Propably war made them escape snd leave everything behind. Depends, from which year newspapers are.

They died Diane Miller 😔

Nothing good

Exactly. Why did no one come and clean out the house or claim it? So sad to have all that and no one comes when you’re dead.

There was probably a-lot of laughter and joy at one point in time

I think they said they had a daughter and were wealthy. Maybe the daughter is just content to leave it like that and has no need to sell it. I have seen several abandoned house tours like this were they had lots of family but for whatever reason the children just left them abandoned and seem uninterested

I'm a genetic genealogist and would be honored to do the research of this family and mansion. I'm located in North Carolina.

@@user-qv2vw4fl4zoh I’d love to be there with you and seeing you unearth the mysteries of their lives very interesting

Yeah, it's always a shame to see that. Such rare, priceless artifacts just rotting away

@@JeremyXplores why doesn't anymore take it? Family or town/state? Or even salvage people? I don't understand how the finiture and antique books,art,lighting, etc are still there. Especially the houses where you mention the families are greedy and fighting over the property. Wouldn't they want to take the antiques with them?

@@KKonRU-vid lots of antiquities there worth a lot

@@taylorrice8612 the radios would be at least 500-1000. The clothes would be in the thousands . Crazy

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Agree !

Someone should buy this wonderful place and restore everything inside its great to see but not abandoned like this maybe a museum? Glenys

Pessimistic assumptions and perspectives are a function of focus and endings. Flourishing and happiness are commonly featured in modern times, and hardship begets some of our best qualities.

I was thinking the same thing,it's a amazing mansion! But please wear gloves and mask,specifically if it's bats poop everywhere!

I know it's like I could write a story about this house and how sad it is and I also wonder why no one ever closes windows and doors to keep critters out. Or help keep critters out. I couldn't leave a place with windows and doors open even if I found it like that. That's just me.

I'm surprised somebody doesn't want to buy it like maybe you guys when you're doing all this work.

Take a prozac!

You cried???😂 get a grip

Maybe you spent some time here in a past life?

Very true..You are very lucky if you live in your 80s or 90s and still that is a vapor in the wind.

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Thank You for what you do it means the world to me

Like to buy it. Where is this place located?

@@johnsbibles Me too.

I love to watch you're videos I like the fact that you narrate throughout the whole thing I would love to do what you do I wish I had the money to do so because I would love to hunt down places like this to your I would even like to you're places that have been said to be haunted to but more so abandoned places houses so stinking cool I love them you are so amazing thank you for sharing this with us enthusiasts it is so cool

Well said. I agree.

I could spend all day too! It’s such an amazing place full of such rich history and artifacts

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exactly what I want thinking, and the perfect placement of some things... with the windows and door open, this place would have been pilaged decades ago. I'm guessing they opened it up for him and gave him special access. Still very cool to see those things, but I wouldn't call it totally "abandoned" someone must be watching over it, must be some kind of security to keep out the rif raf.

makes me wonder if this was an original bed and breakfast, or retreat , as it has a pond of some kind and all the bedrooms matching the walls seem commercial to some extent

Devils night would sort this property out

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I so agree

I agree with both of you