Abandoned College Campus - Chemicals and Specimens Left Behind 

Wow, captivating tour here. Not even that far from me either. All those IBM, Apple, and other vintage computers and terminals just rotting away...

As of today, September 2019, I just looked this college up and THEY ARE MAKING A COMEBACK! Right now they are only doing online schooling but are trying to renovate each building on campus to start onsite classes. We love a happy story!

The tone of your guys' channel is so much better than many other urbex channels. It's got infinitely less of the "we're stupid teenagers exploring old places". Your channel is more mature and feels like a professional ghost hunting channel without the ghosts. I'd watch your videos on TV.

This place was abandoned so recently that their website is still live and merely states that they are not accepting new enrollments at this time.

Am I the only one saddened by this kind of things ? Abandonned theaters, classrooms, science labs... So much things could be done here, so much that could be salvaged for education projects or something... Half of this lab equipment could be used in other schools.

my husband is a chemist. all those beakers & glass are worth a lot of money. sad that it's all going to waste.

It is a bloody shame, that those beautiful pianos are going to waste.

I would come every night to this campus and play the piano for hours just to freak people who walk by.

I love how un-clickbait-y this channel is. There are certain channels on here that would've put "TOXIC CHEMICALS AND DEAD BODIES FOUND" in the title instead, but nah, y'all just tell it like it is. Good on you.

apparently this college is back. they have a schedule for 2019-20 classes. same building supposedly. interesting!

So many expensive scientific equipement, what a waste.

19:28 "There's boxes full of skeleton bones." As opposed to non-skeleton bones?

"There's a plunger through the window." I'll admit, that's a series of words I never expected to hear.

they have a school song on their website: "Close to our hearts, dear old KC, Shall ever be thy memory. We love the dear old halls. We love thy trees and verdant hills, Thy deep-toned bell whose music thrills, Thy consecrated walls. Deep in our hearts forevermore, Thy dear old name shall be, And as the silent years go by, We'll live for thee, KC."

No wonder I didn't receive an acceptance letter from them

It's sad to see all this abandoned stuff... while so many young people can't reach an education.

Sad to know a historic school is left to decay like that.

Be very careful when playing around with stage rigging. If they're weighted incorrectly the battens can fall and bounce 20 across the stage. Plenty of people have been seriously injured or killed standing under an unlocked batten.

The pianos are still pretty much in tune considering they just sat around for years

I always feel so sad seeing all that stuff abandoned to decay. Like those beautiful pianos, they could have been donated to a school in need. Instead they just sit there of no use to anyone. :(

Now if I want a free piano or two, I know exactly where to go.

If they knew ahead of time that it was financially going down, why does it look like people rushed out in terror?

While I love these videos, It really breaks my heart to see all the wasted equipment just left to rot and decay. so many hobbyists would love to make use of it all

They're actually renovating the college with the intention of reopening it right now. There was actually a graduate (just one, but still) as of last year. The administration is definitely taking steps to restore the campus to its former glory.

Legit one of the best channels though??? Yall should come to Detroit 👌👌👌

I went to UTK and remember this place. This is so, so sad. I can't believe how run down it has become since closing two short years ago.

You guys are terribly underrated! The way you explore sites is extremely respectful, and you document your findings in a very professional way. On top of that, you don't steal, nor do you break things intentionally. I'm am not an Urban Explorer. If I was, I would proudly trek alongside The Proper People! Keep it up! These kinds of video's will be reference material for our future generations.

seeing all of those abandoned pianos makes me angry I wish someone could at least put them in a museum or refurbish them

I bet that apple product is worth quite a bit of money now

19:29 No one : Not a single soul: Brian: A BoX Of SkElLEtON BoNES

the last piano you saw in the music hall was a spinet called a rosewood for the type of wood they used in it manufactured around the time of the civil war it was widely unpopular because its weak sound board made it untunable.

When i was a teenager ( im 60 now) their was an abandoned girls riding camp ( Camp Tabor) on top of a mountain near where I lived. We explored it dozens of times, it was like everyone just vanished. Clothes, suitcases, dozens of saddles, curry combs and other horse items as well as personal items were all left behind. Even Trophies girls had won were left behind. Their were even a few cars. The kitchen was fully stocked with plates" glasses everything u needed to feed a couple hundred people. Never did find out why it was abondoned the way it was...Sadly it was torn down yrs ago. Its all but a memory now.

Odd to see the bullet hole and plungered door without graffiti. Was there much security?

16:00 it shows the different tissues of a plant's root :)

I would load up a van to the top with all the shit form the chem lab the beakers and glassware is very expensive shit

So many pianos for a single location!

Well if I ever want to make a giant meth lab I know where to go.

I wish they could take places like this and renovate them to house the homeless. Seems like such a waste to have these huge abandoned places floating around with no purpose.

The computer hardware is from the 1980s. All the other equipment is from the 1970s and before. So it looks like they were spending all of the money in 80s on computers. Then after that, it doesn't look like they bought much of anything. It was definitely state of the art on one time.

Normal brain: ohh an old theather how cool! Theather brain: Don't. Touch. The ropes.

crazy..all that stuff could have been donated to a STEM high school or another historic black collage....

20:49 That IBM PC/XT doe 22:30 And a IIE with a Profile HD, don't see the combination very often 22:42 Tektronix terminal, very rare I would never be able to contain myself in somewhere like that, those computer would defiantly come home with me...

What I don't understand is why abandoned buildings always have shit spread out all over the floor. Seriously, it's as if the people were like "okay, before we go, let's knock shit over."

11:35 i'd fucking take that in a heartbeat. Oscilloscopes are 1k+

Wow! The glassware alone is worth thousands...

16:09 it's an onion root tip... my bio instructor in high school brought one out and said its the most obscene model ever

18:56 … guys, please get proper boots … like military or security boots. You never know what chemicals dissolved in those puddles or what pointy things may hide in there.

OMG! I drive past this campus every day to take my kid to school. Thank you for giving me an inside look!

Uuuuggghhh. I know you shouldn't steal anything, but fucks sake. Wish it were possible to contact the property owner to do an auction of this stuff. The IBM and Apple PC's are worth money. A complete Apple II is worth almost 1000 dollars to the right person... Vandals will eventually destroy it all.

Imagine just being a student there years ago and just coming back to look at it crumbling down and abandoned and just thinking of good memories from attending there, wow so beautiful

Honestly, for the sake of history, id take that apple 2 and keep it safe. Worth a lot of money

I think a lot of that stuff was left as-is in place because they were hoping to reopen when they got their shit together... then they never got it together. If they knew they were going to disappear from the map, I would think the staff would want to save the good books and equipment

Another great video! The ones where you give the backstory and history of the property are my favorite.

i love watching non-theatre kids be so excited by a fly system❤️

I could spend the entire day in places like this looking through everything! Not sure I'd wanna be breathing formaldehyde though lol.

Does anyone put themselves in the shoes of the old students that used to wanted this campus daily? How weird yet fascinating

That place is gonna get cleared out quick now you visited it haha

I always wonder when the last real class ended that day, who would have thought it would be the last time.

Those computers are such a rare thing to see. Too bad someone will be there pretty quick to pick them up.

should be careful around the cyclohexane. It's explosive under certain circumstances.

8:42 . . . That piano needs to be rescued. 23:28 . . . Most 1970s looking computer ever!!

It is shocking and scary how fast these places decay. It's like watching "Life After People"

Impressive how untouched that place is.

It’s wild that none of that could’ve been sold or donated to help...

Chairs just chillin everywhere!!

I love how respectful you guys are. Like your not CaTcHiNg GoHsTs or trying to be spooky your just lookin at stuff. Most people like the simple things, authentic.

I remember traveling to this school from Texas,going to enroll. At that time they lured students in by offering a deeply discounted tuition. The catch was that you had to work on campus to pay off the remainder of the tuition, but you didn't find that out until enrollment. Basically the students took care of the campus in order to go to school. This was back in 2003-04ish. The campus was in disrepair at that time. There were only like three buildings open with limited staff. What a terrible experience. Most of the students were inner city from like Detroit and Chicago so they had no choice but to stay. As for me, I got out of there. The place had rats,we had to paint our own rooms and I ended up having it out with the President because she didn't want to refund the money I already paid. Let's just say I had a check within a week. I ended up enrolling at UTK. I understand the historic significance, but it should shut down as a school. Perhaps it could reopen as a rehabilitation center.

I bet when they lost Funding in 97 they abandoned some of the buildings then. That's why some of the buildings look like they were abandoned longer.

At minute 16:04 you see a model. It is a model of a plant root tip used to demonstrate plant tissue types and transport. It's NOT a "dick" and/or penis..;-)

Lori Loughlin bribed someone to get me into college here. When do I start?

Me: Oh, look an IBM Model M Keyboard Me to Me: Take it. Its better than keyboards today

Wow, it's amazing that people can just walk away from a place and leave behind thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment and pianos. That really old amphitheatre / lecture hall in the science building was just fantastic, and that orchestra pit in the theatre was so deep. Amazing!

Those Apple II's probably still work. Too bad you can't get permission to take them.

I like watching these videos, but I can't help feeling depressed that so much stuff is left to rot.

this is actually kind of sad

One thing I've learned from abandoned videos in this decade is how wasteful the human race is. Not even 10 minutes in and you see those pianos... just sitting there. 😒

Those old complete Apple systems would be worth a fortune........Old Computer equipment is the next big collectable item......hope the don't get trashed, but I am guessing now it has been exposed there will be nothing left un-trashed in the coming weeks

I just looked this place up... They only had 11 students?! No wonder why it closed

15:55.. "It's way too pointy!" I CAN'T BREATHE! xD

"Why's it so pointy?" -Michael 2017

the movable orchestra platform looked pretty damn insane.

I'm always wondering why many abondened buildings look like the inhabitants have just gone for a walk and never came back. Also, so much many standing around, slowly rotting away.

Amazing!

To see the Apple computers and then looking at my phone, Apple has come a long way

Any one else catch "You most defiantly" instead of definitely on the school newspaper or whatever at 7:52?

being a photographer and a person who loves abandoned places , this shit is like porn for my eyes

Cyclohexane is a cycloalkane with the molecular formula C₆H₁₂. Cyclohexane is mainly used for the industrial production of adipic acid and caprolactam, which are precursors to nylon

I would've totally taken that oscilloscope home!

"i feel like i have snotcicles"

yall should wear boots.

The model looked like it was a cross section of a root tip to study the different cell layers for plants.

When are yall going to chernobyl?

Fascinating! It's like a captured "frozen" moment in time! Thank you so much for documenting this historical site!

As an old computer lover, it's really cool to see these computers that are left behind, especially because half of them cost a small fortune to get XD also sad that i cant rescue all of them from vandals that will destroy them.

The music in this one was extra awesome. The ambient stuff and the end track especially. I'm guessing there's no link to it because it's from a royalty free music site? Really cool video as usual.

Amazed by the fact that so much was left behind..

Strangely enough, the website for Knoxville College is still working. www.knoxvillecollege.edu/

Damn I've been wanting one of those power supply's haha, thanks for being respectful though guys.

Knoxville, Tennessee? I've lived here for my whole life and never heard of it.

16:05 hahaha thats a Root Structure