Exploring an Abandoned War Veteran's 1940's Home filled with antiques and belongings 

Abandoned photographs are probably the saddest representation of someone's past. I work at a recycling centre and am constantly surprised at the number of random photographs I see coming through among the items to be sorted. Photographs that have simply been tossed out for whatever reason.

so sad to see someone's life just left behind, abandoned, and forgotten like that

This is sad. The veteran had a beautiful house. Love the vintage stuff. The house could be saved & reused. Great explore. ❤🏠🏚😊👍

Watching this video hit me a different way today. All of those family photos rotting away and thrown around like trash. I lost all of my family photos and memorabilia (I’m 30) due to an ex boyfriend who threw them all in the trash while I was away. I don’t have much of anything to look back on when growing up. And those photos and items once meant so much to someone. I love your videos and thank you for keeping these places alive. ❤️🙏🏻

To be abandoned and thrown away is the inevitable fate of everyone. Haunting and bittersweet. There's nothing more important than right now.

How many family photos there are in this house. It's sad. In all these abandoned houses, I will never understand how the family does not come to get the photos, at least. All deceased owners can't be horrible assholes despised by the survivors, no ??! Photos are the most precious memories of all...

People today have virtually zero interest in preserving anything! Houses are no longer passed down generations, no one wants “grandma’s china,” no time to sit and actually go through family photos, no interest in family history. It breaks my heart--I’m getting up there and my child (now in his 40’s) doesn’t want anything! When gone, it will likely all be junked. I even have photos of my great grandparents, the day after their wedding, sitting on the seat of a covered wagon ready to leave Nebraska and journey to Oregon first and, after passing a winter, they continued to as far as one can go to the NW! I even have her handwritten account of the journey! So sad to see everything slowly rotting away! Thank you for recording it, my friend! Stay safe and be well.

These houses just break my heart. They obviously had younger family members who could've at least come in and removed items of centimental value. And the antiques alone. Houses around me like that I do a county property search to see if it was deeded to someone else. Most times they are and family does nothing at all. So terribly sad.

The Japanese have a term for the indescribable feeling of nostalgia tinged with a lonely mystery that overcomes us when we are reminded that our existence is temporary in an imperfect world. They call it "wabi sabi". It holds great beauty for the soul.

Two points that may help this already terrific video. The Dumont people made TV's from 1942 until 1956. In the 40's the screens were tiny and the cabinets huge. The TV in this house has a larger screen, so it is definitely 50's. Judging by the calendar in the kitchen, people left sometime in January 2014. Since the calendar is also has a mark in January 8th, that's why the Christmas tree was not put away yet.......THANK YOU for this video, it is obvious you put a lot of work into it !

Thanks for their service 🪖🇺🇸

The forest just outside this house sure wants to move in. ASAP As always you guys did a wonderful job exploring this place. Thank you.

The postcards you’re looking at is what’s called First Day Covers . It usually when a new postage stamp is released and the enevelope has the topic based on the stamp and usually the postmark is at the place of the topic of the stamp.

That blue case is a suitcase very common in the 1960s.

I used to be an urban explorer myself and I would often ask myself all the time how people could leave behind their elderly relative's belongings/home. But my family is now going through this ourselves. Last June we lost my grandma, our matriarch, who was 95. Her parents bought a house when she was 9 years old. And then she lived there, for the rest of her life. They left it to her after they passed away, and my mom and all her siblings grew up there. Grandma passed away there at the age of 95. Because she had 4 kids, she didn't leave the house in a trust, and instead chose to leave it as an estate situation. The way the estate process works after an elderly homeowner passes away is so tedious, with a lot of government red tape. I had absolutely no idea that there is so much official business that goes into closing an estate. My aunt had just a few weeks to clean everything out that she wanted to keep for the family before the estate lawyers took over the property. Sometimes estate situations fall through, and the house sits abandoned when it isn't decided what to do with the property. And if too much is wrong with it, and it can't be fixed, then it never goes up for sale and it sits abandoned. My aunt has had to pay a lot of money out of her own pocket to fix up Grandma's house because it's in such old, outdated condition that it didn't pass home inspection. Just to save it from becoming an abandoned house, she has chosen to fix up the property so the estate managers can put it up for sale. It's not up for sale yet becuase it's still getting repaired. I wish I could buy the house but I would have to pay full price for it because Grandma didn't leave it in a trust. Not even anyone in the family is allowed to buy the house and now that the time limit to clean out her house is up, the estate managers have told the family that we literally are not allowed to take anything else out of the house. So, that's just one explanation for why everything was left behind. Another common reason is because the family couldn't agree on what to do with it so a civil court had to step in and decide for them. And usually that decision ends up being to sell the house and divide the money. But if the house never gets sold, because it's in bad shape or whatever, the family just chooses to walk.

How sad ones belongings so trashed and a reminder that you cannot take anything with you when it is your time.

As i was listening to your most eloquent opening introductory speech, at the beginning of this video, i remember hearing you saying, that this house was built, somewhere around the 1960s. Personally, i believe that this house is probably way much more older than that. In fact, just by looking at the interior, as well as the fixtures, this house was probably built around the early 1930s instead, but that's just a wild guess. Lol! Anyhow! Thank! you so much, for this wonderful presentation, on the RU-vid channel. Johnny, Montreal, Canada.

That was extremely sad. All those photos (reminds me of me-I have around 30 albums plus everything on my phone) My bachelor uncle was a WW2 vet & when he passed, we cleaned out his house & found countless amazing things from all over the world. We all took what we wanted & sold his home. Everything else was given to Good Will. Those postcards & stamps were really a great find. I would have read them all. All the celebrations of America. I can just imagine the stamps are also worth something. Such a shame. May he RIP.

it's obvious that many trespassers have come in and out that place and trashed it, that's why those pictures were scattered and even an axe was placed. It's sad it's now all waste it was once a family home.

I love this one, the flag on the bed is rememberance of Military funeral.

I know the urbex ethos is 'leave everything where you found it', and although that's respectful to the former owners of the house, if you find neat collector's items it seems a shame to just let them rot in a decaying house.

Thank you for saying "if you like the video leave a thumbs up" instead of being like some channels who say at the beginning "be sure to leave a thumbs up" that part always annoys me. It should be how you just said it IF you like the video. That earns a like from me.

Beautiful video, so respectful and you clearly know your history and old stuff. Well done! 😀💪🏻

So sad the families don’t save things. Oh well. Great explore!! 🥰🥰🥰

Great find! So sad that the family didn't take those postcards. What a find! 😢

i'm impressed of this guys going to these abandoned houses in shorts, without respiratory protection, exposing themselves to Mold and asbestos, i saw many comments of people begging this guys to wear protection but it seems that visits and suscribers are more important than health........no hate at all i really enjoy these kind of videos and appreciate the respect for the items found in these houses, just take the advice and protect yourselves for the sake of your health.

As someone from outside the US, it beggars belief that this person's life was just left to moulder away like this and the house left to collapse in on itself. In my country, if there was no family etc, the local council would send in a team to empty out the house, dispose of anything valuable and then sell the house. If there was a family, it would be their duty by law to clean it up and properly dispose of the house or face a fine.

I don't understand why their loved ones would just leave everything there. So sad.

It looks as if they had children due to the large photo collection. It’s possible however that ether they were estranged from their kids and as such no one wanted to return for anything left in the estate. Or.. what’s the most likely scenario is that the parents when creating the will, had problems with how their will’s were ironed out when meeting with an executor and as such everything was tied up in some kind of litigation which legally prevented their children and their families from inheriting from the estate.

From the content itself to the narration and incidental music, you've built a brilliant channel.

Those zipper sounds, sound like your friend Chris is loading up his backpack. And those postcards have a great collection of stamps on them.

I love looking at these old homes and wondering what their lives were like. It's sad to see this happen right after the holidays and hopefully he spent his last Christmas with loved ones.

What an amazing place, and so sad to see all these memories left behind. I thought it was cool that downstairs beside a framed photo of a little girl with glasses, was the exact pair of glasses she was wearing. Makes you wonder what the story is behind that. Thank you for sharing this exploration!

I love these videos of explorations of old abandoned homes. What caught my eye was in the beginning of the video and at about 6:15. There were those old yearbooks and encyclopedias. Those were very nostalgic. They are Funk and Wagnalls encyclopedias. When I was growing up, my parents had a set of those. They were very useful for gathering information back in the day.

With respect to the bed and the bed cover, the stains on it remind me of what happens when a body decomposes. I wonder if man died in his sleep and was discovered weeks/months later? Maybe, maybe not. Pretty sad to think about it.

Old radio is great. Will never understand how families let this stuff rot. I’ve become the “family archivist” as my parents have passed - I have multiple bins of old family photographs going back to the 30s. I keep telling myself I’m going to scan them.

Beautiful explore. I really love your openings and closings. Very atmospheric with great choice of music. It looks like it might have been a bit of a hoarding situation. Some other explorers were there first and staged some things like the living room and the upstairs bedroom. Why else would one have a nineteen fifties tv in a living room of a house abandoned in twenty fourteen? One correction though it’s Apollo Eleven. First manned space flight to the moon. I wish I could reach out and grab every one of those envelopes. What a waste. Sad that family never came by and took all those personal items but it made for a great explore.

Remember when Dev got attacked by bees at the abandoned racetrack…then jumped right back into the explore like nothing happened. This is why we love Dev and Urbex 😊

So much history in this house .. god bless the people that lived there ❤❤ We will always be history one day !!!😢😢

Great explore! Sad to see everything left behind and the house left to rot. Happy Halloween 🎃

A sad but great find. Thanks for sharing

It’s a shame that a veteran that served our country probably fought in a war had to live like this. Our country doesn’t seem to care about it’s veterans much, even too this very day. They don’t get the respect and care they need. What a shame. I guess his family wasn’t any better. They don’t stop and think he fought for their freedom and rites which in todays times our very own government is trying to take away from all of us. People need to wake up before it’s too late. I guess his family just abandoned him and they are awful people for doing that.

sad so much was left behind, but great that you documented it.

This 14:40 is not about the postcards, it's about the stamps. First day of issue cards. Could be worth some money.

I'm a bit angry that whoever went through there after the owners passed didn't seem to give a flying crap about anything aside from rummaging through the place randomly looking for loot. I have seen this sort of thing happen before, where some rando is appointed executor of estate, and then they just trash through the house looking for money or jewels, then just ditch the rest. It happened to my best friend recently, his mom was not mentally well, and she was conned into making this one guy the executor and he and his corrupt lawyer fudged the will. When she passed away, this guy drained the bank account, and went into the house and trashed it, broke walls etc because for some reason he thought there was $100K hidden somewhere in the house. He didn't give a care about all the sentimental stuff left behind, and legally, my friend and his step-siblings couldn't do much about it. Not sure if this is the case for the house in this video, but it just seems odd.

I love watching your videos man. Way cool.

Great video man thanks for sharing what a lovely place

That's really a great place I ❤️ it! Thank you 😊

A very nice find and a lot off nice things too see.

Wow, talk about being frozen in time in that house. Great video!!

Thanks For The Video Man!!

New subscriber, binge-watching your thoroughly intriguing videos.

Some one should call Goodwill. So much of this stuff could be saved.

It’s so sad seeing the photos 😢 these videos always transport me

Another AMAZING video 😊

Very interesting, thanks for showing!

Great video. Thanks

The canon monitor is most likely an amber screen or hercules style monitor. Has a cga or monochrome style connector. It was used with word processor typewriters from the 1980s and 1990s. They even had a 1.44" floppy drive in the units. The monitors could be used on a pc as well but thats where that monitor came from. The word processor is most likely that typewriter thingie when you first saw the monitor on the table. Those "letters" you saw are first day issuance postal stamps. They used to give them away if you went on the first issue day of a certain series of stamps.

Would be neat to watch those Twighlight Zone DVD’s on the old DuMont tv!

Looking at the encyclopedias took me back when our mother had purchased for us to find out information we needed find ( no GOOGLE). Once again locking a someone's personal history. Appreciate your work.

Sadly, sometimes there is no one left to care for the family's pictures.

Just imagine the veterans family members watching this vedio and recall their past memories

Someone should try to contact the family and see where they are today to get the things that are good like the pictures and what else is good out

What a sad little home :o( And all of those old photos left behind. i don't understand why family members wouldn't pick them up but who knows what the story is behind this place. Very sad to see it but a great explore. Thanks and looking forward to the next one.

Happy Halloween 🎃 ps I loved seeing all the stuff left behind st the house

This was a happy family in a happy home. I took photo copies of all my family pics with my phone so, maybe they did that too.

Tv not from the 60s. It is a round screen tv. My Pawpaw had one more like 40s and early 50s. I like the Blue willow dishes 1940s era. I love watching these. I was born in 1960 so I recognize alot of stuff.

I just found your page and it is so interesting to see but makes me sad that no one took this stuff of memories in the family. What happens to all the stuff left behind in these houses? I am 69 and hope that when I pass that my stuff is not just left like trash.

ITS SAD THAT PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THIS HOME WILL STEAL THINGS,THINKING ITS OK. TOO BAD THERE ISNT FAMILY THAT CAN KEEP THE MEMORIES OF THIS VETERAN ALIVE

You missed a TI-99 computer in the Master bedroom. A whole lot of Videos from the 80s and 90s as the Twilight Zone series was transferred to DVD format in the 90s. I hope someone salvages some of those items, as they are collectables!

That radio so cool ! i never seen that one in Google search ! wow 😱

Those are first day of issue stamped envelopes. Back when people collected stamps. They are worth some $. But, younger generations don't seem to care about anything old.

Hahah that fridge moment had me smiling😊 its Can smell so bad! Nice content, greetings from Denmark💀

People put bars of soap in drawers sometimes because it makes it smell nice :)

I know you never take anything but I really wish you would save that stamp collection

Another sad house left behind for mother nature to take over all that old stuff that no one wants antiques Museum pieces and those postcards amazing fine I just don't understand why people collect stuff like those postcards and just leave them behind I guess to some people their Collections and the people have passed and to other people that are left to take care of all of it thinks nothing of it once again it's just so sad I seen a lot of videos with abandoned houses is so sad that there's a lot of homeless people that could use those homes thank you for bringing this video to us love from upstate New York

From the photos, the couple had both been in the military. The bedroom with the US flag on the bed was the widow's room; sewing machine , crutches, other 'womanly' items, so maybe she was honouring her and her late husband's lives in the services - ?

Thanks awesome video

This is just sad to see that maybe there was no one left to cherish the memories. So frickin sad😢

So sad about the pictures they should be collected for future information on the family . I wonder if their is a place to take them.

Very poignant and sad. Thanks for posting

Great presentation. Surprised to what I saw no vandalism. Id have no problem since yr a nice respectful gentleman to take whatever u wanted. Eventually it'll just waste away. Final thought, very very sad!

what surprised me the most is all the stuff left like how come none of the family members took anything like the appliance could have been donated the books could have been given to a book store the pictures and memorabilia could have been saved

This is so sad! Someone’s whole life and legacy left to rot!

I always wonder these homes full of memories. What happened that they are just left discarded like this? That not a single family member came back it's so baffling!

Those "post cards" are first day issue of stamps that commemorate something. First day issues are collector items and especially from that long ago. Some have already been bitten by an animal. They should not be left there but donated to a philately museum.

12:14 Excellent taste in movies. Still the best one in the franchise. I highly recommend it! 🖖😎👍

This postcard shouldn't be separated they should absolutely be in a museum. I really hope that someone reaches out to you to try and make that happen. It's such a waste to have them sit there! Ugh 😫 sucks!

The Dumont Television company was in operation from 1938-1955. Mr. Dumont owned one TV station but had to sell it.

wonder why the house was never sold? even if it goes unclaimed, once property taxes are due, the county would sell it before it got in that condition

A site directed by Google lens says "circa 1932" on the exact same radio. 13:33 Remember Google lens if you don't know what it is but know it can also be wrong at times. Thanks for the tour Devin! 👍👍👍

Those dead plants on top of the TV have been watered recently. The mason jar 1/5th full green water.

What about that axe wedged between a family photo album 😬?

DEF,, VERY SAD ,, WHAT HAPPEN TO THEM??? WHERE IS THE FAMILY TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE OLD GREAT THINGS OUT .. THIS MIGHT BE AWFUL TO SAY ,, I DONT THINK THE FAMILYS ARE COMING BACK TO TAKE THESE THINGS OUT ITS JUST GETTING DAMAGED MORE AND MORE HISTORY WILL BE GONE ON THESE ITEMS ,, I FEEL TAKE THEM BEFORE THE RAIN OR SNOW OR THE ROOF COMES DOWN ON THEM AND THERE GONE FOR EVER .. I HOPE YOU SPARED THOSE POST CARDS AND TOOK THEM... ITS SOUNDS MEAN BUT THERE ROTTENING AWAY SOON,,. G D BLESS THAT VETERAN GUY , I AM ALSO A VETERAN.. THANK YOU..

Nice video

And that eternal, almost immortal question that almost always remains unanswered - what was really the story of this house and its inhabitants?

Props to the old school Jazz hat!!

If you really want to learn about their lives, I suggest you should focus more on their photos. That’s the most interesting part for us viewers

That tv company went out of business in the 50s

Magnificent.