think about all the memories in this house, the good times, the Christmases, the birthdays, the deaths, the weddings, laughter, crying, pain, sadness, joy and depression. Those walls must hold so much.
Mimi well, no, don’t know that for sure, but it’s just as possible as your scenario. Could have had a large extended family. Either way, there are memories in that old farmhouse.
As a truck driver, I see many farms empty. I always imagine the life that was once there. I have been to 49 states so far! I live in upstate N.Y below Buffalo. Very interesting video!😏
I think that when I see old abandoned schools. Imagine all the dramas and lives that passed through over the years. The people that met, and the things that occurred there.
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About the WW1 vet living there in his 90's. I cant think of a better place I would like to live out my time. It is a beautiful place. Thank you for putting it up.
Yes, that means that the gentleman must have been born around the early 1900s. He lived through World I and II, the Korean War, Vietnam and on and on. He deserved a quiet place to live. This is a list of all the wars that the US was involved during the 20th century. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States
That was so touching and moving to watch. I spent almost all of my childhood in an old run down farmhouse living a lot of my young years with my grandma and grandpa Torsey. Grandpa was killed at age 90. He didn't die naturally unfortunately. Grandma was in her 80s and couldn't continue on in the house since the lack of plumbing and central heat and proper electric would have been hard on her alone. She moved in with mom and dad and our already run down home was abandoned. A lady bought its bones and moved it from NH and resurrected it in VT. I remember my last night in my special little home. My grandpa was my best friend and losing him so needlessly and so quickly with me being only 13 was just too much to bear. His life was taken just outside the house in the field on October 31st 1985. The grass was still and dead, the leaves were dying and so was I. I could still feel his soul around me that night. My baby cousin needed to be fed so I cooked some chicken noodle soup on the woodstove that both heated our home and cooked our meals for well over 100 years. That was our last meal in that house. A can of Campbell's chicken noodle soup. I ate none as I was so sick to my stomach from losing my best friend. Although way bigger than my beloved home, this house looks very much the way ours did when we were still living in it so it really tugged at my heartstrings. Grandma used to nail cardboard over the holes in the walls to keep the wind and cold out. I could almost feel myself being transported home through your video. Thank you for bringing me home in my heart one last time. God bless.
Thanks for sharing your own story. It sucks getting older. I really don't like change. I would have stayed in that house & made one of the first floor rooms a bathroom.
@@lindseybsmith I want so bad to go back in time and be young again!! Except this time without the home work and schooling!! LOL!! Just go back and be at our farm with my grandma and grandpa. I wished I could have bought the house back then but being 13 it was impossible.
Just imagine how many more beautiful abandoned houses there will be within the next 8 years or so with all the baby boomers passing away / being sent to assisted living centers. Especially in the cities where there’s nothing but 65 + community living in. So sad. Smile at the elders you come across to and treat them the exact way you’d treat your nana or poppa. Thank you for the video may this beautiful couple rest in paradise. xx
Love that you got the back story of this place! Makes it all the more interesting!Its February 2022, and I’ve been binging on your channel a little every day, really enjoying it & if you see this, please consider continuing your explorations. You do it really well! You & Urban exploration with Kappy are my favorite RU-vid channels! Be well!
OMG. . I just came across your channel and now I need to binge ALL of it! I have a huge fascination with old farmhouses, and learning who lived there and why it's empty. This is amazing!
Thank you so much for sharing Archie and Blanche's house with us. It must have been such a cute house back in the day. You can still see the character, though much faded. I am so sad that it is being torn down and thrown away.
Very enjoyable. Thank you! I was about to ask about their children but then I saw the information at the end. It's fun to imagine what life was like in that house. Archie and Blanche would be surprised at how many people they've touched!
I wish they would let people come in and remove the wood and windows off these beautiful homes instead of demolish it. They do not build homes like this anymore that’s for sure.
Whomever owns the property doesn't want to deal with any lawsuits that might happen if someone is hurt or killed while removing the wood...people are so sue happy today...
Very true but time is money....If it's gonna infringe on someone's time, I can guarantee the owner isn't gonna waste their time hanging around for free. Now if the people who wanted the pieces paid the owner and signed a waiver perhaps it would happen....unfortunately this is the capitalistic world we live in...
If he joined the military at 18 years old and served at least one year during WWI from 1917-1918 (WWI ended in 1918) then he was around 93 years old in 1992.
@@FIREDOGG999 Recruitment officers were trying to fill a quota in wartime so they wouldn't turn away an eager volunteer that "looked a bit too young" . The youngest American soldier to be killed in the Vietnam War was only 15. He falsified his birth papers to show he was older, and he was a big black kid, so he wasn't turned away. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Bullock
I live in Saskatchewan and we have lots of houses like this scattered in a farm land and I love to go find old places like this. Thank you for documenting and being respectful of these lost treasures.
I was happy to see a video from you tonight! I love your presentation, so straightforward and thoughtful. At the end when you showed the beautiful dry corn stalks rustling in the wind with the snow it made me so homesick for the Minnesota landscape.
Thank you for doing what you do. Your comments indicate that you are somewhat educated about architecture and that you aren't trying to sensationalize your findings. Refreshing!
I was. In this house years ago it looked so different also there was a garage full of cool stuff & a old blue station wagon in the driveway there was a pack of cigs on a table no longer there a tv lots of avon bottles upstairs was cool clothes hanging in closet my friend walked into upstairs closet & somehow dropped down to where he came out the weird side door which was locked i had to pull it open love this big house sad its gone thanks for sharing 😁😁😁
Its a few miles from grand forks on county rd i think . Yes its a big beautiful house was more amazing when i was in it 2005 or 2006 i think sad to see it being tore down 😢💔
To the builders of the house, those that once lived in the house that are gone now... and the house itself....on the finale day the sun has set...rest in peace.
The woodworking is interesting. They made cabinets to order just to fit their needs! I'd love to excise the cabinets, have them redone, and put them to use! I can see them making dinner and reaching out for the spices, and the wife saying, Archie, put the shelf here, and make sure the Morton salt can fit! Or, Archie, I want to pull out some storage here, this one could house my baking pans. And right next to it a bin to hold flour! The house was just right for them. Lovely choice for your explore...very well planned and accomplished. Bravo! Hi to your beautiful wife and a hug to your Rottweiler, was it Ruby? My memory for names is failing. Soon to be 77.
Those cabinets appear to be typical 60s plywood style. My first impression was that they were put up years later than that, that they were somebody's used cabinets from a remodeling, and gracisiously given to the couple to allow them to live at least a bit more modernly than using crude ancient cupboards.
Great video, so sad it had to be torn down, but we are rapidly losing all of the old original farm houses out there. When I was kid in the '70's, there were still a lot of houses like that still being lived in, that were built in the 1800's. My great grandparents lived in a farm house similar to this one, and I remember spending weekends with them sometimes. No plumbing, same wash pan for a sink, and just a well outside, and an outhouse, and bed pans if you had to pee during the night. They got electricity in the '40's so they did have power when I stayed there as a kid. Most of their furniture was from the '20's or earlier, but I didn't know that at the time. They were married in 1910 and built their farm house on family land around 1912. They both passed away in 1980 and the house was bought, and moved to another location somewhere, so it may still exist. You guys that do these abandoned house explorations are really cool and doing a great job, keep it up and be safe.
The bi-fold cabinet doors were very unusual and nice. I really liked the wall paper with the little bouquets on it. Glad to have you back. Stay safe and have fun.
I feel like we need to go visit their resting place in Minneapolis now that we’ve seen their house. It’s so cool that the neighbor was willing to give you some memories, it definitely makes the find more meaningful. It would be so cool to hear all the memories they have tied to that house.
First time to your channel, but your attention to detail. along with the amazing details about Archie and Blanch made it just that more amazing! Your outlook on things reminds me of my younger years :) You, Sir, just got another subscriber :) The short stop near the end talking about the snow on the corn was the icing on the cake! Amazing view :)
I've seen many abandoned houses/mansions/building videos-- yet-- I've never really imagined all the small talk with family and friends that must have went on inside these properties. I just Imagined the laughter and meals. Until this video, wow this melts my heart. 💙
So cool that you got to document this place and hear and share some of the memories attached to the house. R.I.P. Archie and Blanche. Loved the awesome shots of the corn etc.at the end FH. Hope you and the family are doing well. Thank you.👍🏼🤘🏼😎
it's a shame today's houses are made of trash unlike this old farm house that was made with common sense a rare thing these days those walls have seen many happy and many sad times and surely made the family feel very safe over the past 100 plus years great explore !
This was great. Getting up with you at only God's hour was fun, and driving down the road to get there. Cool. I really like this house all lathe and plaster. Using enough wood that we build 20 houses out of that much wood now. Glad bad weather hasen't taken her down. Such a great thing that you preserved her forever in your work. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Be safe.
I really enjoy your videos. I’ve been making trips to North Dakota to explore the old family farm & have come across so many abandoned churches, schools, and nearly empty farm towns. All that will be left soon are videos like yours.
With all them downspouts running like they were, I’m going to guess they collected rain water into a cistern and probably used it the whole time they lived there.
Thank you for documenting this very special farmhouse for us. Having the history of the place increased it's interest. Hopefully they can save some of the beautiful timber. Yeah, the days when a 2 x 4 was 2 x 4!! And the wood looked kiln dried which would account for the great condition. Thank you again. I really enjoyed it!
I love old houses, if the walls could just talk! So neat. Thank You for sharing. I am sad they are going to destroy it, they should restore it. I hate to see the old homes and barns tore down. Makes me sad. Wendy ❤️🐞
I live in southern Illinois and we have some fun abandoned farm houses like this as well. I could spend all day there just walking around looking at everything and wondering what the house was like in it's prime.
When I "stumbled upon" your video.....and watching you drive, I thought....where the heck is this guy!? It looked like you were driving just down the road from me! lol. Then...you said it was 27 degrees....there was snow....you came across some "Forum" clipping (I read the Forum for years...in fact....my sister and I delivered it door to door when we were younger!)....corn field....tractor in the field...and THEN you said "Uff da"....and I was positive you were near by!! lol. I am a Norwegian/German Lutheran from NW Minnesota! I loveeeeee old houses!!! Thanks for the awesome tour of this one!! :-) I have subscribed to your channel!!
Thanks for sharing. It must have been a Lovely place to live, so quiet. About 30 years ago, I went in an abandoned house here in England. It was C17th Century & has now been completely restored to its former glory. I guess the builders will come in & replace this one. So many memories just bulldozed ☹️
As a genealogist, I am interested in the people who lived there. Every corner makes me wonder about who they were. The wallpaper brought back memories of my grandparents home.
Funny, After watching this video, the only thing I'm left with, is an overwhelming feeling of wanting to meet Archie and Blanche. Sad that it can never happen now. Great, great video. '
Just found your channel as you came up in my recommended. Watched this and one from a year ago and I'm so going to enjoy. I like the urban explorers, and exploring old abandoned buildings but I'm particularly goiing to love this focus on farms and farmhouses. My mother's family have been farming since the 1600s in upstate New York (dairy) and forever in England before that. Nice that you're focusing on something so Americana and so important to all of us. It's farmers that keep us fed.
You obviously have the soul of a poet. I love the way you find beauty in things like old wallpaper and silent cornfields. Don't ever stop sharing that.
I fully appreciate that you don’t rush through the video. You move slowly and show details and take time to let viewers actually see what there is to see. It’s a shame that homes like these have to be left to rot. I like to try to imagine what they would have been like, full of life sounds, children playing, meals being prepared, the smell of dinner cooking, a fire going, a rooster crowing...imagine being born in and living in the same house for your entire life! ✌️
Thanks for making a record of this place before it's demolished. I have some information on some of items that you were unsure about. First of all, that outbuilding with the "stalls" & that machine in the doorway was the granary. That machine is a grain cleaner. Then you were wondering why the rain gutters & channels were run all across the outside of the house. You could see that they were joined together & fed into the water cistern. The pipe that was cut off at the kitchen sink was where the cistern pump was. Rain water would run into the cistern. Then they would use the small hand pump aka cistern pump to get water, when they needed it. My aunt & uncle had the same system, on their farm, down by New Ulm. When they retired, in the late 70s, they sold the farm & that's when the place finally got running water. My in-laws never had running water either. But they didn't have a cistern, so they had to haul their water in 5 gallon buckets. It wasn't until my brother-in-law built a new house, in 2005, that he finally got running water. It's also apparent, that when they needed more room, they acquired a smaller house & added it on. That is why there was the gap between the main house & the addition. This was often done, because often houses could be acquired for just the cost of moving it. This is what my dad did, because we were living in a small 2 bedroom house. Having 3 teenage boys sharing 1 small bedroom just didn't work. Someone 6 blocks away had purchased a house & 2 lots, to build a new house. They gave us the old house, which had only been vacant a year. He paid $2,600 to move it. We then had a 5 bedroom house. To build that addition would have cost approximately $20,000. The house I now live in is another 2 houses that were put together, in 1947.
I watched this the other night on a friend's account and had to find it to subscribe to you because I love it!! I especially love the newspaper clippings in the cupboards -- they seemed like very sweet people :) And you're a great tour guide and didn't say "so" too much :)
Great video. The electric power couldn't have gone in too much later. Because the wiring is all pre-1950, and never upgraded. 13:19 The 1960s newspaper clippings and comics were cool. It's hard to believe those were put on the wall 50 years ago and are still hanging there. 27:50 The stuff in the attic is all from the 1970s. There are no UPC codes and no metric on the labels.
My mother, God rest her soul, had one of those Max hair dryers when I was a kid in the late 1970’s! It’s at 31:30. That brought back instant memories! Hers was orange, not blue like the one here. Looked just like it though, Exact Same logo I still remember. They were very popular back then in the ‘70’s. Funny how little things like that stick in your brain over the decades. Glad you’re exploring still. You’re one of the best.
Typing Dude Yes, I'd get a hair dryer (curling iron, hot roller brush, or hot roller box) every Christmas all through my childhood in the 70s. Although I remember my Auntie Bea having one of these square dryers, i never had one like this. WoW can't believe I'm turning the big FIVE 0 next month.
excellent good the piece of equipment was a seed cleaner in the old stable.. the bellows you where squeezing was part of a bee hive smoker.. I really like your videos keep them up, if you can brought back many memorys of what life in MN was like for me..
Just came across your channel and I'm hooked. I live in NW Ohio and used to explore abandoned farms every chance I got. It's amazing what others have just discarded and left behind. I live on my family's homestead that was settled in the early 1800s and our house was built in 1855. Takes a lot to upkeep such an old house but I wouldn't live in a new build if ya paid me. I used to do my exploring at night but that changed when I was in a house, in the middle of nowhere at 2am and came across a pile of junk in an upstairs bedroom and sticking out from under that pile was a jeans leg and shoe. You would be correct to think there was a body under that pile! That's an experience I'll never forget but it didn't stop me from exploring LOL. I know of two abandoned old brick farm houses close to me but have been unsuccessful in getting permission to explore them. The one farm even has a log cabin on the property. Rural Ohio has loads of abandoned farm houses. Keep up the good work man and I'll keep watching.
I just happened to stumble across this video and clicked on it because the house looks like my grampa's house from the outside. It took 2 seconds for me to think you must be a Minnesotan and my thought was confirmed when you said 27 degrees was brisk! I grew up in Minnesota and loved hearing you talk. I have many memories of my grampa's old farmhouse, barns and woods. Sadly, it has also been torn down. Thank you for sharing and for showing the snowdusted cornstalks! New subscriber!
I remember those kind of books at my elementary school library, and it was about the same time as the years marked on the inside of that first book. Thank you for sharing your passion. I drive past old places and wonder about the history of them.
Fabulous Find! It's future so dreary. What is it about old houses and the sorrow we have to see them go? Can't they just leave it? Let it quietly decay? It has survived so long...
That home was amazing, but so sad. Just thinking of the lives that house kept warm and sheltered. God Bless you for keeping videos of these wonderful old homes. By the way, loved the wallpaper in the place too. Take care and looking forward to many more of your excursions.
Nice videos !! I am a Builder/Carpenter by trade and really enjoy these abandoned videos. Its a look at how things where done in another time. Thanks :)
I simply have no idea how I landed on this video. But it was just wondrous! Just thinking about the lives that were lived in that old house and the sweetness of memories long faded. How wondrous you preserved a bit of days gone by. Thank you!
There sure is a lot of things they could sell. Bet they bulldoze all the old collectables too. Somewhere, someone was looking for that old equipment. People still buy old wagon wheels too! Ugh!
My friend and i would drive around and see so many abandoned houses. The dark windows stared back at us. Being Native American we both thought the same thing: these places have no soul with no one to keep them alive.
First time viewer, and new sub. One of the best explores I have seen. Great filming of both the out doors (both the house and the surrounding landscape), and inside the home. Great commitary and history. Thanks for preserving the history of the home..... That sadly probably does not exist anymore. Gave thumbs up.
I'm from Vermont and almost thought you lived around here with how the landscape looked... I loved growing up walking around the woods looking for old stuff! We have the Shelburne museum that offers a peek into the old times on the farm and blacksmithing along with all the other trades and structures of life back then in the 1800s! It's fascinating! I stumbled upon your channel as a recommendation of RU-vid and I'm glad they did... Just the nostalgia alone had me binge watching your channel and immediately subscribing! Thank you for what you do it brought me back to my childhood!
Before big farm equipment a family could only farm about a section of land . They eventuality either sold their land to big farmers or lost it to the bank leaving the empty house standing. Most were torn down and farmed over. While living in rural Kansas I got to explore quite a few old farm stead's. It was always so sad to see items left scattered around ruined by weather and critters. I thought about the family who had lived in the home raising kids, their happy times and the struggles they experienced.
So glad to see another beauty before it is gone. I actually was binge watching your videos again yesterday! I love your videos and how you respect and capture these time capsules. And the Uff da!! Ha ha!! I am from ND so it is in my vocabulary too!! Keep up the great work!!
I hope that the wood in that house will be salvaged. They don’t make it like that anymore, so it’s worth a good bit of money. I’m in the south & once worked for a company that brought old wood like this to us to to be planed down and used for hardwood floors. Especially loved seeing the wide planks! Good job filming.
Thank you for sharing. I loved the whole video even the So's lol.I also laughed when you said uffta, I love Minnesota. I was born and raised in South Western Minnesota, I have been living down Georgia for the past 21 years. When we lived in Minnesota (in the town of Marshall) the house we had bought there had belonged to a older couple. It was an assumed VA loan. The house was then already 100 years old. We had put some money into it while living in it, we had the whole house rewired and put radiators into the top floor ( there was no heat upstairs prior). The basement was in fairly good condition but the piping down there was wrapped in asbestos tape. We also had water come into the basement so we had a trenching system put in around the whole basement walls which drained into a hole with a sump pump to keep the water out when we had heavy rains. The house has been sold 2 times that I know of in the last 21 years since we owned it. The other people had also done some remodeling done on the inside of the home from what I saw in the realtor listing photos. The house is still a very attractive home and perfect for a small family or single couple starting out their lives. It makes a person wonder how many years a house built way back then can last if kept up. Amazing, they sure do not build houses like that any more, its a shame when they are not taken care of and are tore down to make new homes. I also wonder how many times that these houses were bought and sold over that span of years. I enjoy watching your videos I just subscribed a short time ago. Keep them coming I will be watching. THanks
TEN THUMBS UP. You are a fantastic photographer/videographer. It's so nice to see someien who notices things, beauty, things of interest, and knows how to use the cam to take it all in. Those shots of the corn were spectacular. New subscriber here. What a fascinating look at an old house and the part at the end was extra good.
Such a beautiful home and to destroy it because of neglect and no modern plumbing etc. I would love those cabinets, it’s unusual to find those in a home that old. Most had a Hoosier type cabinet and shelves those are fantastic and so functional no area wasted! Thanks and be safe!
Admiration for whoever was the handyman...that kitchen was customized to suit that house and that family. Clever details like the pull out tiny pantry units, cubbies in the cabinets sized to suit their needs, bi-fold doors so they don't go so far out into the room (or hit the one washing up at the adjacent sink). I'd love some of those details in our home!
Loved the video! God bless Blanche not ever having running water! That's pretty crazy. It seems kinda weird that there are just those school books there. Makes me wonder if kids would go and play over there. Cool house! Thanks for sharing.
Great job on the video. I like your style. So many explorers out there try to make everything creepy. But you were respectful and curious and i greatly enjoyed the focus on the details such as looking at the little comics and books and wallpaper. Gives a sense of their personality. I can imagine many memories made in that home. But a good reminder that when we go we don’t take it with us. Definitely will follow you!
"Todays chuckle" @ 13:10, So AWESOME! Thanks Farmhunter! GREAT VID! You are the BEST explorer on the internet/you tube BY FAR! PERIOD! Just wish the vids happened a little more often. At least you still do it when you can and as always do an excellent job!
So touching-- especially those charming wallpapers. I've owned and occupied three old farmhouses (in Wisconsin); much of this looked familiar to me. Thank you. Safe travels!
Awww bless both Archie and Blanche, they sounded like a beautiful, loving and caring couple. A real shame that the house has to be demolished though, if it was me I would be begging to buy it just to do it up and save it. Thank you so much for sharing this lovely old home and the story of the lovely couple that spent their married life there. Archie himself was born there too so it really is a special place indeed as his parents obviously lived there till they passed on too. Awesome video, thank you. x
First video I’ve watched and super stoked I found it! Great video. Much older farm houses than we have out here in CA. I really liked the big wave picture!! Isn’t it a shame what they’ve done to lumber! Look at those real 2x4s, beautiful. The exterior wall covering on the top of the house are called wood scallops. The shape is a scallop. Keep it up! Look forward to more! Thanks bru!
Wow! Thanks for the Memories! What a beautiful home, so much character! We really can imagine .... and we romanticize about the way things used to be when as children we visited grandparents or extended family, and were amazed at their humble abodes so charming and sentimental, I grew up in a house built in the early 60s, but all of my relatives up in Minnesota had COOL old houses like this one! Videos like these inspire us, and educate us, my mother's home in a rural community, was without running water until the 40s or so, they had a pump that drew from a cistern, or a well I guess?! Their basement had a dirt floor, my grandmother still had a wringer washer in the basement, in the early 70s. Really Love what you are able to find, the best old places hidden away!
Just found your page. And I’m so excited. I love old buildings and houses but never really go and look at them. I love this! So cool and the newspaper clippings were awesome.
Kind of a shame to know it will be leveled, but bringing it back to life would cost more than most people could afford. The piece at the end about Archie and Blanche was a nice touch, gives more meaning to the house. Be safe out there and thanks for what you do.
