WHAT Happened Here? Abandoned 18th Century Mansion Of a Pharma Family 

When you said goodbye to the taxidermy dog, my heart melted. You have such immense respect for the dead, decay, every little creature. How gentle and respectful and lovely

Calm down everybody - the dog was preserved by taxidermy, it didnt just die there if it had done so it would just be a heap of bones by now.

1983 is the year i was born. There is no plastic here at all. So amazing, people used to live without something that we nowadays use it in nearly every aspects of life.

I found this so fascinating that I started to look a bit more into the owner of the house.. His name was Georges Weber, so the thing you said about them maybe being german is true, due to the german surname. Also there’s some kind of article I found online that’s preserved in some kind of historical library in Bavaria, Germany. He opened his pharmacy which specialised in homeopathy in 1835 in Paris. To this day it’s still a pharmacy and it’s still specialised in homeopathy. The address of the pharmacy was on that little bottle you showed in the beginning, even though you can’t read the end of it, with google you can find anything :)

Love this but please wear a mask to protect yourself from the mould and what ever you could be breathing in you are still a young man and go to lot of different places just show us all think all your viewers would agree with me hate you to get ill and development lung problems please stay safe and take care love from uk xxxx

Whenever I look at all of those things, I want to clean them so badly :D

Beautiful. I was sitting with my dog, next to the fireplace, watching your vlog. When you came into the room with the family dog, I cried. Love for our animals has never changed. Poor baby. The beds are beautifully crafted. So sad nobody can rescue the pieces of woodwork and glass from this home. God Bless the dog. My heart went out to the pet and his family. Thank you Lesley and William. May God keep you safe and healthy on your exploring. Greetings to your family for 2021.

The wooden shoe insert was used to keep the shoe in shape after each wearing. In fact in some instances to enlarge brand new shoes a little to be able to wear them.

They stuffed the dog in memory of him, and all of a sudden their gone and left him...at least they could take him, i know he is not alive but the fact that they left him there, all alone, makes me sad 😔he have sad eyes....

This place is just incredible. Those bed frames (I'm guessing oak) are probably worth thousands nowadays as the high quality furniture like that is getting harder and harder to find.

That was not a shower cap on the bed post. Its a sleep cap that women and girls wore to bed to keep their hair from going all over their face in their sleep. It was worn in the 1800's.

That dog was purposely mounted to lay that way being done by a taxidermy. The owners could not stand to part with their beloved dog. That was really in style back in those days. The dog is all dusty and dried out now, but was quite beautiful when mounted.

The "cage mask" & the "little sword" with the blunt blade were both used for "fencing" (an old sport).

It amazes me every time. I can not believe this was just left to rot and decay. Why do people leave such beautiful properties and homes and let them be forgotten about. It's kinda sad.

The benches in the fireplace is for drying firewood.

Hi to both of you....from the USA ..I'm a great gramma and watch your video's and love them !!! I'm glad you slowed down taping.....thank you and keep up the great shows...♥️

Things back then were built to last...unlike nowadays.

The "Platina" medicine vial you found is a Homoeopathic Medicine and he was probably related to the Homoeopathic Pharmaceutical Industry. The Homoeopathic system of medicine originated from Germany so we can connect the dots very well here. He was probably a scientist as well, into Homoeopathic research and stuff.

Getting into the live late, so restarting, but the dog on the sofa is sooo sad. 😔😭 Poor baby. However I love your lives/videos. Thank you for helping pass time during the lock down.

oh my dear boy, those wooden things for shoes are not for shoe's to be made but to stretch new shoes called a "shoe Stretcher" absolutely love watching you .

They loved their doggy so much that they still wanted to see him daily in his favorite place and position. I get it. The helmet was a fencing helmet, for play sword fighting. It’s so maddening that people with nothing better to do trash these places, rather than just enjoying them and letting others do the same. I thought people like that only existed America. I thought people in other countries were more respectful.

I appreciate how respectful you are to the property and the previous owners. Thanks for the great effort you put into these videos

I suspect if they were German living in France they were made to leave either before the war or after, and that is why things were just left, like that. They took some clothes and pictures and everything else they left behind. Sad.

Never seen light switches like that! That house is so old, it's amazing!

I can't believe how many properties stay abandoned and left behind, to think your list of videos goes on and on and you keep finding them. I also can't believe how brave you are to go inside, I'm a scaredy-cat myself and would never be able to do it. Even tho I found your channel first, my father enjoys watching your videos regularly. He loves history, but unlike me he has a peculiar fascination with old things, creepy things, mysteries and so on.

I hope that Lesley won't mind my saying I love his voice and I watch these videos all the time I can't get enough of his voice and his gentle charm

The second musical instrument is called a harmonium, a small home version of an organ.

I love watching your show.. It truly amazes me what people leave behind.. Thank you for always be so respectful to these homes/locations. You are a wonderful young man.

By the way, the "second piano" is not a piano- but an old pump organ.

Just cannot believe how this nice old was trashed...indeed, it's falling apart, waiting to be restored...the small stuffed animal you saw on that shelf is a ferret. Alive, they make wonderful companions and pets, and they love to snuggle up on your shoulder, against your neck!

This place was stunning in it's prime...I can complete image it's beauty. While technology has gained us many wonderful things I personally feel it came at a huge loss. We've left so many simple things behind that were truly marvelous. I have to say how much I simply adore your channel and the way you give the utmost respect to these places and the prior people. You take us to these magnificent places that for most of us we'll never get to explore ourselves and for that I'm truly grateful. With that said I will donate so I put these words to action and help you further explore more and take me along🙏🤗 Thank you and sorry for the mini novel.

The wire helmet is actually a face mask for sword fencing 🤺

Your documentaries are amazing. You show such respect to the family’s belongings when you record and it’s very touching. Each family has a story and you are telling it to us. Have you ever found wildlife in these abandoned buildings? Or for that matter any other people in these buildings that are abandoned? Do you need permission from the government to record your documentaries? Keep them coming. I’m looking forward to your next video. Thank you and please stay safe.

The dead dog made me cry so much! He or she looks so sad that he/she was simply forgotten by the family. Poor baby, hope you are happy on "the other side". 🖤

Lesley, i can't imagine you're able to read all the comments, so you might miss this, but your passion for this kind of exploring, and specifically to come upon this kind of place that is just right ~ tells alot about you, that i appreciate so much. When you stood in the blue room explaining this, and even before that, just to hear the sheer joy in your voice; it is your way of connecting to wonder, and to a kind of purity and true beauty of life; brought me to tears ! ( I'm an artist/ obviously empathetic 🙃) Bless you for expanding those qualities into the world; you may not understand how valuable your sense of empathy and wonder really are/ it's what's needed. Around that, i appreciate your storytelling and this adventuring ! (; when you go to japan, you can be: The Bros of Wabi-Sabi ! I'll check out patreon for my first time. ✨🤍🪶

The shoe things were to stretch your shoes to fit comfortably.

So beautiful and sad. RIP 🐾 🌹

Thank you, Leslie. This place was special. I love seeing the old artifacts and how people lived. The poor puppy ... broke me.

It seems like sometime after it was abandoned, that it was ransacked for anything of value .. everything tossed randomly as the house was searched, then windows and doors left open as they vacated the premises, leaving the house open to the elements of nature and decay.

Love and respect from America ❤🙏🇱🇷

Love watching your explores!! Your love and respect shines through!!❤️❤️

I'm so glad I discovered this channel, but it makes me so sad because the people are long gone from this earth, but their belongings remain and live on forever.

Wood cutting block🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m saddened for the dog😔💌🐾💌 All by himself for all time. 💔

What an amazing part of history in this home. I have never seen a taxidermied dog. Perhaps the owner of the home lived all alone with no one else but his amazing, beloved pet. And when their pet passed away they just could not fathom the thought of being without it and its presence therefore they had it taxidermied. I personally prefer the cremation process then having my fur babies ashes sprinkled along with mine. Your love and respect you have for all things certainly has a way of touching my heart. Thank you for your kind soul! Thank you for sharing such an amazing video. P€a¢e~n~£0v€ ✌️

This property has been abandoned for at least 60-70 years. Slop pots in the 3rd floor bedrooms where the help slept. “no bathrooms so pails , slop pots to relieve yourself ....“. Coal stove , I cooked on one like that one in the 1950’s. Not shower cap , but a night cap.

So beautiful. .. and so so sad. That dog broke my heart...♡

Would be interesting to find more about the family.

That dead dog has been moved! In Explomos video it was on a chair down by a fire place....how sad that someone moved it!!

It would be wonderful if there was info on the house you could have accessed! I know it must have been very old because, like you said, there weren't any modern items. I didn't notice any ceiling lights or any light switches. A truely different life. A simpler life. Thanks, Lesley for taking me along to the marvelous time capsule. Stay safe and say "Hi" to Jordy and William.

Found this online when I did a search to see what Platina was used for and thought it was interesting! “Chiefly a remedy for women, Platina is best suited to those who tend to be haughty and passionate. High expectations set for themselves and their partners are frequently not met, causing disappointment. They often dwell on the past, and may feel that others have deserted them. A sense of isolation may lead them to become independent and introspective. Narcissistic tendencies are accompanied by a feeling that they deserve the very best of everything. If this is denied them, they may become rather arrogant and depressed. Weeping may bring relief. Curiously, objects often appear to these people to be smaller than they actually are. Platina suits those with alternating emotional and physical symptoms. Any pain increases and decreases slowly. Secretions such as menstrual blood and tears tend to be sticky. The libido is often high. Platina is used for sexual and menstrual problems in women, and nervous-system disorders in both men and women.”

Reminds me of the big homes and farm houses in the US when the old folks started to die off and the families holiday is no longer held because the heart of the family is gone. In the country we still use some of that stuff you call old school.

Amazing!! So many museum worthy artifacts. Have to say this one is super creepy though. Kept expecting to see a stuffed person to go along with the dog😥!!

People looking for money often destroy and wreck things. You guys always are respectful with honor. This is why you are well Loved by many! Kind Thanks for showing us a very respectful look into a families past that was at that time, just like ours! Love, Light, Peace and Joy of Spirit! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

Your narration and education of the place was on point! ❤❤❤

It is called a butcher block in English

It is so sad to see some of these homes so decayed. I look forward to the journeys you take us on in the homes. I just wish I had a home to call my own.

Bros of Decay, nice decaying home, stuffed Wild Boar, Squirrel, Dog and the smallest Sleigh Bed I have ever seen. By the way, the second piano in the kitchen area was an organ. Organs always have knobs on top of the piano keys. I Enjoyed the video and all of it's artifacts, trinkets and very large creepy cobwebs. No 🕷 I figured something out, regarding the scattered papers all over the floors, and the mess. I believe the identity of the occupants was being erased and removed...whoever went through their personal belongings wasn't looking for valuables, but making sure the occupant's names, documents and photographs were completely removed. Whoever and wherever their descendants are, I hope they are well, and enjoyed their lives to the fullest, and that new memories were made. Thank you Lesley and William for the Adventure into time.💕

The stuffed dog was a little creepy. And the mesh helmet on the bed looked like one used for fencing. Beautiful work.

Nice tour of a once beautiful villa. Btw, the wooden shoe forms were not for making shoes but rather to keep leather shoes in their shape by inserting the forms to keep the shoes stretched in form. Such forms were used all the way up to the late 1960s. They still sell for boots. If you noticed the back or heel was adjustible

The ivory keys must’ve been stolen off the piano’s, they don’t just decay to nothing.

22:17 the hand writing on the letter was amazing, the caligraphy so perfect like it was type written in a computer

We had televisions, telephones, and radios in the 1960s. That place was abandoned way before that time...maybe in the early 1900s ???

Great explore Leslie That is called an Inglenook fireplace and the seats WERE to sit on and a poker to disturb the coals / wood on the fire.

I love your passion and love for exploring and creating these videos. Every one is a true work of art. Thank you so much for showing the world a world left behind.

A lot of people specifically the people who appreciate abandoned explore videos understand "decay" is a natural process of life and it's because of this that life continues and that's why it's calle "the circle of life" because life does not end just ones span.

Yorkshire was amazing and the respect that you showed endearing. The shoe forms are called shoe trees and they keep the shoes in proper form and dried out when not in use.

Leslie the attic was the best for sure! I’m so amazed how these places are just left behind. Those sleigh beds are incredibly beautiful! I love how walking through, you see the story. Not completely but just enough to make it a tragedy and a romance😀

I wonder was the top floor room up the spiral stairs for a nanny or tutor.

Lesley... that was MAGNIFICENT!!! I sooo enjoyed this place!!! Each & every tin water pitcher to the epic wooden furniture!!! All of it was gorgeous!!! I loved the undamaged tiles on the walls! Once such an elegant place! The staircase was fabulous with the curvatures of the stairs & the banisters! The stairs were lovely & wide!!! The attention to detail that the wall paper was matched by the paint trim in all of the rooms! It breaks my heart to see that this beautiful furniture & some epic items couldn’t be saved 😞 Thank you for sharing this wonderful property with us! I truly loved it ❤️

Looks like it’s mostly from the 1940’s and earlier

Brother you show us really an amazing thing, how a rich German family used to live in 18th century . I like to see such places.🙏

That second piano is actually an organ. The old light switches you can find in Australia and other places that were built in the early 1920.

This is a true find. We were really walking back into the past. Nothing had disturbed it. Magnificent to find something left in its original state.

Piano keys would've been ivory, so somebody has stole them (No Respect) R.I.P Piano 🎹 🎶

Love, love, love that old bed!!

Me encanta como muestras las casas abandonadas, con tanto respeto por las personas que vivieron allí.

Another amazing place. When we had a French property for 23 years, we used to play spot the abandoned house as we tavelled to our house.....every village seems to have at least one! Our elderly neighbours lived very much without a great deal of modernity. The blackened walls inside reminded me of an elderly farmer who lived across the lane from us......his kitchen walls were like that. The water from his well was pumped to his kitchen. He had aq bathroom made well before we bought the house and was never used. He died in 2021

I think it is the house of the French singer Jeanne Durand, there is even a letter for her at minute 21:22. There are his pianos and his scores.

The poor dog is the only one left you should have had him buried with one of the people that lived in the house that is so sad and he's been all alone

So very sad, to see all the beautiful po sessions going to waste....never to be appreciated again. Such beautiful furniture.

Leslie,, I really enjoy your awesome story telling skills, thanks for posting another interesting historical tale from the past.Keep up the excellent work you & your brother, .put together for everyone, kudos!.

The wooden shoe shape are called shoe trees they are put into the shoes to keep the shoes from losing their shape. They are still made and used today. I must say I get scared when you walk on those rotten floors. I also think it’s a good idea to wear a mask to protect you from all the air born mold . Sorry if I sound like your mother.. It amazes me to see the pianos completely rotten but the sheet music which is made of paper is still very much intact?? Thanks for posting

Strange, it looks like they left in a hurry. Took their clothes and left.

Leslie...this is a wonderful video. It's historical value is incredible. Thank you for filming it.

WOW ⭐ Espectacular abandono !!! Gracias por llevarnos de viaje a nuestro pasado y poder descubrir a través de ti un poquito de los que han habitado esas hermosas casas olvidadas en el tiempo 😍 Saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾❤

I want to buy an abandoned mansion and renovate it and restore it to its glory so bad

I believe the dog dog died in there. So sad😪Love going on the journeys with you to such beautiful places.Thank you for sharing❤

The benches inside the fireplace are for heating food and water kettles.

You guys are great. Love your enthusiasm and respect. You are such genuine guys and I share your interest in old houses and artifact and history

That is a fencing mask to prevent getting stabbed in the face. Fencing is french/ european sword fighting sport using mostly the rapier

Okay, blue and white wallpaper everywhere in this mansion/house. It is pretty from a distance, but up close, I don’t care for the hunt scenes.

Thank you for taking us along on your explore. Always look forward to your videos.

27:01 Fencing 🤺

the fireplace with the benches. i have seen this before, in an old inn in the hague. but that was build in the 1600.

The “seats” in the fireplace aren’t for sitting. It’s for warming breads or other foods!

Meat carving table is called a butcher block. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Really cool.

I'm wondering how the antiques & artifacts have not been collected & sold or placed into a museum..

I love you're work, there's very few who don't understand you can look back and picture a place in it's prime before the rott and decay only by exploring only by seeing how you can rebuild places in you're mind but to do that you have to see it weather you are there or at home watching on youtub. Thank you guys.

The second piano is a organ.

First is a piano, second with the knobs is a pump organ. The dog must have been very loved, they didn't want to bury, probably had it in a dog bed to comfort the girl who lived in that room.