Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
No fees, cancel anytime.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
then open in external browser
and click "Open in External Browser" 
User submission
This German American House Was Left Behind With All Its Belonging Still Inside (17 Pics)
The abandoned house of a German American family sits secluded in the woods. The inside is a time capsule of family heirlooms and vintage furnishings. Take a step inside through the pictures below. As an urban explorer, I am always seeking out the most interesting abandoned places. Ones filled with objects left behind, that can tell a story. Those that ask questions like why would this happen or what happened to a family that they would leave everything behind? Sometimes the questions are better left unanswered, as the imagination can truly be the best storyteller. This goes for an abandoned house of a German American family that I recently found. It sits secluded in the woods, and the inside is a time capsule of family heirlooms and vintage furnishings. Take a step inside through the pictures below.
More info: Instagram
RELATED:
The eerie exterior
A vehicle on the driveway
An abandoned truck
A bedroom
Family letters
Vintage furnishings
The parlor
Coo-Coo
All is vanity
Grooming supplies
Pair of shoes with suitcase sit on a bed
A jewelry box filled with family relics
Antique typewriter and cameras
All dressed up
51Kviews
Share on Facebook
What do you think ?
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 5 years ago
Find it very odd. The inside looks like they were stuck in the 60's, but the car outside looks modern.
Podunkus 5 years ago (edited)
This looks staged, like a post-Apocalyptic movie set. The exterior paint on the house is not weathered. There’s Hollywood stunt debris carefully and evenly (!) scattered around the perimeter of a room, but nothing in the middle of the floor, dust-free objects artfully placed next to more detritus, mismatched objects from very different eras, but not positioned in places where they would normally be kept, and where are all the dead roaches, flies, ants, mice, rats, spider webs, mold and fungus, etc.?
Bryan Sansivero (Post author) 5 years ago
You can say or believe what you want but this was how the house looked when I entered it and left it. So regardless of what you think it looks like I can assure that was not the case.
Load More Replies...
ƒιѕн 5 years ago (edited)
Have to comment again because this is ridiculous. OP how can you say this is not staged by you? Pictures do not lie, you stated you took these as you found them. How do you explain the moving objects? Images 6 and 12, a chair magically disappears. 14 and 16, the left most picture propped up against jewelry box lid is now at a different angle, white box at lower right of jewelry box is in one pic but not the other, framed flower print behind jewelry box has been moved to give better shot for you to take a picture, it is flat against mirror in one pic, and angled in another. 6, 12 and 13, holy s**t a wild camera magically appears on the left side of mirror. Need I go on? There is more. Don't say this is "Exactly how I found it" when in fact you did alter it.
Colleen Coughlin 5 years ago
Dang, son. We got a Sherlock Holmes up in here. Good catch!
Load More Replies...
Kenny Kulbiski 5 years ago
Okay, I'm not being socially correct just curious. How is "German" American relevant ?
Donna Leske 5 years ago
Kenny - THANK YOU. Not just because I'm German, just because; why?
Load More Replies...
Catarina Pupillo 5 years ago
Has anyone looked for their bodies buried on the property. It looks like they were in the middle of stuff. It reminds of the McStay family in Fallbrook, cA
Bani Daniell 5 years ago
Personally, if this truly an abandoned house that I "stumbled upon", I would have further investigated the back story... gone to the town hall, checked out who owned it when, how long it had been abandoned (check tax records),who were the last know inhabitants, looked up any details in the newspaper about the family.... but that's just me, I'm fascinated by this and I would have had to do more than take photos....plus with all the letters and papers scattered about there was probably information that could have helped. The photos a cool, but a good back story would have completed the piece.
TexasPK 5 years ago
In the room with the piano, do I see a thermostat on the wall? And I would also assume the deer's antlers would be a mess of cobwebs.
Bryan Sansivero (Post author) 5 years ago
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Load More Replies... Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 5 years ago
Find it very odd. The inside looks like they were stuck in the 60's, but the car outside looks modern.
Podunkus 5 years ago (edited)
This looks staged, like a post-Apocalyptic movie set. The exterior paint on the house is not weathered. There’s Hollywood stunt debris carefully and evenly (!) scattered around the perimeter of a room, but nothing in the middle of the floor, dust-free objects artfully placed next to more detritus, mismatched objects from very different eras, but not positioned in places where they would normally be kept, and where are all the dead roaches, flies, ants, mice, rats, spider webs, mold and fungus, etc.?
Bryan Sansivero (Post author) 5 years ago
You can say or believe what you want but this was how the house looked when I entered it and left it. So regardless of what you think it looks like I can assure that was not the case.
Load More Replies... ƒιѕн 5 years ago (edited)
Have to comment again because this is ridiculous. OP how can you say this is not staged by you? Pictures do not lie, you stated you took these as you found them. How do you explain the moving objects? Images 6 and 12, a chair magically disappears. 14 and 16, the left most picture propped up against jewelry box lid is now at a different angle, white box at lower right of jewelry box is in one pic but not the other, framed flower print behind jewelry box has been moved to give better shot for you to take a picture, it is flat against mirror in one pic, and angled in another. 6, 12 and 13, holy s**t a wild camera magically appears on the left side of mirror. Need I go on? There is more. Don't say this is "Exactly how I found it" when in fact you did alter it.
Colleen Coughlin 5 years ago
Dang, son. We got a Sherlock Holmes up in here. Good catch!
Load More Replies... Kenny Kulbiski 5 years ago
Okay, I'm not being socially correct just curious. How is "German" American relevant ?
Donna Leske 5 years ago
Kenny - THANK YOU. Not just because I'm German, just because; why?
Load More Replies... Catarina Pupillo 5 years ago
Has anyone looked for their bodies buried on the property. It looks like they were in the middle of stuff. It reminds of the McStay family in Fallbrook, cA
Bani Daniell 5 years ago
Personally, if this truly an abandoned house that I "stumbled upon", I would have further investigated the back story... gone to the town hall, checked out who owned it when, how long it had been abandoned (check tax records),who were the last know inhabitants, looked up any details in the newspaper about the family.... but that's just me, I'm fascinated by this and I would have had to do more than take photos....plus with all the letters and papers scattered about there was probably information that could have helped. The photos a cool, but a good back story would have completed the piece.
TexasPK 5 years ago
In the room with the piano, do I see a thermostat on the wall? And I would also assume the deer's antlers would be a mess of cobwebs.
Bryan Sansivero (Post author) 5 years ago
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Load More Replies...
Related on Bored Panda
102
51