20+ ACCESSIBLE Places with ABANDONED RUINS in Pennsylvania

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Chapters:
0:00 Valley Forge - Colonial Springs Bottling Plant
0:25 Lausanne Ghost Town
1:00 Delhaas Woods
1:24 Wissahickon Valley
1:49 Concrete City
2:32 Austin Dam and Bayless Paper Mill
2:52 Devil's Hole
3:22 Pennsylvania Turnpike Tunnels
4:22 Hopewell Furnace
5:07 Kinzua Bridge
5:41 Mocanaqua Ruins
6:25 Fieldstone Farm Preserve Ruins
7:07 Ridley Creek
7:50 Prison Farm Ruins
8:36 Bear Valley Ghost Town
9:16 Thomas Iron Works
9:51 Italian Water Garden
10:35 Monocacy Hill
11:00 Abandoned POW Camp
11:46 Pine Grove Iron Furnace
12:06 Ironton Rail Trail
12:37 Marsh Creek
13:17 Rolling Hill Park

[@tinagiles3430]

Most of them ruined by idiots with spray paint..😥

[@speedracer1945]

Ppl can be idiots since they do it to abandoned places mostly.

[@brianedwards4119]

So wonderful!!!! The Music makes it!!! Thanks for sharing!!! 😃

[@Warren_Farms]

great video, very helpful. heard about you from the wandering woodsmans videos

[@timothyhopkins6960]

Memories of another of a place of a long forgotten walk from long ago

[@karenpacker8862]

Beautiful pics and footage. Haunting music gives it more ambience.

[@phyllissnook]

Wonderful video with just background music & nothing more; you did a great job showing off parts of my state that are frozen in time!

[@billjamison2877]

Fantastic informative video! Keep up the great work.

[@laurieo877]

That was very enjoyable. I love old stone buildings.

[@kethsharakhlok1976]

Thanks for eye-opening views in PA other than Centralia. I'm still learning a lot about PA's historical past, it is an interesting state amongst the old ones.

[@jerryferko8309]

thankjs rustic ventures this is really neat.

[@kylejacoby3909]

I live in scranton pa. Ive been to Nanticoke, buckhillfalls (cresco) and moconoaqua. Great video. I grew up exploring the woods of schuylkill and berks county. Keep the vids coming.

[@RusticVentures]

We were back at Mocanaqua today and found the larger ruin. So much history back there! Video to come up either tomorrow or in a couple days.

[@RusticVentures]

My grandfather was born in raised in Scranton :-) Not sure exactly what street and all...though.

[@kylejacoby3909]

Awesome. Ill keep an eye out for it. I used to walk my dogs on all the old coal mine ruins in pottsville and minersville. Just started exploring the woods in dunmore just outside scranton. Pa has such a great history.

[@kylejacoby3909]

Ypu should check out Hawk mountain in hamburg. Great trail and lots of history

[@RusticVentures]

We hiked Hawk mountain :-) just don't have video of it as we hiked with a group of people from the meet-up app thing. Golden eagle trail, past the boulder fields and back up to Skyline trail. Awesome hike but it kicked my butt, lol :-)

[@ladyjane9980]

Beautifully done!

[@thepawanderer]

some cool places thanks for sharing

[@davidklein1667]

What a great video!! Shows outsiders how blessed we are to live in this beautiful, awful and inspiring (I grew up in Pittsburgh...the land there was Raped and is covered now with these ruins!) It's good to see the land recovering from the wave of industrialization that rolled over us!

[@JPVideos81]

Fantastic video!

[@DaltonDroneZone]

Very nice! Love the music.

[@carbidejones5076]

Cool, I appreciate your efforts.

[@c130comm]

Greetings from Roxborough - Great vid

[@TRAVELWP]

Excellent video !!

[@jimhelveston322]

Great video, really enjoyed your work. I grew up in Philadelphia and have a few suggestions you may investigate. The entire area of Hermit Lane off of Henry Avenue down to the Hermit cave. Tookany creek from the bottom of Adams avenue to Tabor Road. Thanks for your great work.

[@GSGExtreme44]

This is awesome - I moved to western PA about a year ago and I've been to the Kecksburg UFO site, Centralia, and the Westmorland abandoned glass factory - I love PA -

[@JM-hl2gy]

Very nice video 👍

[@walkingcam1]

Definitely useful info! 👍

[@RusticVentures]

Thanks! In addition to the one project that I'll be releasing, possibly tomorrow. Working on a fresh series like this for NJ :-)

[@KflanntheRailfan]

Originally ftom Scranton worked and went to school, I know live in west Norriton 5 minutes ftom valley forge. I am going to hike in and see Colonial springs bottling company and check out a few other sites you did. Lots to see and video and take pictures. Thank you this great video.

[@littlesongbird1]

Great video.

[@jasonelfstrom8774]

I'm not sure if it was by design, but if it was, great plan to shoot this video when you did. The sparseness of leaves in the fall gives for a great view of the ruins. Well done video.

[@karenpacker8862]

Awesome ruins and beauty.

[@ASTHECROWFLIESHIKING]

This is a cool channel. I like all the content. I subscribed. ✌️

[@trainman05matthewb.65]

There is another really good one in Mount Gretna, PA. Old foundations of stuff used on the Lebanon Valley Railroad and the Mount Gretna Narrow Gauge railroad are visible and you can find them by hiking off of a rail trail nearby.

[@RusticVentures]

Thank you! Found and pinned it :-)

[@trainman05matthewb.65]

@@RusticVentures oh and I had a question. Do you have coordinates for Bear Valley? I've been looking for it and I cannot find where it is on Google maps.

[@johntellmewhy]

Fascinating

[@nicholaswarner1143]

Bowmans tower is a great place to visit also. Great video!

[@ally-gh3hv]

Have you guys seen the blacksmiths shop and the old Moravian buildings in Bethlehem? There on Main Street.

[@curtiswalker6938]

Thank you from pennsylvania!

[@jodyrsoper9740]

Cool, wandering woodsman sent me. Like the video. 💕💕

[@Gorlami90]

I have a sick campsite in the loop trail over looking a cliff. We build walls on the cliff side but left an opening to go hangingout where there is more room

[@karenhaupt4321]

Cool video, I lived in Shamokin as a kid.

[@sylviahilxebrant7141]

I grew up on n PA and never heard of most of these places. Use to explore an old brick plant in Clarion, stone bridges which I love -- oh, so many great finds. Thank you for sharing yours!

[@RusticVentures]

Thank you! We're still finding so much more :-)

[@sylviahilxebrant7141]

@@RusticVentures And isn't it fun?? 👍. PA is so beautiful esp in the woods!!

[@skoundrool]

And remember to always check for ticks!:)

[@577buttfan]

I know of a few mines near that concrete city. Beautiful video!

[@RusticVentures]

Thanks! Wonder if the mines were related to CC?

[@577buttfan]

@@RusticVentures I think they may have been!

[@curtiswalker6938]

How fast time truly pass by..

[@SchardtCinematic]

There is also the Codorus Furnace in Hellam Township Pa. Its 6 miles from my house.

[@austinhs6925]

Lived in cresco, Mount pocono, east Stroudsburg.. this is crazy never knew of some these in the area

[@davegoodwin1848]

Kinzua bridge...so sad. I miss walking across it.

[@curtiswalker6938]

A man born in pennsylvania thanks you!

[@giamarie1100]

AMAZING! Thank you very much~

[@davidhibbs6989]

Like ghosts of our past. One day a hundred years from now someone will be exploring our modern day ruins!

[@stevesgarage7270]

Love it I’m into that stuff also

[@dunebuggy1286]

Snother is the abandoned road/tunnel at the Laurel Run Dam in the 7 mountains area off rt322 Mifflin County.

[@coryvenezia5530]

U titled the name of these place in the wrong spot. U had the titles of the place show on the place before the actual place of the title which confused the hell out of us.

[@Keith58x]

I enjoyed this but those are not the Thomas Iron Works but the American Cement Company in Egypt PA. The Thomas iron Works are on the same trail but along the Lehigh River....both are amazing spots.

[@raypratt-bw9ib]

A town named SWARTHMORE tells u exactly who was living here already before the HIJACK,Swarthy Moor's lol,why did it take so long for people to srart figuring out what really went down on this soil?!?!Beautiful video btw!!

[@smokingrammy828]

I've been on 76, gone pass Breezewood many a times. Never knew d tunnels existed. Been to Kinzu Bridge before damage, sad.

[@rogerb5615]

What is the music track you used for the first couple of minutes? Stunning choice - contributes well to the sense of desolation these abandoned places have. This Pittsburgh native enjoyed seeing these places, some for the first time.

[@RusticVentures]

Transcendence: Johannes Bornlof used from the Epidemic Sound subscription.

[@rmm9222]

Really cool stuff. It sucks that none are close to me (Pittsburgh Area). I know Western PA fairly well and I have to admit I've never heard of a lot of these towns. Maybe this video should be called 20+ places in Central and Eastern PA lol

[@patfitz6631]

You are so correct! This guy completely ignored Western PA. Another reason as to why western PA must separate from PA and become an independent state.

[@plymouth491]

Even the Mona Lisa's falling apart.

[@chasestouffer671]

Have you been to halls tower in Mechanicsburg?

[@sylviahilxebrant7141]

I grew up on n PA and never heard of most of these places. Use to explore an old brick plant in Clarion, stone bridges which I love -- oh, so many great places. Thank you for sharing your finds.

[@connorelder2178]

I know it's been a while since you commented but I hope you see this. I'm from Franklin, PA and have always been interested in finding abandoned places to explore. Could you give me any additional information on how to find the abandoned brick plant? That would be so helpful and I'd be very appreciative!

[@letsgo9388]

Absolutely fabulous video. How do you find the locations of the places you travel too?

[@RusticVentures]

Thank you :-) Lots of different sources. I belong to a couple groups on FB, there are also websites and blogs. A lot of times, locations are not given so I have to do a lot of research and that includes using Google Earth to pinpoint and other sources. It's more work than what people think, lol. Believe it or not, a parking area is my greatest challenge.

[@appalachianwolf1187]

Greetings from Gettysburg

[@tweezerjam]

Bucks County born n bred! 👍🏼

[@RusticVentures]

Subscribe to our channel - we're still uploading videos of cool ruins. 😎

[@namiesnaturals3557]

Wow wow wow

[@milesa9955]

You would also like old York county prison York PA/York city

[@577buttfan]

The stone work at 1:43!!!

[@dunebuggy1286]

It's amazing these gigantic abandoned buildings were once a bustling place. And it was somebody's job to be there every day. But no more. Several others to visit in PA are Greenwood furnace and Thousand Steps in Huntingdon County. Bird Rock in Reedsville, Mifflin County. But this isn't an abandoned place, it's a natuaral feature of the mountain.

[@careyannewesternpa5512]

Nice video. Sucks how destructive one can be with a can of paint.

[@tommussington8330]

Check Kinsey Distillery or what's left of it Linfield pa And The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in Wilmington, Delaware.

[@johnmclaughlin6672]

You cannot preserve these wonderful places. Without ignorance. What a shame.

[@jakebebson6669]

A little bit of commentary, even just a little, would helps us viewers relate with the emotions being projected. Anyway, I live in south central Pennsylvania. The east broad top railroad, centralized in orbisonia, has abandoned buildings that run the whole length, and a tunnel. But is also under new ownership who plans to get a big part up and running again. They will blast the tunnel open. You may not have much time left to check it out. Also, the thousand steps between mapleton and mount union has an old abandoned building at the top. There are many more in huntingdon County also. I live like 20 minutes from breezewood and the old turnpike. And have been to most of the places you featured. Right now I'm working in ohiopyle, where they have the natural water slide.

[@chasekrupansky1585]

What about the witch house which is about 20 minutes from marsh creek

[@SchardtCinematic]

I find going to the Abandoned Pa Turnpike is best done at the end of March or early April. Before the leaves grow on the trees. It feels more open and is easier to explore. I was there in March 2013. This video appears to show Sideling Hill Tunnel only a few months 9r even a few weeks later. The graffiti is the same as it was then and I could spot the Abgry Birds painted not to far inside the right hand side of the tunnel. My video is ony channel of my trips I've taken there.

[@curtiswitherite2408]

Forgot curtin village and old 220 that’s viewable when the sayers damn is drained

[@user_23333]

Just find a Togo list during the pandemic 🤣 sadly most of the places are at East/central PA

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

Most excellent video my friend thank you so much for sharing

[@RusticVentures]

You're most welcome :-) hope you enjoyed!

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

Sure did. Shared w a few friends as well.

[@RusticVentures]

You're awesome! Thank you :-)

[@psychosiscustoms]

Bee. In some of these place penntucky

[@don55s]

Great video! Who wrote the musical score?

[@RusticVentures]

I have a subscription to EpidemicSound - I believe one of them is by Bonnie Grace. I love a lot of her orchestral music. It's been a few years :-) Gavin Luke is another. So many I really like.

[@don55s]

@@RusticVentures Thank you

[@stormyrocks4562]

Do you have a place that tells us how to get to these places?

[@TRUTHISABSOLUTE777]

Which places are in western pa?

[@ipodpancakes2874]

Any old cars?

[@jiritichy6855]

Very humbing to see what a few hundret years can do to human creations. Nothing is permanent withou constant maintenance. Force of nature will reclaim it all back as soon as you get weak! This is a look into the future of America, which is neglecting it's own infrastructure in many places due to the greed of few!

[@joecoreano]

😉👍

[@gregalvarado2162]

I live in pa i did not know this

[@RusticVentures]

We're still finding more ;-)

[@icushfu732]

Ashle Alvarado I do too, Do you live in northern or southern PA?

[@gregalvarado2162]

Southern

[@icushfu732]

Ashle Alvarado Same

[@thegent8916]

Mocanaqua, born and raised. The "loop trail" resides in Mocanaqua, not Shickshinny. Israel and Palestine, so far as I'm concerned. Better class of people on this side of the river. Concrete City resides in the Hanover section of Nanticoke. These places are not the same.

[@jeromezielinski8773]

Former POW camp for Who ? When ?

[@RusticVentures]

Just posted a YT Short on my channel. It was Camp Michaux. It held Germans and Japanese POWs during WWII.

[@danielnez2930]

For future reference when making one of your videos, keep the soundtrack level lower. These aren't concert videos, the music was too overwhelming for me.

[@DaniEthereal]

You can also just turn the volume down on whatever device you’re using?

[@frankmack7517]

No sound

[@frankmack7517]

Found it

[@chadmaggs4189]

All I know is I don't know nothing

[@lus7575]

BUT SAY WHERE IT IS THOOOOO

[@Roadrage-oq5js]

You can tell which ones are near Philly because of the graffiti and trash

[@maartenrijs3]

Oh, I see, I thought this video was about Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

[@patfitz6631]

Pittsburgh i NOT in ruins you moron. It is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in America. Yet you are correct Filthy Philly is all ruins.

[@Rob774]

@@patfitz6631 So you spaz out when he goes in on Pittsburgh, then you turn on Philly. No comparisons to the cities, so I don't even need to rip your city.