Exploring America's Oldest Abandoned Mansion in Snowstorm! | Found Weapons and Antiques From 1800s

In this episode i'm taking you inside to explore with me one of the oldest abandoned mansion in America. We find many valuables left behind.
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[@marcellaryan1562]

The attic machine was a loom someone was using the spinning wheel to create yarn to make materials for sewing or making into rugs and other household item. People didn’t smile in old photos because it took forever to expose the film plates. Pictures were expensive to make and families didn’t do them often due to cost sometimes only when they died to create a lasting memory. Many died before age 5 years due to disease, bad water and epidemic conditions. I would love to explore that house and try to rescue what one could for history. The tools in the green velvet case in the office area were for fine work and retooling things like clocks etc. thank you for letting us see the home, I am severely disabled and truly enjoyed seeing everything be safe !

[@scot-johnson]

I saw a piano like that for sale and it was sixty five thousand dollars

[@georgienba70]

Will Rogers and Woolaroc museum or Tulsa Philbrook should be contacted for those beautiful museum quality pieces

[@housemousell]

The thing stapled to the chair is called an “antimacassar”, which is to protect the fiber on the chair from the hair oil they used at the time.

[@PicoAndSepulveda]

Good to know, very interesting.

[@marjorieperry3745]

I just cannot believe 😪 the beautiful shape of this house and the great shape of the Antiques inside this house Very beautiful shape the beds are in.

[@tommybutler2454]

Poor old house. I wish our country protected our histpry. These places and the people who lived in it are all we have! So sad.

[@PicoAndSepulveda]

😢 Yes it's so sad. Where are our values?

[@pattiwhat7528]

The metal disc on the wall covers the hole where the pipe from wood burning stove would access the chimney. When the wood burning stove was no longer used, they were covered with the metal plate. They often were painted with a decorative scene.

[@meichelle2000]

Thank you, I was just about to comment the same thing.. That its a pipe from the wood burning stove

[@thestars386]

I love historical houses. When I lived in Philadelphia we lived right down the road from one.

[@louannchipman1749]

I would love to see someone resurrect this magical place! The large wheel things you saw were spinning wheels - used to turn raw materials into yarn or thread. The round thing on the wall was an eye - an opening to a flue in the chimney - they would connect a pipe from the fancy parlor stove to it so that the smoke would be taken away from the stove and room. The picture on the mantle was of Will Rogers and the large contraption you found in the attic was a weaving loom. The bench you found on it's side was a cobbler's bench for making shoes and the wooden things you found in the attic were shoe lasts that are used in the construction of shoes - you would build a shoe around them. I love history - at 58 years old, I am an antique, myself!

[@Catmandoo-1234]

Your only vintage (lol) , antique is 100 yrs plus.

[@RangerRickTV]

Thanks for your input Louann

[@jackiemack8653]

I am 67 and consider 58 to be young

[@Lantern_Jack]

What a beautiful old house set in a winter wonderland. Thanks for sharing this amazing time capsule rick. They don't make furniture like this anymore.

[@carlashepherd9362]

What a beautiful old house! It’s heartbreaking to see her abandoned & rotting away! Wonderful video Ranger Rick! 👍❤️🤘

[@RangerRickTV]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kelco64]

The bed with spinning wheel looks like the old feather beds! My aunt had her mother’s in a guest room. When we kids would stay, we always piled into that feather bed. Just loved it! Memories! Thank you!❤

[@sandykelsey6734]

I grew up with feather beds

[@imelmedina621]

The photo on the fireplace mantle is Will Rogers.

[@wendycrawford1792]

The big thing in the attic is a loom, for making blankets. The bells hanging on the bed corner are sleigh bells! They used corn husks to stuff mattresses.

[@cathybrown]

Great house! Shame that it's left to die. If walls could talk. 😊 Thank you!

[@sandykelsey6734]

I certainly agree

[@kathleenschaubhut4174]

An exceptional treasure trove of history and a beautiful old home.

[@dawnk7575]

What a shame! To let that beautiful home and beautiful furnishings rot! I pray that a historical society could save at least some of it if not all of it!

[@marjorieperry3745]

Wowzers those games are backgammon

[@katlhp957]

I love the piano. Restored it is worth over 130,000.00 It is a square grand piano. I found one by a more common brand with less carving that sold for 130,000.00 restored. Most of the furniture there is in immaculate condition! Spectacular! Love the kitchen china cabinet too. I love old photographs. The kit on the desk is for drawing circles, measuring, can't think of the name off the top of my head. Books are my passion so I love "Uncle Ray's Story of the United States". So much history in that house. Simplicity sewing pattern. The wheel in the bedroom is a yarn loom. I do love the snow too! Great video! Take care stay safe & God bless! xoxo 💞 Kat **Love that it has a basement and an attic**

[@dawnkurtz9541]

I believe the tools on bed are drafting tools. All those rolls in the desk are engineer or architect drawings. This is definitely a museum!

[@katlhp957]

@@dawnkurtz9541 yes! I couldn't think of the name of the actual tool. I took mechanical drawing in high school and we used them (I was horrible) Thank you 🙂

[@dawnkurtz9541]

My husband a retired engineer has his grandfathers drafting kit.

[@ellennewth6305]

What an awesome video! Just think what that historic house has seen: The Wright Brothers First Flight, Sinking of the Titanic, WWI, The Jazz Age, WWII, The Fabulous 50s, the Swinging 60s, Men on the Moon, and so much more. Since the family was musical, I find it interesting that no wind up Victrolas were around. Amazing that so many of its furnishings have stood the test of time. Thank you for sharing this, Ranger Rick!

[@RangerRickTV]

You're very welcome Ellen your views go a long way.

[@marjorieperry3745]

Thats what I was talking about all of Antiques and they're just so beautiful Antiques throughout this house 🏠!!!

[@user-zh2cu2jk9j]

It's a shame SOMEONE isn't making money off all those antiques.

[@cherlynn9841]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Lots of beautiful things in that house. That's a place I could spend all day looking through all the neat things. As for the snow-my kind of weather!

[@RangerRickTV]

Thank you so much!

[@user-zh2cu2jk9j]

@@RangerRickTV You should find out if anyone actually legally owns that house. If it's been abandoned, find out if you can move in and become the owner. It would be worth it for the value of the antiques in that place!

[@sidewaysbeard7606]

I have seen this place explored before by a few other explorers. It looks like someone has come in and cleaned up a lot of things. It was in WAY more chaos than this. I agree it need to be preserved before it is too late and it is gone forever. History is important, not matter what it is.

[@RangerRickTV]

Not sure if it was explore recently but this was recorded almost two years ago.

[@maryellen8564]

Love those old spinning wheels, and that big thing in the attic is a loom, for making fabrics!!

[@beckycoelho]

They would take the wool from sheep or other hairy animals and spin it in̈in to yarn. There are a. Couple pieces mixing on it.

[@beckycoelho]

I watched my grandma make rugs with that. She made what we called rag rugs. Some wew big enough for living room and some were just to be pout in the bathroom (later on).

[@PicoAndSepulveda]

An exploration in a snowstorm has got to be the ultimate. When I see these beds I can't help but think of the love that was made on them so long ago. This is a beautiful home. Your sensitive approach to our nearly forgotten people in the past warms my heart.

[@marjorieperry3745]

Lots of clutter and it's sad 😔 that no one lives in this 😢 beautiful house 😢!!!

[@patshimrack6237]

The machine that has the wheel is a spinning wheel. It was used to put cotton or wool on a ball. The crocheted piece is called a doily. It was used to protect the wood on end tables. I like when you open cupboards. Wish you would show the dishes more. Maybe flip it over to see where it was made. The furniture is beautifully done. Very articulately made. Thx for an interesting tour. The game is backgammon I believe.

[@HighSierraDawn]

That huge thing is a rug loom. This one had my mouth hanging open in awwe. It's from the time of Little Women! I would have loved to have known the people who lived there. They must not have had much use for the outside world and its commercialism. Did they walk away in the early 1950's? I would have thought earlier than that had you not seen a date from that time. Can't wait to see Steve's video of this one! 😍

[@jerroldmcley4347]

Wow 😯 how is it possible that place is forgotten

[@reneemelton9330]

This is my favorite explore that u have done, Rick. Because i am all into antiques. Thank you!

[@jollyrogers75]

I love this house, but I wish you'd put up floor plans so we can get a feel for the layout. That second floor was wild. If that was a hoarders house (especially cat hoarders), it would look WAY worse, so someone had to have cleaned it up at some point. I don't know how they could leave all that beautiful furniture behind. Did it have a kitchen?

[@Bluerose888]

At 14:35 it showed a glimpse of the kitchen, but not all of it.

[@rayleneertle951]

I think the town should be contacted and suggest saving this home. Shame to have it rot

[@beckycoelho]

I'm not crazy about hot weather either. Looking out that window reminded me of my childhood home. So pretty.

[@lynnmk2384]

Beautiful home with beautiful things left inside/wish I was there I probably be there for about 3 to 6months looking at everything wish I was there

[@bonniepaynter5624]

Those were drafting tools on the work table. Mirrors were leaded, thus the weight.

[@ms.beautifulgorgeousbeasle4110]

Button collecting was and is still a thing. Some buttons can fetch huge prices. Especially those from civil war uniforms. 😊

[@TrashorTreasure-ie3sz]

Hi Rick!❤ that’s a dooley and they probably stapled it on the back of the chair to protect it. Well Rick another great house you took us threw, so much old stuff still there, those old newspapers just hanging around geez I’ve never seen an old newspaper that old. And his woodworking is amazing. Thank you for taking us into such an incredible place

[@bonniepaynter5624]

Doily

[@RangerRickTV]

Ahhh thank you.

[@andrewdowney1654]

It’s actually a doily and yes it was a means to protect the fabric in a decorative way. That thing on the wall was where a big pipe connected to the stove would be placed and I believe it exited somewhere through the roof and pushed out smoke just like a chimney. This house is incredible!!

[@DavidSampson-tk1oz]

What on earth, is a Dooley? Never heard of that term. Is it East coast slang?

[@DavidSampson-tk1oz]

Doily. Yes, it's a chick item. Like pillow shams and throw pillows!

[@marjorieperry3745]

Wowzers what a beautiful interior of this old house 🏚!!

[@RangerRickTV]

Right?!

[@marjorieperry3745]

To Scetchy and I cannot believe the shape of the attic so good shape it's in

[@Danielj1957]

Interesting home but I suspect it was built much later than 1775. If you noticed the attic ceiling the lumber is milled, which I believe didn't happened back in 1775.

[@sandykelsey6734]

Geez if I were rich I would buy this handsome place and have it restored to the original home. ahh you bet. please never tear it down whoever buys or owns it. I dont usually go bonkers over seeing old places like this. Theirs something about this place I feel. oh thank you for showing this. Thank you....my my I keep coming back to yack. also, I love the old furniture. why would anyone just leave it.

[@DeadlyKnot]

That's some great history, music, everything. Neat place.

[@beesbirdsbooksblooms]

The wallpaper is superb! That tiny piece you can see when he finds the shotgun in the corner is so beautiful. I would just love to walk through this house looking at everything. I see so many historical items in there.

[@rebeccamayers2056]

You if you are going to pull things apart. Seriously need to put it back just as it was, leaving your presence there isn't great

[@nadiajurasek186]

Yes , it is disrespect , when you pulled the sheet of the mattress, you should put it back as it was !!!!!!!!

[@BleuStocking]

🪑I’m not from that era either 😉, but I do know that the lacy cloth pinned to the chair is an antimacassar. They were originally used to protect furniture from damage caused by macassar, the oily styling substance used to groom men’s hair (modern = VO5). Also the “corn stalk” you pointed out at the beginning, in actuality appears to be a Cattail, a reedy plant that grows near water. Beautiful home.. thanks for the interesting vid! 👍👍👍

[@Serendipity_Glows]

Incredible wallpaper and furniture 😍

[@patriciabonitz5758]

Will Rogers. Spinning wheel from raw wool. You hit pay dirt of antiques. It is amazing how the old catalogues and old books of every kind is still there. Ranger Rick you found the best old house that seems untouched from the past. Super cool. Thank you. I enjoyed it very much. ❤

[@RangerRickTV]

Patricia you should have been there. So cool!

[@MarjaCronk-bu1xf]

Very odd that the house has closets. My house was built in 1844 and had no closets. They simply didn't have that many clothes.

[@RangerRickTV]

Never seen that before.

[@janetwh55]

I love this house

[@loriah65]

The metal covering use to have a pipe from a different wood stove back in the day.

[@Kimtwister]

OMGGGGGG rick this was sooo amazing to step back in time everything was perfect i love all the historical news papers boook s etc and everything u can seee there im lost for words awesome video

[@RangerRickTV]

Thanks Kim.

[@garydienert5194]

Hello from San Antonio,Texas ,Many years ago I asked my grandmother why is it that people never smiled in the photographs back in the days.She told me that it was very common for people to have bad teeth.She didn't even ponder on my question when i asked....she lived to be 95 years old & still had her teeth.

[@LadyTee1464]

I like that you can hear the cars driving by

[@marjorieperry3745]

Just imagine how I would feel owning this house 🏠!!!

[@DSH1976]

I love every season of the year. Here in The Netherland its 30c the last few days. So nice to chill out with a drink and watch this abandoned video in cold conditions

[@marjorieperry3745]

That house 🏠 is still in good condition considering of the "Age "Of it... but most of all,I just ❤the Antiques inside of it 😢

[@douglascrawford5628]

Just think, those 1890s Newspapers were during the Jack the Ripper era. Not trying to be morbid, just artifactual. This is one of my most favorite explorations Rick. Thank you!

[@marjorieperry3745]

Beautiful snow ❄️ in the front yard!!!

[@RangerRickTV]

The best!

[@junelupton549]

Love old houses. Beautiful and sad at the same time. Wish you showed more of the kitchen. Great job and great fine.

[@RangerRickTV]

Next time!

[@ginaferracini9375]

Wow ❤ how amazing it's a shame it's all left there. Beautiful love the piano .Ive never seen snow so ya lucky .. .no basements for me too creepy ....🤍the snow does look beautiful Thanks for showing. 🦘.

[@sallysingles7666]

You need to send your videos to me so I can educate you on the antiques. That was a high walking spinning wheel. It is missing pieces

[@sallysingles7666]

That was two other spinning wheels they would spin thread to make material or for her crochet. The other big thing in the attic was a material or carpet making loom.

[@Shoddiegirl]

I use " Hot Hands" in each shoe or boot when I'm outside for extended periods of time in winter. Keeps the tootsies from freezing.

[@RangerRickTV]

haha good idea. Going to walmart right now.

[@priscilla5306]

Snow looks beautiful until it’s 20 ft tall 😅

[@gotshun]

Really nice video Rick. I appreciate your hard work in bringing your videos into many homes. Your a bit of a celebrity. Thanks again. My best to you and your family!!

[@RangerRickTV]

So nice of you

[@darcihoudeshell2588]

A couple of the beds were feather beds. They are so comfortable to sleep on. Thanks for this one.

[@Bookworm214-y3d]

Tip: Mute the video, open new tab, play music of choice, play video...it's a great experience!

[@RangerRickTV]

Noted!

[@sandrapayne9833]

That house looks like it could be fixed and live on again

[@rugerroo3464]

Thanks for documenting this house before its gone!

[@RangerRickTV]

Any time!

[@marjorieperry3745]

That's a spinning wheel for threading yarn and that solid wood antique bed 🛌!!!

[@sunfiregirl9927yaho]

Awesome. Thank you for sharing.

[@cathybrown]

The round metal on the wall above the wood stove is where a pipe went from the stove to the covered area on the wall.

[@cecoya]

What a beautiful house and it can still be saved too. Those wagon wheel things are spinning wheels for making yarns and thread. That piece in the attic is a weaving loom for creating fabric to be sewn into clothes or whatever is needed. Thanks for sharing and you have a great day with safe travels

[@RangerRickTV]

Yes! Thank you!

[@lauriegermain9577]

The metal plate on the wall above the wood stove is where the pipe went that was connected to the stove to allow the smoke to go outside. The spinning wheel was used to make yarn or thread from sheep's wool. Is this house in Bedford Massachusetts or New Hampshire? You're in my neck of the woods, lol. I'm a new englander from N.H.

[@conniesimanson3018]

Beautiful old house

[@Joanipuuur]

I can't believe this was all left..should be in a museum

[@dianejones3816]

the thing on the wall is for the piping from the woodburner goes.the smoke goes through it and out of the house

[@deenapalazzo486]

That wheel is what Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on! Thats probably why the bed looked so cozy😂

[@RangerRickTV]

Good catch !😊

[@deenapalazzo486]

​@@RangerRickTVThank ya! Great video 👍😁

[@helenawarsinnak]

(**That is a magnifying glass NOT a microscope!!😉) This house is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!! I would live in it just how it is!!! I hope this home is saved and that ALL the belongings are saved and moved into a museum or even this mansion itself with all the belongings made into a museum....now that this video is released on ur channel and on the others....there DEF will be ppl who will try to locate this property and NOT just to explore it.... BUT TO STEAL FROM IT....I HATE to think that way.... BUT unfortunately it's the truth....I do hope that doesn't happen of course and that this beautiful mansion and its amazing pieces/treasures will be saved!!! 🙏💜🙏🩷

[@susiek.johnson3923]

There are people already stealing from the place, and filming their thieving.

[@priscilla5306]

Will Rogers I had the wrong Roger’s lol 😝

[@marjorieperry3745]

Great move not falling apart

[@joannevaught7589]

That kinda lace on chair is called tatting.

[@LuvNatasha3]

OMG WHAT A NICE SURPRISE!! I WASNT EXPECTING TO SEE MY BABY STEVE RONIN!!!!! I LOVE YOU STEVE!!!!!!

[@PatyCurry-ht5xo]

Hi nice old place and things and furniture thank you keep on looking around love Patricia curry Danville VA ❤

[@RangerRickTV]

Thanks Patricia

[@jerroldmcley4347]

Someone I heard say people didn't smile in the photos because it was a long process and they got tired of waiting

[@ms.beautifulgorgeousbeasle4110]

To think that our newly updated homes will one day be looked upon as antiquated and old fashioned. Someone will ask "what was this or that once used for?"

[@priscilla5306]

How is this not a museum?

[@RangerRickTV]

It should be.

[@violetdalton9633]

Beautiful old house

[@ramonamcnutt954]

Thank you for the tour. The house actually looks to be in pretty good shape. I wonder why no one has tried to restore it?

[@paulaback]

That "machine " in the bedroom is a spinning wheel for making yarn. That was not a rack to go on a tractor. It is a scythe that was swung by hand. It cut grass/hay

[@lavendergal2508]

Some lampshades were made from skins. In the room you think is the office on the desk there was that box with the green velvet and the instruments. I believe those would be serving tools or map making tools. And that tool that you think is a rake in that upstairs bedroom with the spinning wheel I think is a precursor to a bush hog up today. I believe that was used to clear brush from the land, but not like raking leaves. It would use for larger debris and pulled by a horse likely or a cow.

[@lesleyhouston22]

Best find yet loved this ❤

[@RangerRickTV]

I agree!

[@user-om9dq5nx8b]

That rake had a blade on it,&would have been perpendicular to what your'e cutting,perhaps wheat,oats,etc. This was a great explore loved the furniture,the microscope was a magnifying glass!

[@pamelafeist4798]

It's in amazing condition 😊

[@sandykelsey6734]

So mighty beautiful is all I can say. Jesus I wanna see this place so badly. Guys you are soooo lucky you get to be there. I have seen alot of old places like this on the internet. Its just something about this place sets it aside from the others. man o man

[@RangerRickTV]

This one is a gem. 💎

[@StellMoorhouse]

They hung "dollies" on the material on the back of chairs to preserve the upholstery, for that area would soil fast from neck dirt/sweaty backs, etc.

[@CorinnaAney]

HI from ohio here. When you were in the attic I saw a wonderful item an old wooden hat box. I believe they go back quite a way and probably held a stove pipe hat.

[@b.j.hinote4301]

Nice

[@PARALEECulbert-kz6qv]

Hi, Ranger Rick now this is history love watching the old houses ,Pictures, letters, and all. Ok back to the video.be careful walking on the floor and stairs.

[@robingendron821]

Spinning Wheel to spin cotton fibers into thread. the spinning wheels could be 200 years old or older.

[@lindawortkoetter6007]

Yeah that’s really cool place love it