Exploring An Abandoned Military Base. Part 1.

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[@angelahammerstrom3668]

The house with the Suzuki in the garage was where my sister and her family lived.

[@juststuffwithwolfe4482]

Why did she leave the car there?

[@redneckbryon]

I’m surprised they are not more stripped out. Something to think about, windows usually have date codes on them somewhere, it can give you an idea on when the house was built or new windows were put in. In some of the videos I have seen of this place, the suspicions are, all of the cars are stolen and dumped there.

[@JoJo-ie8sl]

wow what a find. always hits me in the feels to see kids' stuff left behind. I wonder if they asked for their things, understood what was happening

[@dagneyb23]

We call the road up there magnetic hill. There’s a spot that your car will move up when in neutral.

[@MaxZomboni]

Cool find. Typical 1950s military housing. That style was called MCP (Military Construction Program) housing. It was supposed to be a big improvement over pre-1950 military housing, which was pretty sub-standard. It was replaced in 1960 by a style called Capehart housing. Which was a more modern two story townhome style, with lots of units jammed together. Personally I like this style better. Pretty basic, but nice with lots of yard space. Even the exterior colors are original. Same basic five earth tone colors repeated over and over. What is interesting is that these houses are all single family homes. Generally they tended to be duplexes. If you want to see more of this you should go to St. Marie, Montana, the former Glasgow AFB. There are thousands of these houses there, both the MCP and Capehart styles. Some occupied but most abandoned.

[@kellyngrey4950]

Yep. The main takeaway is that after WWII the military began to accommodate the idea of their enlisted members having family. Before WWII, there really wasn't a concept of "military family." But with the Cold War, that changed and family style housing was built for service members who had family in tow.

[@customscreenprinting]

Farm Hunter thanks for sharing this video with me about Exploring An Abandoned Military Base. Part 1. it was a really good Explore and i can't wait to see part 2 and God Bless.

[@Annika0001]

Super interesting! Can’t wait until part 2!

[@ricj7517]

I'm sure those houses were really cute at one time

[@MattKovach]

I used to work for a construction company that we had a contract with a company that had us cleaning out and securing abandoned and foreclosed properties for the banks that owned them and what you and a few others on KZbin remind alot of that job lol

[@ViciousKittyCat3]

I'm so excited to see you ventured out here!! Such a beautiful place and a beautiful video too!!

[@FarmHunter]

I'm so happy with the GoPro11 I bought. Other than my vlog videos, this is the first location I've filmed and posted using it. The footage turned out fantastic. So smooth and stable. 110% satisfied 😊

[@MattKovach]

If walls could talk the stories that those walls could tell would be pretty cool I bet

[@FarmHunter]

Absolutely!!

[@mrzugzug]

Why would so many people leave their cars behind?

[@FarmHunter]

Probably didnt run and it wasnt worth it to have them towed out of there

[@ianrjm969]

How was the ground contaminated and with what? Such a shame.

[@FarmHunter]

Diesel fuel and industrial chemicals. Not exactly sure though

[@R32R38]

At least as of last fall the whole community was for sale for $800,000. I suspect there won't be any buyers because of the contaminated groundwater.

[@FarmHunter]

Super limited uses because of that. Personally I'd set up rain water catchment and a filter system /cisterns. Or have a water truck haul a tank of drinking water up there every once and a while. That'd be so cool to live there. Peace and quiet and you're up above the surrounding forest

[@ashtraydekay6624]

You're the second youtuber, I've seen explore a place with vehicles left....... does this place have a huge fire tower, you can climb up? Edit, I just saw the van in the garage, this is the same place =^.^=

[@FarmHunter]

I wasn't aware of the fire tower until after my visit! 😖

[@williamgriffin7584]

👋🙂

[@tijuetexploration1805]

Ouuuh switch to the gopro 😮😂

[@FarmHunter]

Yeah I cant believe I didnt buy one sooner. The video stability and quality is amazing.

[@tijuetexploration1805]

@@FarmHunter oh yeah i have the hero 11 black is crazy 😱

[@R32R38]

Wikipedia has a good write-up on it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_Air_Force_Station#:~:text=Finland%20Air%20Force%20Station%20is,)%20north%20of%20Finland%2C%20Minnesota.