World's Largest Baskets - Abandoned Longaberger HQ and Mall

The World's Largest Baskets: abandoned sites of the defunct Longaberger Company. First, the World's Largest Basket in Longaberger's hometown of Dresden, Ohio, then the Abandoned Longaberger Homestead Mall in Frazeysburg, Ohio, and the former headquarters in the actual World's Largest Basket in Newark, Ohio.
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[@EvadingCreation]

My mom was a consultant in the 90s, and I took a few trips to Dresden and the Homestead. I have a picture of little me in front of the large Dresden basket. Pretty sad to see it in shambles. The Main Street row at the Homestead was all connected shopping. Those smaller buildings you saw were replicas of Longaberger family homes, such as JW's workshop (Dave's dad who started basket weaving in the family). The Crawford barn had more shopping, a restaurant, and a build your own basket activity. There were way more things too. They had another restaurant, a tea room, and the factories themselves which you could tour and watch the weavers work. Thanks for sharing this. As sad as it is to see, I like being able to virtually visit.

[@hoosiertours]

That is sad, I would've liked to have seen the Homestead in full operation. Think the apple basket has deteriorated a lot more since this was filmed. Thanks for sharing, glad you got to see it in it's heyday!

[@jacqueline9479]

This video makes me so sad. I spent a beautiful day there when it was still bustling. Still love the baskets!

[@douglaspaxson258]

When I worked there we had a giant picture of us outside

[@OWOT-re5jf]

Those are awesome aviators! My wife was a successful consultant and left right as it took a tumble from which it never recovered. Sad to see all these beautiful buildings and items falling into disrepair.

[@hoosiertours]

Yep, I still like to wear aviators. While the basket in Dresden has actually been restored since I was last here, I imagine the others will just fall further into disrepair. Thank you for watching!

[@OWOT-re5jf]

The Longaberger daughters must be devastated that it fell under their leadership.

[@marionwilson2521]

One person with a passion, to build all of that, died. The baskets were definitely expensive. We're nice baskets though. They inspired a lot of basket creativity, decorations, etc.

[@judcrandall6762]

I enjoyed your tour of these sites. I visited one of these sites back in 1999. Ot was a bustling hub of commerce and enjoyment. Hard to believe that some bad management and the 2008 recession took it all down.

[@janetc4306]

Great video. What a shame. A $30 million dollar building empty and abandoned.

[@hoosiertours]

It is sad, as far as I know it's still sitting that way nearly two years later. Thank you for watching!

[@bouvierfrancine8619]

Dave Longaberger had a passion that many people will remember. I visited it when he was alive and it was bustling place once he passed away and Tammy Longaberger took over she let it go to hell.

[@ogbreadstick10]

Very interesting to see inside that shop!

[@hoosiertours]

Glad to hear you like places related to the history of Lincoln's era, they're some of my favorite places to explore and share the past at too! There will be much more to come, thank you for your support.

[@GlamouratziGurl]

What a shame that little town is going to waste

[@Condorsat10]

Seen this building on a drive through Newark Ohio. Whoever got paid to build this must have been laughing all the way to the bank.

[@janetc4306]

They definitely built it to last.

[@VooshieLurks]

Nice video. I used to work security at the corporate office in Newark from 1999 to 2004. It was at a time when the company was experiencing exponential growth and was really a great place to work. I know that building inside and out. If you ever come back for a revisit I can give you some inside info on that building and pretty much everything else in the Newark area that was under Longaberger operations.

[@hoosiertours]

That's neat, bet it's sad to see such a great building in this state, and it will only further decay unless someone buys it soon. Thanks for sharing your experience and will do if I'm back in Newark. Thanks for watching!

[@VooshieLurks]

Cameron Colwell I’m pretty sure he meant “state” as in status or condition.

[@loisfolk5492]

Ran company into the ground. Bad management. Big house on creamery road in Nashport where all the money went. Bad management.

[@OWOT-re5jf]

Tami sold the mansion at a huge loss

[@averythepigeon]

That second town is like the setting of a horror movie

[@hoosiertours]

Hmm... a Longaberger horror movie. Tell that to some obscure Hollywood film agency and they'll find a way to make it happen.

[@jeffshutters236]

Another great video from you.

[@hoosiertours]

Thank you!

[@orlanwarrengacute9674]

wow ,,what a beautiful place,,,why is it empty?

[@russcannon6725]

The Longenberberger baskets were priced fairly considering that they didn't use third world slave labor and that their employees were paid a living wage. The baskets were well made and could be used as centerpieces with the right accessories. I take issue with you slamming them as overpriced.

[@hoosiertours]

I'm glad they were a USA-based company that hired American (unfortunately it seems a lot of good companies that try that now get priced out and find the same fate.) As someone who has never had much use of a basket, I would pay a very minimal price for one. I wasn't trying to slam the company or the prices, not an expert on Longaberger so was just relaying info from people I asked before I made this last-minute trip. Thank you for watching!

[@nicolejames8670]

Priced fairly? They’re basically worthless now, sold for under $20 ….Capitalism isn’t always good.

[@OWOT-re5jf]

Dave ugly boot prints in the concrete

[@nicolejames8670]

All that empty space could sure house a lot of homeless people! I’m glad I could never afford them baskets, they were for rich white people who didn’t live in a regular person’s reality.