Hey everyone! I FOUND ITS HISTORY! CREDITS TO URBEX INN! "Manoir de Auteur In a small village, secluded from the main road lies the Manoir de Auteur. For generations, the family has significantly shaped the fortunes of the small community. The mansion has more barrels of land than the eye reaches, and the whole city is actually built on the land owned by the mansion. The last generation who lived in the mansion was not so much for agriculture and they rented all the land away. The man was an author and spent most of his life sitting at the desk and writing novels. However, none of them was ever published. The lady at the mansion was a nurse and together they had 4 children. Gemini boys and a boy and a girl more. The family never lost anything because of the income from all the land rented and the sale of the land on which the city was built, and when the children moved from home, apartments were bought for them all in Paris, where they still live today. 15 years ago, the man died after a blood clot in the heart, and the woman lived alone in the old mansion for a few years until she died too. After the parents' death, the children met in the house and collected the items they would sell / keep. In order to keep renting the land rather than selling it, the mansion must remain and not be demolished. Then they knocked big wooden boards on all the doors and masoned the last one, and then they left the childhood home for the last time. That's how the mansion stood for a number of years, until at one time there was water damage in one part of the house, and the children started a renovation to avoid all that went on. And this was where the mansion was opened for Urban Explores. One of the workers opened the window for a little while when he went to work and forgot to close it again afterward. We arrived at the mansion very early one morning and walked through the woods to the main building. The main building was beautiful in the morning and we started looking for the little kitchen window. We finally found it and went inside. Just after we got out of the kitchen, we looked up at a wide red light ... an alarm! We found alarm boxes in 4 other rooms, all locked red when we entered. In a little half hour, we waited and hoped they did not send a signal to anything more. Fortunately, they did not and we could explore a couple of hours in peace." I'm so happy you guys are enjoying this video! I have a really big favor to ask. UA-cam is really not notifying my subscribers and it sometimes unnotifys people and I'm not sure why. It really sucks with all the effort I put in with traveling, buying expensive gear, filming, editing, etc. But this is what I love to do and so I will never stop! So please, if you enjoy my videos make sure that notification bell button is turned on and spread the word and share this video :) thank you! More adventures to come! I got more crazy explores. Don't forget to SHARE this video and give a THUMBS UP :) Follow My Social Media Search @steveronin Instagram: instagram.com/steveronin Twitter: twitter.com/steveronin_ Snapchat: www.snapchat.com/add/steveroninsnap Facebook: facebook.com/steveroninofficial Website: steveronin.com Tumblr: realmofstep.tumblr.com Vine: vine.co/u/1338168125572947968 Join The Ronin Army! Become An Official Member and Earn Perks Like The International Ronin Map! ua-cam.com/channels/a7xWePhgtgYNgyXSK63I4Q.htmljoinL I GET MY MUSIC HERE Music Bed share.mscbd.fm/exploringwithsteve Epidemic Sound goo.gl/OP7CWF MY ART GALLERY www.pictorem.com/profile/Steve.Ronin
Thanks for letting us know,there are always so many questions when one views an abandoned vlog but you took the time to find out what happened and shared it with us so we get a better understanding of what really did happen!
WOW, thank you for the houses history. It's such a beautiful place, a shame their children do not know how lucky they are to have such a beautiful property in their possession. X
Hmm. I wonder if this is the case for most of the European mansions that lay abandoned. Surrounding village/town is on private land and money goes to the owners of said mansion, heirs live else where but still collect while their family home remains standing. But in this case, why have they left anything inside still? Surly a lot of the books, kitchen wear and such are worth a lot now. But it confuses me on why they would leave other family items, like the photos, military uniforms and the like?
Steve, Guys... Seriously, I love seeing all the abandoned places you have found. But let me clue you into some truths concerning ages, eras, and decades. I'm a 73 year old great grandmother. In your eyes that's definitely older than dirt. But, I never rode on a stagecoach, The Pony Express Co. didn't bring my mail, I ate frozen dinners, but guess what!!! I'm a BABY BOOMER!! I grew up with TV, air conditioning, radios, stereo music, and PASSENGER JETS! Yes! I even traveled on jets across the US in the 1950's! I flew on a Boing 707 all the way across the US in 1963 and 1964. In fact, it was commonplace for people to fly to their destinations in the 50's. I bought my first personal computer in the early 1990's. I bought music albums on vinyl, which is now coming back because of the sound quality. We went to see movies in theaters. We drove nice cars, with AC. We had babies in hospitals. The first heart transplant was performed in 1967. The first artificial heart was implanted in 1982. This isn't criticism at all...just a bit of info to put some recent decades and inventions into perspective. Life has changed a lot since I was born in 1946. It has been a lot of fun being a baby boomer. You would have loved that era! We invented 'cool'.
Barbara Farina I graduated in 1980 and back when I was a kid I used to talk about my parents younger years as “back in the olden days” and now I talk about my own childhood/teenage years as “back in the olden days” 🤣🤣 These guys will be able to become history professors in their older years if they keep going❤️❤️😂
Seems like the food on the table was left there by a squatter maybe a year before. All the liquid would have evaporated if it was there for many years and would be powder by now.
Hey ! I just wanted to say that the postcard you found was just showing a chimp of a place the aunt of the family went. In the text of the card it said that the chimp name's was Zippy and that they were sending a lot of kisses to the family. So it wasn't a pet of the family :) (I'm French so sorry if my English is not that good... I really liked your video)
The Rabelais book at 4:48 is by François Rabelais who was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs. Because of his literary power and historical importance, Western literary critics consider him one of the great writers of world literature and among the creators of modern European writing. People use Rabelaisian to describe someone or something that is "marked by gross robust humour, extravagance of caricature, or bold naturalism". That book was probably an original copy of one of the comic masterpiece, The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel, which is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais, which tells of the adventures of two giants, Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. The text is written in an amusing, extravagant, and satirical vein, and features much crudity, scatological humour, and violence.
I really liked the Armoire in the kitchen. But you showed yourself not the house. I would've liked to see the stairs and wood paneling as well as ceilings, lights and furniture.
Wendy Miller - I completely agree with you. I wanted to see the house, rooms, fireplaces, woodwork, ect., not just seeing him and seeing him rifle through photos and letters.
agree.. I love the video, but maybe turning the camera around so we can see where he is walking instead of it facing him. Also, there was a lot of going through photos and such, instead of seeing the actual architecture. Great video, still!
The beautiful rug that these guys can't even see. If only this explore was being done by someone older and more experienced, who has a younger, more tech' minded friend. I should do this. I have younger friends but only one is tech' minded and adventurous. And he's obsessed, I mean seriously obsesssed, with making money, so that rules him out. Oops , moving on.
7:42 This is the formal portrait of Prince Charles de Bourbon - Siciles died in 1949, and the Lady is Princess Mercedes de Asturias she was the Heir to the Spanish Throne...
I am just so impressed with how respectful and reverent you treat the homes and items found within. I will not watch any other explorer but Ronin. Kudos to you and your group.
Could you be a little more careful with the old books. They are too old to be handled like a regular book. Please show a little more respect for the belongings.
Seriously, he has surprised me a couple times , like when he explored the China and said the smog was possibly due to the China Desert sand, as he was looking out of the window of a palace over the ocean. I’m like 👀...
What you need to remember her is that these people had no internet, thus the shelves and shelves of books. Because you urban, you likely don't have to much free time, but think about everything you read on the internet they learned from books, lots and lots of books. Also, as far as trade, keep in mind that in Europe the countries are close together and not at all unusual for people to speak 3-5 languages. I live in Texas and traveling to San Antonio for me is a 5 hour drive. Imagine how many countries I would enter and leave driving 5 hours in Europe! What I loved about this house is that there was no vandalism and no graffiti!!!!
At 11:00 . Those blue and white tiles on the left, in the fireplace on the walls, are probably 17th century Delft pottery. VERY highly collected and VERY expensive.
There is definitely some lack of understanding about some basic history, like the difference between the 90's, 80's, 70's, 60's, etc. (Like not understanding black and white pictures). HOWEVER to see young people with an interest in history is refreshing and encouraging. I'm very happy they are putting forth the effort. Carry on!
As a kid/teen in the 80's and 90's I used to get black and white film, because it was cheaper than color. I don't think these people had a money problem though😉 It's crazy how fast everything developed since I was a kid. Young adults nowadays don't even know how to use a rotary phone or understand the connection between a cassette and a pencil or a little piece of tape and the frustration of pressing record just a few seconds too late when that one cool song was on the radio.
That was an awesome shortwave radio, since the people were french that probably listened to it for theirs entertainment. Also the computers that he thought were computers were some type of communicator system. Since he was a high ranking officer of some sort it keep him in communication with his command. A little less anxiety, slower pace and some knowledge about upper classes of people would definitely help these videos.
The children's book you found was written in the early 60s called Where the Wild Things Are (but in French) and was a popular book during my childhood in the 80s:) Brought back many memories seeing it again.
My brother’s name is Mac(even though Max is the main character’s name)and I was convinced it was written about him. That and goodnight moon were my go-to bedtime stories every night. I can still recite a lot of both.
The computer you saw was a Minitel 1. It was sold in the early 80's and was used to check stock prices, email and chat with other Minitel users. It was the internet before the internet blew up. I know it was popular in France. I'm not sure if it ever became a thing in the USA. Anyone here remember using them?
About the Minitel, I remember in 1989 in Montreal, Québec, Canada, we went to a friend who had the ALEX system from the Bell téléphone company. He showed us how we could communicate with somebody overseas and exchange text or play chess. He demonstrated us for a few minutes only because the cost per minute was quite high at the time. We were quite amazed. It is only in 1993 that we got to use the internet for an affordable cost.
That food is probably 1 week old or so, otherwise glasses and the bowl would be dry, all the water would evaporate and the contents would be solid. So it was definitely left by the visitors, not the owners. Also, hide the pictures from the light, before they got faded. The chimp was just a postcard picture.
I’m in love with the woodwork. I guess you can tell the children already had money since most people would not leave such beautiful (and most likely valuable) pieces behind. I also don’t understand why their 4 kids would not want all the photos or momentos like the military hat, etc. Just beautiful!
I loved the house but feel let down. The two explorers with you said the place was huge and there was a painting of the guy you showed us in the book. We didn't see a lot of the house, saw a lot of things written in French, some albums where we didn't even get a good look at the pictures and nothing about an attic or basement. I am going to go to some of your other sites and see if you posted a bunch of pictures. If you did, it would be great if you added the link in your description.
Some of the postcard is very difficult to read, but from what I gathered.. it's a postcard directed to someone named Emanuel (and two others - I cannot read the names clearly) and it's from their cousin, Oliver. He is writing them to ask how they are and hoping that the gift pleases them. He explains that the postcard is a photo of a famous chimpanzee named Zippy. He says that they will be seeing each other soon in Hauterive and that he sends love / kisses from Aunt Beatrice and Uncle Rubert.
i agree. we want to see more of what rooms, architure, and furnishings look like. it's nice to see some of the personal it's of the residents, but most of us are interested in what the insides; decorating, woods, antics, fabrics,etc. we already know, pretty much what you look like!! but each place is unique and that's the reason we watch!! it is very, very nice to get the story behind why it was left and what is going on with it now!! thanks a bunch, Steve, love your stuff!!
Stevie - Thank you for the great laugh! It was the best I’d had all week!! A tiny bit of advice, if I may be so bold... try reading a few books yourself before your next video. Find some modern history compilations to start so you can get at least a general idea of the worlds timeline for the last 100-150 years or so. Even hitting just the “BIG” items, I.e. - Civil War, Suffrage for women and African Americans, WW I/WW II, the Great Depression, Korea, Vietnam, The Beatles, disco, landmark advances in science and technology, etc. It will be very instrumental in providing legitimacy to your videos. Not to mention keep you from sounding idiotic when you talk about things from the 90’s as “SO OLD”!! No one expects you to be an expert on everything, but when you do comment on something there should be a modicum of reality based truth involved. I don’t wish for this to sound harsh or be offensive, but I believe that you truly do love doing this and my hope is that you will take the comments written for you as an opportunity to make a better product. Many people watched and rather than just walking away (so to speak!), took the time to write and give advice. It’s a wise man who can receive instruction and put it to use in his life! Best of luck to you!
You keep up the work, take some of the comments not as criticism,but to help you keep improving .I fully enjoy watching .It's so nice to see young people interested in architecture,and appreciation for old things.
I wish so much that you had spent more time on showing the furnishings and the interior and not spent so much time showing the personal items (ie photos, books, etc). Also, you yourself spent a lot of time "on camera" -- showing yourself in the beginning and then the rest spent on showing what your video is actually featuring would be an improvement. Less of you on camera and more of the furnishings and the interior. To see inside an abandoned mansion in France and not get to see the interior and the furnishings is a shame! I'm a little disappointed to say the least.
This is a very unique place, I would of enjoyed it more to be able to see more of the rooms and architecture. All the fireplaces were unique and there wasn't any time spent on them nor the type of funiture they had. I mean a few pictures here there is fine but a lot lost because of them. Which I can see they are very interesting but I would of saved them after the video. That was a very interesting place. I always enjoy your videos but this time I felt disappointed. Thank you for all that you do.
Yes ,I agree with you ,it would have been nice to see the lovely rooms and furniture , occasionally a picture .Steve direct your camera more on where you are going as we know what u look like .
I agree we all know what you look like,so instead talk behind the camera while filming the architecture,furniture,woodwork,all the details is what we want to see..show us what you see not so much old photos but the place ..Love your videos
Another efficient way of covering the rooms and architecture in detail is to have someone on your team follow you filming while you're speaking. Focusing the camera on yourself 80% of the time as you breeze by the historical architecture and contents inside of an amazing find like this, should be illegal.
I second that, like you Steve but less you and pics , letters maybe put that stuff in the beginning or end. Need More of what you see such as structure, furniture, design, areas. Thanks
The fact that they layout pictures on a bed next to an old book and try to claim that it was like that when they walked in is ridiculous. His little stories and theories about who lived there and what they did are ludicrous and makes him look and sound so ignorant.
why dont you let us see the photos up close? why must we watch ONLY YOU looking at the old photographs, and from a distance? :( And i wish we could see what the titles and authors of the many books are in there.
They aren’t Polaroid pictures, they are ”slides” which you view on a screen. I still used them until approx. 1988. You had to use “slide film” in your camera, then your local Photography Store would develop them for you. You would get them mounted in those cardboard squares.Those squares, are then mounted upright, in a carousel, which is itself mounted on a slide projector. The slide projector turns the carousel to the first slid and places a slide in front of a bright bulb, so the picture on the slide is projected through a lens, onto the screen, so you can bore your relatives with your latest travel photos or pictures of your most perfect child in the world, pooping in a potty for the first time! 🤪😴💤 That is why, on iOS phones or tablets, the photo app will make up a “slide show” of related pictures. That is what using a slide projector was like, only you watched them on a portable screen like you do a movie, at a Movie Theatre.
I still have my "AV" certified card from grade school. I got out of a lot of classes because there was only 3 or 4 of us in the entire school. lol from the 60,s. I was like 12. lol
Im only 19 but i know a little bit about this stuff,im still amazed about how they develop pictures before,that redroom haha i like it though i dont really know about the infos or what this and that called
@@xl5052 The red rooms are called dark rooms. The light has to be very low or it will ruin the film. When you first take the film out to put into the developing chemicals, it has to be completely dark. Had a photography classes in middle school and high school, back in the "ancient" days like Steve thinks, hahahaha.
How old are you young one? The 80's for the pic on the mantle? How long ago do you think the 80's was? 😂 Those pics were from maybe the 50's or 60's! The 80's were (Madonna, neon clothes, loads of plastic jewelry and big hair, Flash Dance, Motley Crue and so on) You must be very young! The 80's. That made me laugh fr!!
Your comment made me smile and Iwished more time spent photographing the small wash tub closet room 22:34, quite unique. The image of the chipanzee was a postcard 20:19 .... a communication method used by vacationers back in the day before his time 😊, much like email is used today. Also the pictures described as being in the '80's are actually from the '50's.
@@jWestdd Looks to me like, that was the owners room and he was the last fam member left, very old and frail. Had a home health aide or a loyal housekeeper who cared for him. That used to be a closet but they fitted it with a small tub so he wouldn't have so far to go to bathe. The shirt hanging on the old school potty chair was drying there beside the radiator, that's why it was so stiff. Also, the radiator being in the room at all, the man probably lost most of his fortune over the years, caring for kids, others, paying bills from savings in such a huge house, I imagine he could no longer heat the whole house so he stayed in that one room where there was a TV, radio, books, chairs, bed and bath. His meals would be either prepared in the cold kitchen or they had meals delivered and he ate in that room and everything. Then he passed and with no family, nobody cleaned out the house. It's all still the way it was the day he passed. It's so sad seeing someone's life just forgotten like this 💔
Lisa Maynard He didn’t seem to know what a slide was. I thought I saw a mural on one of the walls but he didn’t pay any attention to it. He killed me when he said this must be a child’s room pointing at the “loveseat” and saying it was a small sofa. Too funny. Yes, He made the 80’s sound like the 20’s.
I love this guy's videos. HE always does, says or has errors. This time? He went overboard by far!!! Too many "simple errors" even to count... Soo sad, this could have been so much better.
Your attention to detail and history is amazing. I'm glad not all young people are into the disposable mentality. This is an amazing find! I love the wedding and family photos. I would have been stuck there for hours just going through the albums.
I love how respectful y'all are when you explore all of these beautiful left behind dwellings once full of life. Sad to me that people could come inside these beautiful homes full of history and steal and vandalize. How some cannot connect emotionally to the forgotten past and not feel lucky to literally walk through and see so much history. I just don't get those type of people and find myself feeling sad for those that lack that connection.
@@CindymeCindy But it disrupts the flow and kills the vibe. He could show his face at the beginning of the video to explain things and again at the end of it if he wants, but for the entire 98% of the video should be about the content.
Every time I think I’ve seen my favourite explore you throw an even better one into the mix! This one was outstanding. So much history and no destruction. It’s as if they genuinely got up and left never knowing they wouldn’t be returning. Great find 💋 xx
Makes you wonder what happened nearly 20ish years ago back during the 90s that made the family get up & leave it all. Photos, personal items and such. I would imagine that all the non personal items, like the computer and kitchen wear, would round up into a few millions of dollars. Not surprising that thieves come and go. And even if the owners didn't have heirs to the house, surely the France government would have claimed it all and such.
The furniture and the plate sets were amazing. Must be so tempting but I agree that it is not right to take things. Maybe the people who left it don't care but it ruins the fun for subsequent photographers and explorers.
@@donkeyshow8543 but when you think about it, abandoned houses and such are like sunken ships filled with treasures. Its basically nature for thieves and such to grab what they can. Explores who go to ancient, abandoned temples and such are basically government hired thieves too. But since people don't see it like that, I can't in good conscience call the people who take items from abandoned places thieves, since to the common man and woman, these items were left to rot and lost to time.
That computer that you tried to turn on was probably left on, and failed over the years. There's a hole in the phospher on the screen where the curser would normally be, and that's what leads me to believe that the computer had been left on.
Old computer forms the 70s computers were big as a room of spinning tap then they got smaller that's a little one like the 1st laptops I'm a computer tech so that's old little computer so slow pos
@joseph thomas i call you as i see it a pssie coming to someone else's aid that you don't know lmao spare me the spelling line I know ur type I spell curse word u report like a bit**
I too was disappointed by a lot of erroneous comments and missing a walkthrough, BUT you searched for the history and I'm impressed at the effort that went into that. Experience comes with time. I watch these videos because I love antiques, old houses and history and exploring new places that I can't get to on my own. And, I love your location choices!
It would be nice if you educated yourself on the period of the place you are visiting and had some basic knowledge of history of the architecture and design...you are walking around just guessing and you are way off base on many of your comments and descriptions. Also if the family is "unknown" how do you know they were Royalty?....makes no sense. I gave you a thumbs up just for the fact that you are sharing this lovely place with the audience, but would appreciate it so much more if you were more educated about what you are showing us.....
@@darryllmcclurg9429 He's just very young. I was thinking if he took an older person along a few times, they could tell him what some of the things that are no longer used are.
Hi! I'm a library science student from Philippines. Your vlogs were veeeeery interesting, full of stories of history and remarkable adventure. By the way, the Kodak you've found were slides for Slide Projector which are rare ones. I saw a bunch of books that were rare and old. For sure there were incredible titles there. It is just sad that the owners left them like that. The paintings, radio, TV, letters, and other stuffs there tell stories for sure. I hope the owners would preserved it or donate them in a library like British Library that for sure will take good care of it. It will serve as future references for the future. If the family really contributed something to their motherland, I think they deserve to be known and preserved thru their belongings. I hope they will collect it up again before other people will get it for their selfish and personal goals. I really wish that they would protect those books. Sorry for the long comment. Anyways, thank you for this one! ^^
@@DaigoParry Nope! It was the explorers that contacted the owners. But google the reg nr on the cessna and you get anwer aboute the plane. The I (i) is the nr one 1. Not the letter.
Do more research into history and cultures. We want to see the rooms and furniture, less you. Think in terms of details and surprises for your viewers as you explore.
i agree,and so many others in the comments,but this is ladies and gentlmen,this modern generation is all narcisistic,and self centered,he must be in the video,even more than the house itself....
Obviously he did as little research as possible: *A simple cut and paste from another explorer.* This particular video was even offensive on the amount of misleading info he baked...
This is becoming more and more entertaining, as he keeps making uneducated assumptions about the world that came before him. People have been traveling around the world, for a very long time. What will he say next? I can't wait.
Wow..this one was fabulous from the beginning to the end ..the uniform on the bed and the hat I believe would have belonged to a high ranking Naval officer,which would fit in with Royals as it was mor acceptable than Army being safer..it has the air of the Marie Celeste where every one just vanished..it’s sad to see this beautiful home go to ruin when it could have been made into a museum or similar as people would love to visit it I am sure..Great video Steve looking forward to the next one 😀
I may be wrong about this, but I think on military uniforms the more stripes on it means higher rank. So I don't think it would be a general. Anyone who knows more, please correct me if that is not right.
gloria lyles no it’s not a high rank, there are only two stripes it’s quite in the middle of ranks, it’s most like admiral jacket, the pants were in the drawer, he didn’t notice.
@@Ateezwooyoung I know this is old but an admiral is the Navy's equivalent to a general so also not an admiral. I say he may have been a cruise ship captain
I love your videos!!! I'm a 57 year old with physical Disability, but when I was in my teens I guess you could call me an explorer and I went to a Mansion in the wealthy suburbs that was from the 1800's when a McCormick married a Rockefeller they married and he had this mansion built for her while they traveled the world. She became pregnant and lost the baby after she went mentally ill and they never moved in. It was then bought by the mafia and later they were gone. It had an elevator shaft that went to the pool that overlooked Lake Michigan, anyway it was just ruins when I'd go there but it was almost like walking in a romance novel and never knowing the ending that intrigued me. Thank you for allowing me to walk into the mystical and romantic novel and I'll envision different endings. Much Thanks, LKiddell
When he said "another chill lounge" about the parlor/sitting room I cracked up!! Just imagine the looks one would get calling it that back during times the manor was built.🤣😂
I didn’t get to see the building until the very last. I find it more interesting if you walk the perimeter of the building and then go inside and look at the rooms.
That estate is superb and almost no water damage. I LOVE the pictures, the way you photographed it restores the grandeur and glory of these rooms. That was a treat to look at and explore. It would have been nice to see a close up of the wedding album, wedding photos are always a classic. If you want something translated please take a good shot of the page or the document so it is clear and ledgible when we pause the video.
Hehe... that was not a microwave oven. And perhaps someone squatted the place, and was kicked out or left in sort of a hurry, to have left food on the table.
Steve, thank you so much for sharing all these abandoned gems with us, and for more importantly, being so incredibly respectful of all the places that you explore through. I can see how careful you are to not disturb these historic places. Thank you for that.
Yes, please stop commenting on what you think is going on! LOL "Probably less than 1% of people travelled back then.." Finding a military hat does not mean anyone is a high ranking general... So much wrong with that statement. Show more of the rooms and less of the photos and papers you find.
Y’all need to remember this is his perspective. He’s very young, he’s not going to see things like an older person would. We still enjoy the fact that we get to explore with him. Relax & enjoy the ride. He will get smarter as he grows up. Just like we did!😁😁
This is a pretty awesome explore. Thank you for sharing. That info on the house is very touching. The kids not wanting to sell the property etc. Everything looks in pretty good order there, not falling apart quite like many homes that I have seen all you guys exploring. Also sad that his books never got published, but the joy that he must have gotten from writing them was probably worth it all.
I think it’s sad to see abandoned homes untouched in years just left alone and I just wonder why did they leave where did they go why didn’t they pack anything and where are they now 😭
I think you should make an investigation and history of the family by asking their neighbors, and do some research in the historical society of that place.
Did you just say that those pictures on the mantle looked like they were from the ‘80’s?? For you to be as well travelled as you are,you seem very uneducated and I don’t mean this as a derogatory statement. I watch a lot of your vids and you continue to amaze me. Keep traveling and strive to learn as much as you can from each city and country. Your opportunities are far different from many. You are privileged and blessed to travel and see the things you have so please honor that and learn, learn, learn!
I love your exploring videos Steve I dunno so many people come on here and leave nasty rude comments about your videos I think you and Josh do amazing work especially when you explore together.
“I feel this place may have a little electricity left.” What the hell does that mean? Like, ah, what’s left in the wires? You need to not think out loud.
What Country is this house in? The photos on the fireplace are more like early 1920's. This is one amazing time capsule. Thank you for documenting it and therefore preserving it's history /it's story. Maybe the occupants died and the property is in Probate. X
Hilarious how the former occupants left pictures in windowsills, on beds, just everywhere. Even a military sailors cap on the bed and the matching jacket :) This vlogger used to place baby carriages at the bottom of stairs. Still. it's nice to see the inside of these beautiful historical homes.
Amazing! 22:30-46 Is that a toilet (with jacket hanged on it) near the window? And a tub in front of it with door and the other side is the sink with a tv in the middle of them? Interesting design! Truly amazing!
I'm wondering if the en suite with the tiny tub, sink off in corner & toilet under a window wasn't added later. Would explain the odd set up & size of tub.
That is called a commode. Essentially a toilet that has just a tub that you clean up later. They are still used today for elderly and dying people. So amazing as it tells a whole story of who lived in that area of the house. Everything was set up for someone who could not mobilise well. I can imagine someone who lived there last days there quite possibly with a nurse attending to them.
Those negatives in white cardboard were called slides. You could have your film developed and slides made instead of paper photographs. They were viewed with a slide projector.
90% of the video is seeing you and your friends, almost the whole video is you filming your friends looking at pictures we didn't see. The whole house was maybe 8 minutes the rest is the explorers looking through stuff most we can't see.. moving on to a different explorer. Thumbs down for me.
I don’t know now, but I’m the houses my family owned, we always had a breakfast room where we ate all the time, and a formal dinning room where we ate when we had people coming over ... and those house like many other you have shown with furniture in them are about the same formal and no so formal tables/rooms
I can't believe with ALL those letters, mail...etc. that was in that mansion, that you couldn't find any information on who lived there! Just because you do not know French, I would think that the more mail you found with the same name would have given you a clue as to who this family was! What a shame that somehow...the family seems to simply disappear, sometime in the 70's or sometime therein. The photos left behind is mysterious. One would think that the heirs of this family would have wanted to preserve this history. Very odd. I hope you continue to try and find who this family was, and what happened to them.
I'm sure that someone has already mentioned this and I don't have time to pour through the comments but I would advise that moving those photos and drawings away from the window would be helpful. The sunlight does ruin old photos very quickly. I think that they would be best served hidden underneath something dark.
Lauren neill VAV BTS unfortunately he is not doing some real research and doesn’t know anything about history.... not only of the house, I mean in general. I watched some of his videos and cringed so bad several times....
Your'e watching an exploring abandoned houses, that's pretty natural that they interested to see the picture's so they will know who previously lived on the house. So dont question them by looking at the pictures. It's so amazing what they are doing. Exploring and knowing the past by every piece of what they can see is very amazing thing
When I was a kid my father would have a " movie night ". We sat around the projector with a sheet on one wall for a screen and ate popcorn and he would load slide after slide of overseas trips and family vacations. It was awesome! The good old days!
You showed a fancy chamber pot chair with a jacket over it AND when you opened a door, there was a spitz bath. If you take an older person with you a few times, they can tell you what some things are. The first computers filled a room, by the way.
I loved this one too !! But this could’ve been a two-parter it was so good & so much to see. I’d have liked to see China, silverware, clothes etc. you know “womeny” things. Thanks so much. I’ve seen a number of these videos but you’re my fav. 👍🏼
Hey everyone!
I FOUND ITS HISTORY! CREDITS TO URBEX INN!
"Manoir de Auteur
In a small village, secluded from the main road lies the Manoir de Auteur. For generations, the family has significantly shaped the fortunes of the small community. The mansion has more barrels of land than the eye reaches, and the whole city is actually built on the land owned by the mansion. The last generation who lived in the mansion was not so much for agriculture and they rented all the land away. The man was an author and spent most of his life sitting at the desk and writing novels. However, none of them was ever published. The lady at the mansion was a nurse and together they had 4 children. Gemini boys and a boy and a girl more. The family never lost anything because of the income from all the land rented and the sale of the land on which the city was built, and when the children moved from home, apartments were bought for them all in Paris, where they still live today. 15 years ago, the man died after a blood clot in the heart, and the woman lived alone in the old mansion for a few years until she died too. After the parents' death, the children met in the house and collected the items they would sell / keep. In order to keep renting the land rather than selling it, the mansion must remain and not be demolished. Then they knocked big wooden boards on all the doors and masoned the last one, and then they left the childhood home for the last time. That's how the mansion stood for a number of years, until at one time there was water damage in one part of the house, and the children started a renovation to avoid all that went on. And this was where the mansion was opened for Urban Explores. One of the workers opened the window for a little while when he went to work and forgot to close it again afterward. We arrived at the mansion very early one morning and walked through the woods to the main building. The main building was beautiful in the morning and we started looking for the little kitchen window. We finally found it and went inside. Just after we got out of the kitchen, we looked up at a wide red light ... an alarm! We found alarm boxes in 4 other rooms, all locked red when we entered. In a little half hour, we waited and hoped they did not send a signal to anything more. Fortunately, they did not and we could explore a couple of hours in peace."
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Steve Ronin Great bro 👌🏼 the editing on the video is incredible again. And wonderful to know the history about this place, I didn’t knew it before.
Thanks for letting us know,there are always so many questions when one views an abandoned vlog but you took the time to find out what happened and shared it with us so we get a better understanding of what really did happen!
Thanks for the additional info......great story! The children are really fortunate and evidently do not know what they have!!
WOW, thank you for the houses history. It's such a beautiful place, a shame their children do not know how lucky they are to have such a beautiful property in their possession. X
Hmm. I wonder if this is the case for most of the European mansions that lay abandoned. Surrounding village/town is on private land and money goes to the owners of said mansion, heirs live else where but still collect while their family home remains standing.
But in this case, why have they left anything inside still? Surly a lot of the books, kitchen wear and such are worth a lot now. But it confuses me on why they would leave other family items, like the photos, military uniforms and the like?
Steve, Guys...
Seriously, I love seeing all the abandoned places you have found. But let me clue you into some truths concerning ages, eras, and decades.
I'm a 73 year old great grandmother. In your eyes that's definitely older than dirt. But, I never rode on a stagecoach, The Pony Express Co. didn't bring my mail, I ate frozen dinners, but guess what!!! I'm a BABY BOOMER!!
I grew up with TV, air conditioning, radios, stereo music, and PASSENGER JETS! Yes! I even traveled on jets across the US in the 1950's! I flew on a Boing 707 all the way across the US in 1963 and 1964. In fact, it was commonplace for people to fly to their destinations in the 50's.
I bought my first personal computer in the early 1990's. I bought music albums on vinyl, which is now coming back because of the sound quality. We went to see movies in theaters. We drove nice cars, with AC. We had babies in hospitals. The first heart transplant was performed in 1967. The first artificial heart was implanted in 1982.
This isn't criticism at all...just a bit of info to put some recent decades and inventions into perspective. Life has changed a lot since I was born in 1946. It has been a lot of fun being a baby boomer. You would have loved that era! We invented 'cool'.
1995, this place is really old.... LOL
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thank you very much for those information from Morocco with love
That was very educational...thank you for that. 😊
I love this comment. History always interests me
1995 was like yesterday, love how these kids are describing it as if it were the 17th century. 😂
Hahaha old school is fun and interisting
I was just about to write the same sort of thing 😂
You Tube yes and when he found the black-and-white photo in the 1976 letter… I chuckled, there were actually coloured photos even back in the 60s LOL
I was thinking the same thing 🤣🤣🤣
Barbara Farina I graduated in 1980 and back when I was a kid I used to talk about my parents younger years as “back in the olden days” and now I talk about my own childhood/teenage years as “back in the olden days” 🤣🤣
These guys will be able to become history professors in their older years if they keep going❤️❤️😂
Seems like the food on the table was left there by a squatter maybe a year before. All the liquid would have evaporated if it was there for many years and would be powder by now.
Deksam101 well we do have retards investigating the situation
Hey ! I just wanted to say that the postcard you found was just showing a chimp of a place the aunt of the family went. In the text of the card it said that the chimp name's was Zippy and that they were sending a lot of kisses to the family.
So it wasn't a pet of the family :)
(I'm French so sorry if my English is not that good... I really liked your video)
Cant see the rooms......you are in front of the camera too much
The Rabelais book at 4:48 is by François Rabelais who was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar.
He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs.
Because of his literary power and historical importance, Western literary critics consider him one of the great writers of world literature and among the creators of modern European writing.
People use Rabelaisian to describe someone or something that is "marked by gross robust humour, extravagance of caricature, or bold naturalism".
That book was probably an original copy of one of the comic masterpiece, The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel, which is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais, which tells of the adventures of two giants, Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. The text is written in an amusing, extravagant, and satirical vein, and features much crudity, scatological humour, and violence.
Wow.. that's amazing it could have been an original copy. Its sad that stuff like that is just rotting away
It's very sad to see those things abandoned, they has the memories of their owners, and beyond a historical valour, there is the sentimental valour.
this home should be a museum, not an abandoned place.
I really liked the Armoire in the kitchen. But you showed yourself not the house. I would've liked to see the stairs and wood paneling as well as ceilings, lights and furniture.
Wendy Miller - I completely agree with you. I wanted to see the house, rooms, fireplaces, woodwork, ect., not just seeing him and seeing him rifle through photos and letters.
I agree and for this reason I didn't finis watching!too bad I bet a lot of beautiful stuff !!!!
agree.. I love the video, but maybe turning the camera around so we can see where he is walking instead of it facing him. Also, there was a lot of going through photos and such, instead of seeing the actual architecture. Great video, still!
His comments could have been sufficient, putting the camera on him ruins everything.
The beautiful rug that these guys can't even see.
If only this explore was being done by someone older and more experienced, who has a younger, more tech' minded friend.
I should do this.
I have younger friends but only one is tech' minded and adventurous. And he's obsessed, I mean seriously obsesssed, with making money, so that rules him out.
Oops , moving on.
7:42 This is the formal portrait of Prince Charles de Bourbon - Siciles died in 1949, and the Lady is Princess Mercedes de Asturias she was the Heir to the Spanish Throne...
I am just so impressed with how respectful and reverent you treat the homes and items found within. I will not watch any other explorer but Ronin. Kudos to you and your group.
“It’s a book with lots of maps in it” - AKA, an Atlas! Oy
Could you be a little more careful with the old books. They are too old to be handled like a regular book. Please show a little more respect for the belongings.
Seriously, he has surprised me a couple times , like when he explored the China and said the smog was possibly due to the China Desert sand, as he was looking out of the window of a palace over the ocean. I’m like 👀...
What you need to remember her is that these people had no internet, thus the shelves and shelves of books. Because you urban, you likely don't have to much free time, but think about everything you read on the internet they learned from books, lots and lots of books. Also, as far as trade, keep in mind that in Europe the countries are close together and not at all unusual for people to speak 3-5 languages. I live in Texas and traveling to San Antonio for me is a 5 hour drive. Imagine how many countries I would enter and leave driving 5 hours in Europe! What I loved about this house is that there was no vandalism and no graffiti!!!!
Very good point!:) Thanks for letting me know
Great video! Thank you for taking me places that otherwise I would never get to see !!! Keep up the good work !
At 11:00 . Those blue and white tiles on the left, in the fireplace on the walls, are probably 17th century Delft pottery. VERY highly collected and VERY expensive.
The pics you said were probably from the 80's were probably more likely the 40's or early 50's. We had color photos in the 80's lol.
IKR?? I laughed my butt off at that! These kids these days think that the 80's was way way back in the day 😂
There is definitely some lack of understanding about some basic history, like the difference between the 90's, 80's, 70's, 60's, etc. (Like not understanding black and white pictures). HOWEVER to see young people with an interest in history is refreshing and encouraging. I'm very happy they are putting forth the effort. Carry on!
As a kid/teen in the 80's and 90's I used to get black and white film, because it was cheaper than color. I don't think these people had a money problem though😉 It's crazy how fast everything developed since I was a kid. Young adults nowadays don't even know how to use a rotary phone or understand the connection between a cassette and a pencil or a little piece of tape and the frustration of pressing record just a few seconds too late when that one cool song was on the radio.
That was an awesome shortwave radio, since the people were french that probably listened to it for theirs entertainment. Also the computers that he thought were computers were some type of communicator system. Since he was a high ranking officer of some sort it keep him in communication with his command. A little less anxiety, slower pace and some knowledge about upper classes of people would definitely help these videos.
I was thinking the same thing 😂
The children's book you found was written in the early 60s called Where the Wild Things Are (but in French) and was a popular book during my childhood in the 80s:) Brought back many memories seeing it again.
My brother’s name is Mac(even though Max is the main character’s name)and I was convinced it was written about him. That and goodnight moon were my go-to bedtime stories every night. I can still recite a lot of both.
The computer you saw was a Minitel 1. It was sold in the early 80's and was used to check stock prices, email and chat with other Minitel users. It was the internet before the internet blew up. I know it was popular in France. I'm not sure if it ever became a thing in the USA. Anyone here remember using them?
Great Info...i think it is the E I DuPont chateaux
About the Minitel, I remember in 1989 in Montreal, Québec, Canada, we went to a friend who had the ALEX system from the Bell téléphone company. He showed us how we could communicate with somebody overseas and exchange text or play chess.
He demonstrated us for a few minutes only because the cost per minute was quite high at the time. We were quite amazed.
It is only in 1993 that we got to use the internet for an affordable cost.
Old laptop form the 70s 80s Bob's computer service
I'm French. I'm 32 and I can say that my parents was using a Minitel when I was child and a lots of peoples around us also.
Stay behind the camera, people want to see the place
how about stfu?
That food is probably 1 week old or so, otherwise glasses and the bowl would be dry, all the water would evaporate and the contents would be solid. So it was definitely left by the visitors, not the owners.
Also, hide the pictures from the light, before they got faded.
The chimp was just a postcard picture.
I’m in love with the woodwork. I guess you can tell the children already had money since most people would not leave such beautiful (and most likely valuable) pieces behind. I also don’t understand why their 4 kids would not want all the photos or momentos like the military hat, etc. Just beautiful!
Sad to see such a beautiful place abandoned..Frozen in time... but yet still so much alive... Thanks Steve for a most awesome find.. Keep'em coming...
I loved the house but feel let down. The two explorers with you said the place was huge and there was a painting of the guy you showed us in the book. We didn't see a lot of the house, saw a lot of things written in French, some albums where we didn't even get a good look at the pictures and nothing about an attic or basement. I am going to go to some of your other sites and see if you posted a bunch of pictures. If you did, it would be great if you added the link in your description.
Some of the postcard is very difficult to read, but from what I gathered.. it's a postcard directed to someone named Emanuel (and two others - I cannot read the names clearly) and it's from their cousin, Oliver. He is writing them to ask how they are and hoping that the gift pleases them. He explains that the postcard is a photo of a famous chimpanzee named Zippy. He says that they will be seeing each other soon in Hauterive and that he sends love / kisses from Aunt Beatrice and Uncle Rubert.
To many selfies and not enough of the exploration. You should pan the room's slower, we want to see the content not the UA-camr.
i agree. we want to see more of what rooms, architure, and furnishings look like. it's nice to see some of the personal it's of the residents, but most of us are interested in what the insides; decorating, woods, antics, fabrics,etc. we already know, pretty much what you look like!! but each place is unique and that's the reason we watch!! it is very, very nice to get the story behind why it was left and what is going on with it now!! thanks a bunch, Steve, love your stuff!!
If it wasn’t for the UA-camr then you wouldn’t have gotten to see any of the explore, why so rude?!
The book on the sofa was about Rabelais, who was a French Renaissance writer, who wrote satire and also bawdy tales . He was also a physician.
Stevie - Thank you for the great laugh! It was the best I’d had all week!!
A tiny bit of advice, if I may be so bold...
try reading a few books yourself before your next video. Find some modern history compilations to start so you can get at least a general idea of the worlds timeline for the last 100-150 years or so. Even hitting just the “BIG” items, I.e. - Civil War, Suffrage for women and African Americans, WW I/WW II, the Great Depression, Korea, Vietnam, The Beatles, disco, landmark advances in science and technology, etc. It will be very instrumental in providing legitimacy to your videos. Not to mention keep you from sounding idiotic when you talk about things from the 90’s as “SO OLD”!!
No one expects you to be an expert on everything, but when you do comment on something there should be a modicum of reality based truth involved.
I don’t wish for this to sound harsh or be offensive, but I believe that you truly do love doing this and my hope is that you will take the comments written for you as an opportunity to make a better product. Many people watched and rather than just walking away (so to speak!), took the time to write and give advice. It’s a wise man who can receive instruction and put it to use in his life!
Best of luck to you!
You keep up the work, take some of the comments not as criticism,but to help you keep improving .I fully enjoy watching .It's so nice to see young people interested in architecture,and appreciation for old things.
I wish so much that you had spent more time on showing the furnishings and the interior and not spent so much time showing the personal items (ie photos, books, etc). Also, you yourself spent a lot of time "on camera" -- showing yourself in the beginning and then the rest spent on showing what your video is actually featuring would be an improvement. Less of you on camera and more of the furnishings and the interior.
To see inside an abandoned mansion in France and not get to see the interior and the furnishings is a shame! I'm a little disappointed to say the least.
I enjoy your vidioes
Would of been better if we could see the room and less of things from afar or seeing people seeing things we can't..
Would love to have seen the wedding pictures .
Please leave everything the way you found them...especially the book pages and photos slipping out.
This is a very unique place, I would of enjoyed it more to be able to see more of the rooms and architecture. All the fireplaces were unique and there wasn't any time spent on them nor the type of funiture they had. I mean a few pictures here there is fine but a lot lost because of them. Which I can see they are very interesting but I would of saved them after the video. That was a very interesting place. I always enjoy your videos but this time I felt disappointed. Thank you for all that you do.
Yes ,I agree with you ,it would have been nice to see the lovely rooms and furniture , occasionally a picture .Steve direct your camera more on where you are going as we know what u look like .
I agree we all know what you look like,so instead talk behind the camera while filming the architecture,furniture,woodwork,all the details is what we want to see..show us what you see not so much old photos but the place ..Love your videos
Agreed
Another efficient way of covering the rooms and architecture in detail is to have someone on your team follow you filming while you're speaking. Focusing the camera on yourself 80% of the time as you breeze by the historical architecture and contents inside of an amazing find like this, should be illegal.
These would be great educational videos if you were older and knew what you were looking at lol
Mosdef.
I turn the volume down.
He's downright imbisilic
forget the pictures i want to see the mansion and its furniture
I second that, like you Steve but less you and pics , letters maybe put that stuff in the beginning or end. Need More of what you see such as structure, furniture, design, areas.
Thanks
The fact that they layout pictures on a bed next to an old book and try to claim that it was like that when they walked in is ridiculous. His little stories and theories about who lived there and what they did are ludicrous and makes him look and sound so ignorant.
Some of us want to see it ALL, architecture, furniture, and photographs!
THE 80’s????? LMAO Are you kidding me??? Try like the 50’s! Come on man. I feel old enough!!
why dont you let us see the photos up close? why must we watch ONLY YOU looking at the old photographs, and from a distance? :(
And i wish we could see what the titles and authors of the many books are in there.
6:59 This is a Minitel used commonly in France end of 70's until 2000, it was our internet at that time!
They aren’t Polaroid pictures, they are ”slides” which you view on a screen. I still used them until approx. 1988.
You had to use “slide film” in your camera, then your local Photography Store would develop them for you. You would get them mounted in those cardboard squares.Those squares, are then mounted upright, in a carousel, which is itself mounted on a slide projector.
The slide projector turns the carousel to the first slid and places a slide in front of a bright bulb, so the picture on the slide is projected through a lens, onto the screen, so you can bore your relatives with your latest travel photos or pictures of your most perfect child in the world, pooping in a potty for the first time! 🤪😴💤
That is why, on iOS phones or tablets, the photo app will make up a “slide show” of related pictures. That is what using a slide projector was like, only you watched them on a portable screen like you do a movie, at a Movie Theatre.
I still have my "AV" certified card from grade school. I got out of a lot of classes because there was only 3 or 4 of us in the entire school. lol from the 60,s. I was like 12. lol
We have many slides at home, all of my and my sister's baby photos are in slides, undeveloped. I just hope my parents still have the slide projector
Jegeriufane N Same here. I have been converting our family slides into digital photos. Dad had thousands of slides starting in the 70s.
Im only 19 but i know a little bit about this stuff,im still amazed about how they develop pictures before,that redroom haha i like it though i dont really know about the infos or what this and that called
@@xl5052 The red rooms are called dark rooms. The light has to be very low or it will ruin the film. When you first take the film out to put into the developing chemicals, it has to be completely dark. Had a photography classes in middle school and high school, back in the "ancient" days like Steve thinks, hahahaha.
How old are you young one? The 80's for the pic on the mantle? How long ago do you think the 80's was? 😂 Those pics were from maybe the 50's or 60's! The 80's were (Madonna, neon clothes, loads of plastic jewelry and big hair, Flash Dance, Motley Crue and so on) You must be very young! The 80's. That made me laugh fr!!
Your comment made me smile and Iwished more time spent photographing the small wash tub closet room 22:34, quite unique. The image of the chipanzee was a postcard 20:19 .... a communication method used by vacationers back in the day before his time 😊, much like email is used today. Also the pictures described as being in the '80's are actually from the '50's.
@@jWestdd Looks to me like, that was the owners room and he was the last fam member left, very old and frail. Had a home health aide or a loyal housekeeper who cared for him. That used to be a closet but they fitted it with a small tub so he wouldn't have so far to go to bathe. The shirt hanging on the old school potty chair was drying there beside the radiator, that's why it was so stiff. Also, the radiator being in the room at all, the man probably lost most of his fortune over the years, caring for kids, others, paying bills from savings in such a huge house, I imagine he could no longer heat the whole house so he stayed in that one room where there was a TV, radio, books, chairs, bed and bath. His meals would be either prepared in the cold kitchen or they had meals delivered and he ate in that room and everything. Then he passed and with no family, nobody cleaned out the house. It's all still the way it was the day he passed. It's so sad seeing someone's life just forgotten like this 💔
Right and when he calls 1995 old!!! Like what the hell???? What is he, 7?
Lisa Maynard He didn’t seem to know what a slide was. I thought I saw a mural on one of the walls but he didn’t pay any attention to it. He killed me when he said this must be a child’s room pointing at the “loveseat” and saying it was a small sofa. Too funny. Yes, He made the 80’s sound like the 20’s.
I love this guy's videos. HE always does, says or has errors. This time? He went overboard by far!!! Too many "simple errors" even to count...
Soo sad, this could have been so much better.
Your attention to detail and history is amazing. I'm glad not all young people are into the disposable mentality. This is an amazing find! I love the wedding and family photos. I would have been stuck there for hours just going through the albums.
Thank you so much!!! I could've stayed there for hours more!
I love how respectful y'all are when you explore all of these beautiful left behind dwellings once full of life. Sad to me that people could come inside these beautiful homes full of history and steal and vandalize. How some cannot connect emotionally to the forgotten past and not feel lucky to literally walk through and see so much history. I just don't get those type of people and find myself feeling sad for those that lack that connection.
All your videos HAVE TO MUCH "SELFIES" of your face instead of showing the houses.
Vloggers like that, Intro and Outro they work, otherwise the focus is on the houses not the person talking.
That's not fair. It's a common technique to show yourself experiencing the house. I had no problem with it.
I agree
@@CindymeCindy But it disrupts the flow and kills the vibe. He could show his face at the beginning of the video to explain things and again at the end of it if he wants, but for the entire 98% of the video should be about the content.
yes I quite agree, but he is not the only one doing that, almost ALL do this, may be they try to get famous and be movie stars, as if ....
Every time I think I’ve seen my favourite explore you throw an even better one into the mix! This one was outstanding. So much history and no destruction. It’s as if they genuinely got up and left never knowing they wouldn’t be returning. Great find 💋 xx
Breaks my heart to see such a beautiful place, furniture & the family memories go to waste, such an amazing find thanks for sharing.
If this mansion was abandoned in 1995, then ok, I'll buy that. But no way that whatever was in that bowl, had been sitting there since 95...
Makes you wonder what happened nearly 20ish years ago back during the 90s that made the family get up & leave it all. Photos, personal items and such. I would imagine that all the non personal items, like the computer and kitchen wear, would round up into a few millions of dollars.
Not surprising that thieves come and go. And even if the owners didn't have heirs to the house, surely the France government would have claimed it all and such.
The furniture and the plate sets were amazing. Must be so tempting but I agree that it is not right to take things. Maybe the people who left it don't care but it ruins the fun for subsequent photographers and explorers.
@@donkeyshow8543 but when you think about it, abandoned houses and such are like sunken ships filled with treasures. Its basically nature for thieves and such to grab what they can. Explores who go to ancient, abandoned temples and such are basically government hired thieves too. But since people don't see it like that, I can't in good conscience call the people who take items from abandoned places thieves, since to the common man and woman, these items were left to rot and lost to time.
That computer that you tried to turn on was probably left on, and failed over the years.
There's a hole in the phospher on the screen where the curser would normally be, and that's what leads me to believe that the computer had been left on.
Old computer forms the 70s computers were big as a room of spinning tap then they got smaller that's a little one like the 1st laptops I'm a computer tech so that's old little computer so slow pos
How do you know it was a royal families home. Too much time spent on your own faces and not enough on items seen.
"The average millionaire reads a hundred books a year?" Sorry, I'm not buying that.
I know, that would imply that Trump was well read and he is definitely NOT!
stfu loser
@joseph thomas not in the least snowflake ur triggered bc facts hurt
@joseph thomas i call you as i see it a pssie coming to someone else's aid that you don't know lmao spare me the spelling line I know ur type I spell curse word u report like a bit**
@joseph thomas only sad life is urs lmao defending ppl u don't know clown
Wear gloves and mask when ur vlogging because,I’d noticed u always tempted to touch anything and then scratch ur eyes...be careful.
Thank you! I'll def get some
Good point! Maybe why you got pinkeye, Steve! 🤣
Hence his pinkeye...
I too was disappointed by a lot of erroneous comments and missing a walkthrough, BUT you searched for the history and I'm impressed at the effort that went into that. Experience comes with time. I watch these videos because I love antiques, old houses and history and exploring new places that I can't get to on my own. And, I love your location choices!
Steve when you look at dish's please look at the maker on the back...thks
It would be nice if you educated yourself on the period of the place you are visiting and had some basic knowledge of history of the architecture and design...you are walking around just guessing and you are way off base on many of your comments and descriptions. Also if the family is "unknown" how do you know they were Royalty?....makes no sense. I gave you a thumbs up just for the fact that you are sharing this lovely place with the audience, but would appreciate it so much more if you were more educated about what you are showing us.....
Also: The room must be for little children because it has a little sofa and bright colors...
This dude is pretty dumb. Like potato like stupidity!
@@darryllmcclurg9429 He's just very young. I was thinking if he took an older person along a few times, they could tell him what some of the things that are no longer used are.
You have to be careful touching old newspapers oil from our skin could disintegrate the papers faster
Hi! I'm a library science student from Philippines. Your vlogs were veeeeery interesting, full of stories of history and remarkable adventure.
By the way, the Kodak you've found were slides for Slide Projector which are rare ones. I saw a bunch of books that were rare and old. For sure there were incredible titles there. It is just sad that the owners left them like that. The paintings, radio, TV, letters, and other stuffs there tell stories for sure. I hope the owners would preserved it or donate them in a library like British Library that for sure will take good care of it. It will serve as future references for the future. If the family really contributed something to their motherland, I think they deserve to be known and preserved thru their belongings. I hope they will collect it up again before other people will get it for their selfish and personal goals.
I really wish that they would protect those books.
Sorry for the long comment. Anyways, thank you for this one! ^^
I have a question. Has any of the past home owners ever contacted u guys if so did they ever mention why they abondoned their homes?
That would be interesting if they do. Or people who are old enough to have known the owners or even descendants of these original owners.
The one where they found a safe box with jewelry and passport inside contacted them
@@DaigoParry Nope! It was the explorers that contacted the owners. But google the reg nr on the cessna and you get anwer aboute the plane. The I (i) is the nr one 1. Not the letter.
Do more research into history and cultures. We want to see the rooms and furniture, less you. Think in terms of details and surprises for your viewers as you explore.
i agree,and so many others in the comments,but this is ladies and gentlmen,this modern generation is all narcisistic,and self centered,he must be in the video,even more than the house itself....
@@83kaszas Sooo right!
Obviously he did as little research as possible:
*A simple cut and paste from another explorer.*
This particular video was even offensive on the amount of misleading info he baked...
Mel Darnell i agree
Great Video. Amazing place you captured Steve
This is becoming more and more entertaining, as he keeps making uneducated assumptions about the world that came before him. People have been traveling around the world, for a very long time.
What will he say next?
I can't wait.
Even ancient Greeks travelled
Focus on the positive things.
agree
Wow..this one was fabulous from the beginning to the end ..the uniform on the bed and the hat I believe would have belonged to a high ranking Naval officer,which would fit in with Royals as it was mor acceptable than Army being safer..it has the air of the Marie Celeste where every one just vanished..it’s sad to see this beautiful home go to ruin when it could have been made into a museum or similar as people would love to visit it I am sure..Great video Steve looking forward to the next one 😀
I may be wrong about this, but I think on military uniforms the more stripes on it means higher rank. So I don't think it would be a general. Anyone who knows more, please correct me if that is not right.
gloria lyles no it’s not a high rank, there are only two stripes it’s quite in the middle of ranks, it’s most like admiral jacket, the pants were in the drawer, he didn’t notice.
@@Ateezwooyoung I know this is old but an admiral is the Navy's equivalent to a general so also not an admiral. I say he may have been a cruise ship captain
I love your videos!!! I'm a 57 year old with physical Disability, but when I was in my teens I guess you could call me an explorer and I went to a Mansion in the wealthy suburbs that was from the 1800's when a McCormick married a Rockefeller they married and he had this mansion built for her while they traveled the world.
She became pregnant and lost the baby after she went mentally ill and they never moved in. It was then bought by the mafia and later they were gone.
It had an elevator shaft that went to the pool that overlooked Lake Michigan, anyway it was just ruins when I'd go there but it was almost like walking in a romance novel and never knowing the ending that intrigued me.
Thank you for allowing me to walk into the mystical and romantic novel and I'll envision different endings.
Much Thanks,
LKiddell
When he said "another chill lounge" about the parlor/sitting room I cracked up!! Just imagine the looks one would get calling it that back during times the manor was built.🤣😂
I didn’t get to see the building until the very last. I find it more interesting if you walk the perimeter of the building and then go inside and look at the rooms.
I’m interested to see kitchen casserole and other baking utensils.😳
That estate is superb and almost no water damage. I LOVE the pictures, the way you photographed it restores the grandeur and glory of these rooms. That was a treat to look at and explore. It would have been nice to see a close up of the wedding album, wedding photos are always a classic. If you want something translated please take a good shot of the page or the document so it is clear and ledgible when we pause the video.
Hehe... that was not a microwave oven. And perhaps someone squatted the place, and was kicked out or left in sort of a hurry, to have left food on the table.
Steve, thank you so much for sharing all these abandoned gems with us, and for more importantly, being so incredibly respectful of all the places that you explore through. I can see how careful you are to not disturb these historic places. Thank you for that.
Awesome location, nice find. Those types of finds are hard to come by!
Yes, please stop commenting on what you think is going on! LOL "Probably less than 1% of people travelled back then.."
Finding a military hat does not mean anyone is a high ranking general... So much wrong with that statement.
Show more of the rooms and less of the photos and papers you find.
Y’all need to remember this is his perspective. He’s very young, he’s not going to see things like an older person would. We still enjoy the fact that we get to explore with him. Relax & enjoy the ride. He will get smarter as he grows up. Just like we did!😁😁
Be gentle with old books.
This is a pretty awesome explore. Thank you for sharing. That info on the house is very touching. The kids not wanting to sell the property etc. Everything looks in pretty good order there, not falling apart quite like many homes that I have seen all you guys exploring. Also sad that his books never got published, but the joy that he must have gotten from writing them was probably worth it all.
I think it’s sad to see abandoned homes untouched in years just left alone and I just wonder why did they leave where did they go why didn’t they pack anything and where are they now 😭
I know so many unanswered questions. Maybe they died and no family to sort out the house.
I think you should make an investigation and history of the family by asking their neighbors, and do some research in the historical society of that place.
Did you just say that those pictures on the mantle looked like they were from the ‘80’s?? For you to be as well travelled as you are,you seem very uneducated and I don’t mean this as a derogatory statement. I watch a lot of your vids and you continue to amaze me. Keep traveling and strive to learn as much as you can from each city and country. Your opportunities are far different from many. You are privileged and blessed to travel and see the things you have so please honor that and learn, learn, learn!
maybe he meant 1880s?
couldn't put better myself ,great job guys
I love your exploring videos Steve I dunno so many people come on here and leave nasty rude comments about your videos I think you and Josh do amazing work especially when you explore together.
“I feel this place may have a little electricity left.” What the hell does that mean? Like, ah, what’s left in the wires? You need to not think out loud.
What Country is this house in? The photos on the fireplace are more like early 1920's. This is one amazing time capsule. Thank you for documenting it and therefore preserving it's history /it's story. Maybe the occupants died and the property is in Probate. X
I have no idea why I said 1980s lmao
Happy you liked the video!
France
Love your channel! You have a lot of class that shows in your editing. Thanks for making this channel:)
Hilarious how the former occupants left pictures in windowsills, on beds, just everywhere. Even a military sailors cap on the bed and the matching jacket :)
This vlogger used to place baby carriages at the bottom of stairs. Still. it's nice to see the inside of these beautiful historical homes.
At 18.50min. These are slides not polaroids;)
Amazing! 22:30-46 Is that a toilet (with jacket hanged on it) near the window? And a tub in front of it with door and the other side is the sink with a tv in the middle of them? Interesting design! Truly amazing!
glad to read someone else noticed that too! it must of been an ordeal to use that tub! Dianne Ferry
I saw that tiny tub also and was surprised he didn’t even say anything about it. Such an odd setup.
I'm wondering if the en suite with the tiny tub, sink off in corner & toilet under a window wasn't added later. Would explain the odd set up & size of tub.
That is called a commode. Essentially a toilet that has just a tub that you clean up later. They are still used today for elderly and dying people. So amazing as it tells a whole story of who lived in that area of the house. Everything was set up for someone who could not mobilise well. I can imagine someone who lived there last days there quite possibly with a nurse attending to them.
Those negatives in white cardboard were called slides. You could have your film developed and slides made instead of paper photographs. They were viewed with a slide projector.
90% of the video is seeing you and your friends, almost the whole video is you filming your friends looking at pictures we didn't see. The whole house was maybe 8 minutes the rest is the explorers looking through stuff most we can't see.. moving on to a different explorer. Thumbs down for me.
i stumbled across this but am confused as to: How did you find this place? How were you allowed access like this?
Massive WOW for you Man! Im in love in that Mansion..
This makes me sad.... All the memories left to no one. This house is the very definition of history.
Good Morning #2 :) looking forward to this video
I don’t know now, but I’m the houses my family owned, we always had a breakfast room where we ate all the time, and a formal dinning room where we ate when we had people coming over ... and those house like many other you have shown with furniture in them are about the same formal and no so formal tables/rooms
the house is a dream, good video Steve. Amazing
I can't believe with ALL those letters, mail...etc. that was in that mansion, that you couldn't find any information on who lived there! Just because you do not know French, I would think that the more mail you found with the same name would have given you a clue as to who this family was! What a shame that somehow...the family seems to simply disappear, sometime in the 70's or sometime therein. The photos left behind is mysterious. One would think that the heirs of this family would have wanted to preserve this history. Very odd. I hope you continue to try and find who this family was, and what happened to them.
Amazing, this must be treated with respect and this place should be protected against people with other intentions, this is private property!
I'm sure that someone has already mentioned this and I don't have time to pour through the comments but I would advise that moving those photos and drawings away from the window would be helpful. The sunlight does ruin old photos very quickly. I think that they would be best served hidden underneath something dark.
No need to shove the person's belongings like that over a dead fly. Have respect for their belongings
oh shut the fk up winming clown
Those very small pictures are called slides and they can be viewed with a slide projector and show on screen.
Wow this is so awesome !!! 😭 Your videos are literally so cool and amazing I love them
Lauren neill VAV BTS unfortunately he is not doing some real research and doesn’t know anything about history.... not only of the house, I mean in general. I watched some of his videos and cringed so bad several times....
Your'e watching an exploring abandoned houses, that's pretty natural that they interested to see the picture's so they will know who previously lived on the house. So dont question them by looking at the pictures. It's so amazing what they are doing. Exploring and knowing the past by every piece of what they can see is very amazing thing
Stop being so rough with those books!
When I was a kid my father would have a " movie night ". We sat around the projector with a sheet on one wall for a screen and ate popcorn and he would load slide after slide of overseas trips and family vacations. It was awesome! The good old days!
Man you make our senses awake by this.
You showed a fancy chamber pot chair with a jacket over it AND when you opened a door, there was a spitz bath. If you take an older person with you a few times, they can tell you what some things are. The first computers filled a room, by the way.
I loved this one too !! But this could’ve been a two-parter it was so good & so much to see. I’d have liked to see China, silverware, clothes etc. you know “womeny” things. Thanks so much. I’ve seen a number of these videos but you’re my fav. 👍🏼