Terry Wilson

Abandoned House Forgotten In The Woods

admin — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:04:53 +0000

Sitting in the middle of a wooded area, this old creepy house has no information available about it or its former owners. Leaving it a mystery. The once beautiful home appears to have been abandoned for a very long time. There a lot of decay, vandalism, and a few strange surprises!

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Abandoned Train Collectors House

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:49:34 +0000

This house was another great reminder of not judging a book by it’s cover! It has been on my list of locations to check out for quite some time but I had it as a low priority. The exterior was severely run down, it looked like it was empty and overall it was pretty small. It did not look like something that I would get excited about.

On this night I was in the area and figured that I might as well check while I was. A point of entry was wide open (without any footprints in the week old snow) so this added to my assumption of the house not being very exciting. My assumption was proven extremely wrong as soon as I stepped inside. There was a vintage Philips radio in the first room of the basement and then the second room was completely full with a massive and fully intact toy train set. From there it just got more and more interesting!

There is very little information available about this house, but I did find a city planning video. Where the development company had its request to develop the land approved. In the approval a city employee stated that this development was long overdue so the property would fit in with the new developments surrounding it.

Thankfully we get to explore it and check out all of the really cool stuff left behind before it is gone forever.

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Abandoned 130 Year Old Heritage Home

admin — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:01:09 +0000

Built in 1890 by a Dutch family who helped found the Toronto suburb where the house sits. This irregular styled Queen Anne Victorian home received heritage protection in 2012.

After 2012, the numbered corporation who owns the property allowed it to sit abandoned and decaying. By the year 2020 the corporation applied to remove the protections and demolish all the buildings on the property.

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Abandoned Mystery House With Everything Left Behind

admin — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:54:02 +0000

This abandoned Victorian era house sits in an area of farm land that is being overtaken by subdivisions. There is no information available about the house or its owners past that it was listed as vacant by the city in 2012 and I found Irish family names on items in the home. Leaving this house a completely mystery, a complete mystery with everything left behind.

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Abandoned 200 Year Old Stone House

admin — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 17:16:01 +0000

Built in 1831 this side gable style house has been home to several families in the last 2 century’s. In 2011 it was attempted to lease the home, it was described as a “Quant & Charming Stone House In English Country Garden Setting. Circa 1831, Many Interior Finishes Original, Decor Truly Sympathetic To The Era”. No one moved in and the house has sat abandoned and decaying since.

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Abandoned Mechanics House And Shop

admin — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:19:24 +0000

This quaint house that sits on a very busy road, was once home to a mechanic. Who also ran his small business on the land, an auto shop that had 3 employees.

I have been unable to find any information about the buildings themselves. When they were built or when and why they were abandoned. The most recent date on anything inside of the house is a newspaper from 2007.

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Christmas Tree Of Hope And Ferris Wheel In Gore Park 2021

admin — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:16:51 +0000

The annual Christmas Tree of Hope was founded in 1976 and has become a downtown Hamilton tradition. The tree along with the Ferris wheel in the park, makes for some great opportunities for long exposure photos! This set is from my first visit to the 2021 edition, there will be more to come!

Abandoned Sheriff’s House

admin — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 19:02:04 +0000

I truly love random finds like this house! When I first went by it, all that could be seen through the heavily overgrown property was one of the peaks of the roof. Walking up the driveway the house became more and more visible and I started to get excited! An old Victorian era house that had fallen into decay.

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The excitement was more than warranted. This history this house holds is amazing!

Built in 1870 this once gorgeous house was home to a prominent settler in the region. A man who not only farmed his land, but was also elected as a councilman for the township and then also elected as sherrif for the county.

Shortly after his death in the 1890s, his family that included 10 children. Sold the homestead and during the next century was home to 5 more families.

In 2006 the house and property was purchased by a numbered corporation and despite being identified as being identified as having high cultural heritage value. Has sat abandoned and decaying for nearly 20 years.

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Despite the large amount of decay and vandalism, the interior of the house is still beautiful!

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This was an incredible explore! And you can check out the video of it here:

First Snowfall Of The Year

admin — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:10:41 +0000

I have been impatiently waiting for snowfall since the beginning of November and we finally got it! Yes I am one of the few that looks forward to the winter months lol. There is nothing better in my mind that some challenging winter hikes!

This hike was not a challenging one, rather a beautiful one. Cootes Paradise is a nature reserve in the west end of Hamilton Ont. and is a perfect spot to highlight the beauty of nature.

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Abandoned Vintage House

admin — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 16:30:55 +0000

Before getting into the information about this incredible home, I want to share my backstory of how things almost went terribly wrong for me at this location.

I found this house in the winter of 2019, but the house was fully sealed up when I visited. I left the location as one to keep a close eye on because I completely fell in love with the exterior of the house.

My second trip was where it went bad. I went on a nice spring afternoon, but within minutes of stepping foot on the property a car pulled into the driveway. I quickly left, even though the person in the car didn’t get out and seemed to have no interest in me. Thinking it could just be a coincidence, I went back that night and again within minutes of being on the property multiple cars pulled into the driveway. I watched from the bushes as nearly a dozen people with flashlights and dogs inspected the house and searched the land around it. I made my way out to the road and a car slowly drove behind me as I walked to a nearby subdivision.

The property clearly had motion censors, trail cams or other security features. But these were not security guards or police that arrived. Leading me to believe that there was something going on at the house that I didn’t want to tangle with. And despite loving the exterior. This was one I would sadly never return to.

Until another explorer posted a video on Tik Tok of the exterior and interior of the house this week. I spoke to them and after being told they had no issues, I knew the time to go is now!

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With an estimated build date between the 1830s and 1900. This was one of the first houses in what was a small agricultural town. A town this now a growing city.

Purchased in the 1970s by a young couple, they raised a large family in the home and lived here until a few years ago. The husband passed away and then only a year later his wife also passed. The city they annexed the property for the building of a new community in the near future

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