Recently, I traveled to eastern Indiana for non-exploring purposes but on the way home, I stopped at a couple spots I ran across along the way. The first was an old schoolhouse that looked interesting from the exterior but ended up just being storage for farm equipment. Further on down the road, I noticed the roof of a house through thick vegetation. Not sure what to expect, I walked through the high grass, bushes, and standing water from two days of rain. As we all know, abandoned houses can be hit-or-miss. This one was a hit. Stepping inside was like stepping back to the 80s. Although the house was quite a mess, everything was still there in some form or another. Throughout the house were many clues that allowed me to piece together who had lived there (a family with older and younger children and a dog). The only mystery is why they left.

1. The schoolhouse. The exterior was more exciting than the inside.


2. This is all that was visible of the house from the road.


3. It appears the house was last occupied in April 1995. It's hard to tell because the uploader messed with the picture but that folded over paper is a child's class schedule.


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5. Items on the kitchen counter. A bird lives in this room.


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14. I don't know what this is but it's creepy.


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19. The "clicker" as my grandpa called it when he saw the pictures.


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39. Pretty sure we had one of these when I was a kid.


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All things considered, of all abandoned houses I've been in, this one was my favorite. If it wasn't messy, moldy, kind of smelly, and infested with animal droppings, I would've been afraid it was still lived in by a family that refuses to acknowledge the 21st century. More often than not, the abandoned houses I find are fairly bare and despite sometimes being photogenic, aren't especially interesting. Places like this are the reason why I still wander into derelict houses, particularly rural ones.

We had a Lite-Brite too! (might still have it actually; not entirely sure. I guess they're worth quite a bit of money nowadays...)

All in all, nice photos! Thanks for sharing!

Posted by Jac Steel We had a Lite-Brite too! (might still have it actually; not entirely sure. I guess they're worth quite a bit of money nowadays...) All in all, nice photos! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! I don't know what happened to the one we had. Maybe my parents know where it is.

Nice find indeed. I found a house like that on my way to Hermann Mo last year.

I am thinking about a drive to Gary but more into the industrial properties. Any intel please let me known.

Posted by KD20 Places like this are the reason why I still wander into derelict houses, particularly rural ones.

<3 Me too. Thanks for sharing.

Post by ccsucher Nice find indeed. I found a house like that on my way to Hermann Mo last year. I am thinking about a drive to Gary but more into the industrial properties. Any intel please let me known.

Thank you. I don't know too much about Indiana and haven't been to Gary yet. My Indiana explores are typically limited to places I happen across en route to races.

Post by crows Posted by KD20 Places like this are the reason why I still wander into derelict houses, particularly rural ones. <3 Me too. Thanks for sharing.

It really is fun to find places like this that are full of clues we can use to piece together the history of the place and what eventually caused its abandonment. I'm hitting a few snags with this one, though. As I've researched, I've come across several things that have too many common denominators not to be related to this house and this family but the dates just don't add up.

Posted by ccsucher I am thinking about a drive to Gary but more into the industrial properties. Any intel please let me known.

You'll have a swell time! Pretty much everything is easily accessible. I'm not familiar with anything specifically industrial, though.

Holy crap, 8 track cassettes!

Also, am I the only one who whimpers and/or makes other audible signs of distress whenever they see a picture of a creepy doll?

Next time you're going out to Gary hit me up, I'm always down for a new adventure