Abandoned Houses

Creepy doesn't begin to describe them.

There’s something so eerie and breathtaking about the places that haven’t seen a human for longer than they can remember. Sadly, in our increasingly urbanized world, there are not many corners left like this.

When a house has been abandoned, Joyce Carol Oates writes, you can be sure there’s a sad story.

When we call a place home, instead of a house, we’re ascribing a sort of positive emotion to it. But on the flip side, a windowless, empty house can evoke melancholy, sad, and even spooky emotions as our brains wonder why the people left in the first place. Mortgage costs are boring, it must be ghosts.

Here's what Barstow looks like today. Prepare yourself - this is what a ghost town truly looks like.

When we call a place home, instead of a house, we’re ascribing a sort of positive emotion to it. But on the flip side, a windowless, empty house can evoke melancholy, sad, and even spooky emotions as our brains wonder why the people left in the first place. Mortgage costs are boring, it must be ghosts.

After 40 years people discovered an abandoned farmhouse in Long Island. See what it looks like inside.

This house is in a neighborhood with many abandoned properties. More on abandoned Detroit at www.theseekerbooks.com/detroit/neighborhoods.html