I passed by this house on my way home from a day of exploring.

The exterior of the house appealed to me, and so I turned around for photos. It was largely disappointing to see the windows and doors boarded up but the exterior architecture indicated that it might be worth a closer look.

I was able to step through a smashed window, and observe what looked like an office area. The interior was a let down compared to the exterior. Until… I found the staircase and the stain glass.Kids have opened cans of paint and strewn it about the floor where its tacky and plentiful. You don’t want to step into it.

This property is located in the City of London. The Sunningdale Road property will likely be demolished. It sits across the street from the property where the London Party Mansion used to be. The outdoor clothing closet by the front entrance features nice stain glass.

There’s a nice staircase leading to the second flood, and a hot tub with skylight.

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This house was a testimont to the care that went into designing a house in bygone eras. It had a nice fireplace, frosty windows, French doors, ironing board cabinet and an antique Singer sewing machine.

The house was located in Central Elgin, Ontario.

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This is a 4 bedroom 1850s century farmhouse located on Wonderland Road in the city of London. A Toronto company wants to demolish the property to make way for an 18-unit townhouse. The property was recommended for heritage designation which was approved. The townhouses will be built surrounding the farm house. This is a win for heritage preservation.

Located in a cul-de-sac, this house sits out of view from the more modern homes. It’s aged appearance might explain the “sold as is” disclaimer on the realty website.

The library used to have police crime scene tape and what is said to be droplets of blood. I don’t know the backstory on this. There;s no information available on any incidents at this house.

The highlight would be the library and its extensive collection of books. Perhaps a return trip is warranted for a closer examination of what else lies inside. These photos were taken as the sun was setting so as time went on, it became darker inside the house. For this reason there are limited photos.

This house sits along a quiet back road in Grey County. It’s partially collapsed. There are holes in the floor and care should be taken when walking on it.

Inside, you’ll discover a trove of artist’s paintings, primarily nude art. We rounded up the scattered paintings, which included both men and women. They were scattered in various corners of the house. I wasn’t able to find the artist’s name.

There was very little else to find in the house and it appeared that the house had been vacant for at least a decade.

Last I’d heard, the house was allegedly demolished. The fate of the paintings is… unknown.

This house is down the road from where the owner works. Rather than risk being caught, we talked over to ask him if we could look around. He agreed that we could. So while one of us was in view of him taking exteriors, the rest of us were taking interiors. Technically we were looking around.

This house would have been beautiful back in it’s prime with its large bay windows, molding and fine staircase.

At times there can be a lot of bee activity here, so do be careful if you take photographs.

Assorted abandoned locations from beautiful Manitoulin Island

This abandoned rural farm house is called House of Dangers. It’s name stems from the open well hidden in the grass. On September 9, 1938, a twenty-five year old Second Leutenient American army pilot named James Breathitt died on the property. Breathitt was flying a P-35 Pursuit plane. the cause of the crash was said to be bad weather.

The house once belonged to the Eddie family and is located beside the Eddie cemetery. William Eddie settled here after arriving from Scotland in 1834. The cemetery was established in 1845. The first burial was Alex McBean in 1847, the brother in-law of Mr. William Eddie.

2022 Update: This has now been demolished.

This was the home of Helen Dickie of London. Helen was a fan of horses and rode them well in to her 80’s.

When she passed away on May 8, 2013, a developer purchased her estate. The house was still in a somewhat semi-preserved state when we visited it. (Thanks Talker for the find)

It had been cleared out somewhat but still had a time capsule appeal to it. There were 1930s and 1940s periodicals and newspapers, old china, and an old floor stereo unit.

The hydro company arrived while an explorer was inside, to cut off the power. As a result, the sump pump no longer operated. Within days the basement was beginning to fill with water. By a few weeks later, it would be several inches high.

In January of 2015 the City of London boarded up the doors. The house was demolished in October of 2015.