This is the Mansion of Dr. Howard Heisenberg, a place that holds the secrets
of a life lived to the fullest. Dr. Heisenberg was an accomplished doctor,
known for his groundbreaking research in the field of medicine. He graduated from the
prestigious Harvard School of Medicine in 1962 and went on to become one of the
most respected physicians in the USA. Dr. Heisenberg lived in this grand mansion with
his beloved wife and three children for the majority of his life. They were a happy family,
spending their days surrounded by beautiful antiques, rare books, and priceless works of
art. But after Dr. Heisenberg passed away, everything was left behind. Their place became a
time capsule of a forgotten life, frozen in time. As we step inside, we can see the remnants
of a life well-lived. The rooms are filled with vintage medical equipment, antique
furniture, and family photos. It's as if the Heisenberg family just stepped out
for a moment and left everything as it was. The mansion remains an important landmark
that reflects the life of Dr. Heisenberg and his family. It serves as a testimony to
the achievements of a man who dedicated his life to medicine and to the importance
of pursuing knowledge and excellence. Embark on this journey with us
as we explore the secrets of their abandoned mansion and discover
the legacy of Dr. Howard Heisenberg. [Music] Welcome back, everybody, to another
episode on the Bros of Decay. I'm Leslie, and today I'm going to show you
a fascinating home in the United States. I actually shouldn't say "home" because this is a
mansion, and it's estimated to be worth around $3.2 million. It used to belong to Mr. Howard
and his family. Mr. Howard was a medical expert, a doctor, a surgeon, and he was very well-renowned
in the medical field. He has multiple awards that you see there on the walls, gathered over
the years that he was a medical expert. Today, I'm going to take you throughout his home,
show you everything that's left in here. He left all his memories behind when he passed away in
the year 2015. His wife also used to live here, but she later moved to a nursing home. It's now
been abandoned for seven years. The children, they don't seem to care about anything that's
left in here, and it's just withering away. The properties around here that also used to be
abandoned have been demolished, and this one is on the list to be demolished very soon. So, I'm happy
that we made it on time to document this historic place that he bought in the year 1960 and where
he lived all his life, together with his family. Oh, it's so beautiful to be sitting here
in the most important room of this house, where he did all his work, where he studied, where
he prepared his lectures. And from here on out, I'm going to start this episode. I'm going
to take you on a grand tour throughout this beautiful property. I'm so excited for
this one, so let's start this documentary. Let's start off our documentary here in this
wonderful room that I was just sitting in. And the first thing you see when you enter
into this room is actually pretty devastating. So, after he passed away, the word got out that
his house was abandoned, and people came in here, scavenging through his memories and through
his valuables that he left behind, just to find valuable items to steal. In the process, they
completely ransacked this office, going through all his documents just to find some valuables that
they could resell. Sometimes, people are horrible; they have no soul, as it seems, just
for a few dollars that they could make. All the documents from his patients are still
lying on the ground. You can see there are a lot of receipts lying here, probably medical expenses
that people had to pay and bills that he sent out. Wow, these shelves would have
most likely been all full of books back in the time, but they are
completely empty right now. We even have this painting standing
here with a hole in the bottom. One of the vandals probably broke this, put
it down here. There's no signature on there, so it's most likely not valuable, but it's
a wonderful painting of these flowers. I really love it, and I would have loved
to have it as decoration in my home, but that's not exploring for me. Exploring is
leaving everything that you find behind forever. Here, we also have some sort of award. It
seems the President of the United States sent this man an award from the Army of the United
States. Wow, this is an award for Mr. Howard. Over here, we have a picture of him
together with his wife in his younger days. You can see them with their newborn child. I found a treatment for cold
injury prevention from 1963. Mr. Howard got his degree in medicine in 1962.
Before that time, he used to be in the war; he used to be in the Army and had fought
in wars. But he changed his life around. Not that being in the war is bad, but he changed
his life around to become a doctor at some point. Maybe we can see a picture of him as well, nicely
dressed up, and this is his wife next to him. There's a beautiful lamp standing here. More degrees on the walls, even unopened letters,
and this one is from the police department. Maybe he did something wrong, maybe a speeding
ticket of some sort. Is this President Kennedy? Yeah, I'm pretty sure about that. He was
a pretty proud man of his country as well. And then, this desk where he conducted all his
work from, a wonderful desk. Even a picture of him still lying on top of there from the
time when he was still in the Army, a pretty young man at that point.
He grew to the age of 86 years old. So, he was born just post World War II. The
typewriter where he wrote all his letters on that he sent to his clients. Even one of the letters
that he ever wrote is still lying next to it. It's such a sad sight to see all of this left
behind, and that upholstery chair where he used to sit in. I can still see Mr. Howard sitting
here at his desk, typing away. If you imagine the pictures that we just saw, you can imagine
the person still sitting here and working. I must say, I'm totally in love
with this display over here. There are fourteen awards standing here
in this cabinet, in this display cabinet, all different medicine awards ranging from 1963,
as in 1962 when he got his first medical degree, until 1994 when he got his degree for being a
surgeon. This is definitely not Mr. Howard, but a wonderful, ancient picture of
a young boy, nicely dressed up. And then, to the side of the room here, we
have this sort of sitting area. Maybe when patients came in, they could sit over here and
talk to Mr. Howard and explain their case. I'm not sure if he would welcome patients into his
house; maybe it was just for doing business. Wonderful curtains over here as well. I love
the flower design that they have on them. And then, the chairs underneath
here are also pretty fascinating. A wonderful table is standing here,
with a newspaper still on there from 1965, just three years
after he got his medical degree. I love the clock face as well that we have
above here. "Regulator" it says on there, a beautiful clock face with the lamp underneath.
Oh, I already love this room. Going through here, seeing the history and seeing all the things
that are left in here is just fascinating to me. That brings us further into the next part
of the household, and as you can see, this actually used to be the living area of
the people where his wife, Mr. Howard, and the children used to relax in the evening after work
was done and they just had some time together. First off, let me show you this again:
this is the ravaging that went on in here. People threw everything on the
ground just in search of valuables. But I must say, there are some wonderful
things left behind beneath the rubble here. For example, this cabinet, this drawer
that we can see here in front of us. I love it. It has some sort of gold
plating on there, and the design on it is just wonderful. Let's see if I can
still open it up. There's, unfortunately, nothing in there anymore, but wow, what
a beautiful drawer we have over here. And up on top of there, we have a few items.
This is from the university that he attended. Even a random picture is still here. Oh, and this is just so beautiful to see,
beautiful and devastating at the same time. This is his wife with their newborn child, and all
these beautiful memories are still left in this household. Here, the child already grew a little
bit older; he's holding the car keys as if they were going out. Let me see if there's a date on
there. It doesn't seem to be a date. This is just wonderful and devastating at the same time, seeing
how these memories are still left in this place. Here, we have a cartoon of them. This
is Mr. Howard and his wife. "Here's a wild and crazy guy. Rob the head for luck. Eat
your heart up." Oh, that's wonderful to see, all these cartoons that they made of them.
"We are having a great time," it says on there. This is probably their wedding picture.
"Do you believe in love at first sight? Oh, I love this. Where have you been
all my life? Am I a fox or what?" This is probably a present that they
got when they got married to each other. Their friends probably put this all together, made
this beautiful memory for them back in that time. It's a very, very old album, maybe already
even 50 years old, because they probably got married around 25-30 years old, and Mr. Howard
grew to 86 years old, maybe even 60 years old. There's also this picture of this child lying
here on the ground, in between all the rubble, and even a Christmas card still framed and
left lying around on the ground. Insane. And then we have the living room itself,
with all the display cabinets to the side. You can see all the items that were once in
there have already been stolen by thieves, but the main furnishings of the
living area are all still left here. For example, there's a wonderful couch here in the
middle of the room where they would sit together, a very big living room table, I would
say. And on there, we have multiple more pictures and memories of the family that
once used to live in this wonderful household. This is their grandmother, wow, holding the
child who's not very old in there. The child... I think some of these pictures might have even
been taken inside of this home. "The Lord is my shepherd," it says on here. Wonderful,
really. Oh, and this is a beautiful picture; this is actually on the front porch of the house.
You can see the swimming pool in the back there. Here's another one of them sitting
together with their poodle. Oh! These pictures are all taken
inside of this household. They're a little bit stuck together, I must say. It's wonderful to see all of this,
again, and devastating at the same time. The couch itself, where they would enjoy their
evenings together, is now surrounded by peeling paint and wallpaper. You can see the deterioration
taking place, only after seven years in this place already. The ceiling is going down, the wallpaper
is peeling off. It's just crazy. Like every single time I come to a house in the United States,
I'm just perplexed to see how fast these houses deteriorate because where I come from, in Europe,
every single house has been built of stone, and that lasts for hundreds, even thousands
of years. I once filmed a castle from 960, and this place is still in perfect condition.
But only here, after seven years of abandonment, the wallpaper is peeling off, parts of the ceiling
are falling out, and it's just crazy to see. I don't think they will renovate this
house; I think they will just demolish it. You have another picture of a
woman sitting on a couch over here. Oh, I also love these crystal glasses and the
crystal lamps that we have on the side here. They're very fascinating as well. A
walking aid is still standing here as well, maybe for when Mr. Howard and
his wife got older and needed it. Have a look at these curtains;
aren't they just fascinating? And then the chandelier in front of them, wow! And
then, right next to the couch, we have this table over here with many more memories left behind.
We can see Mr. Howard and his wife here together, and here he is at an older age, together with a
lady, a younger lady. I don't know who she is, but they are standing in front of the house, and back
then, it was not overgrown yet, like it is now. I also love these memories that are left behind
here. You can see Mr. Howard and his wife, and the love that they made it into some sort of
a cartoon. "Now, this is what I call a party!" We see somebody dreaming here. "Why is everybody
looking at me?" I love this, how they did it, and these are just such fond memories, and
they have all been left behind over here. Oh, and I forgot to mention the
wheelchair over here as well. So they were pretty disabled, as you can say, or
in pretty bad shape at the end of their lives. Oh, and then we can move on through these
glass doors into the hallway of the place where the people were let in, where
the guests came into the house, where they also entered into their wonderful
place. I love the display cabinet that they had here in the corner, probably filled with
ornaments and artifacts back in the time, but now completely empty, with the wallpaper
around it completely peeling off the walls. There's also a lot of clothing left here on the
ground, as you can see, some baby pictures around it. Nothing on these, unfortunately, but here we
can see some female clothing lying on the ground: some dresses, a yellow pair of pants. Wow,
this has never been worn before. Even the price tag is still on there. They bought it
but never were able to wear this clothing. Still, the whole cabinet over here in the hallway,
the whole closet here in the hallway, is still completely filled with clothing of hers. All her
dresses are still here, hanging here for eternity. Some mirrors on the ground, some beautiful
mirrors. I love the crystal design that they have around them, but unfortunately, again, somebody
has spray-painted an X on them just to destroy them. That's so sad to see. Oh, the crystalline
flowers on them, isn't that just wonderful? And this over here was the main entrance door to come
into the house, such a huge door, a beautiful wooden door that would enter into their beautiful
property. Over there, we can see that used to be the dining area; we're going to venture into
that in a second. And then we have the stairway, the grand stairway that will lead you upstairs to
the bedrooms over here. A wonderful piece as well, but it has been completely broken, and you can
see that they already started renovation works at some point in this place, but they stopped.
They ripped out parts of the walls and probably were trying to renovate this place in some way
but never finished the job. There are even random pictures lying here on the ground that really
show you that this used to be a doctor's mansion. Oh, this is also such a beautiful mirror that
we have here, standing against this closet, still wrapped in bubble foil, waiting to
be transported somewhere but now waiting here for a new home until eternity.
So sad to see. But now, everybody, let's wander into this fascinating room that we
have here in front of us: the formal dining area where friends and family would be invited
to have dinners together, where probably Mr. Howard and his family also used to have
dinners at some point. Ah, a big pile of rubble here in the corner as well. Let's have a
look at that. Still, even more pictures lying here between the rubble. Oh, so sad to
see yet again. Oh, here's that same poodle that we saw in the other room. And this is a
very funny picture; here we can see his wife sitting on the toilet in one of the bathrooms
upstairs that I'm going to show you later. They were having a party over here in the house.
Wow, so many fond memories still left here. And this is the booklet from their
wedding. It says over here, "Our Wedding." Oh my God, Sheila was his wife;
okay, that's her name, Sheila, and then Howard. They married in 1959 on
the 23rd of August at 8 pm on a Sunday. And here, we can see all their wedding pictures
that they once made. What a beautiful bride! They were such a nice couple together,
all the bridesmaids around her. Oh, I want to see the groom as well,
I want to see Howard. At the altar, here she was going towards the altar, and
here they gave each other their first kiss. Why would anybody leave a book like that
inside of this house? That's just stupid. Let's go further throughout this
room. I love the wallpaper as well, with the flowers and the birds
on there. It even represents the same design as the overhead curtains or
the overhead cap of the window up here. And then have a look at the room itself. Isn't
this just a fascinating room that we have in front of us? The big table with eight chairs around
it, where dinner parties used to be hosted, where great memories were shared, and
beautiful conversations were held. If the walls in this room could talk, they
would tell endless stories. I also really love the chandelier that they have here above
this dinner table, a fascinating piece still hanging here. And there are still some things
displayed on the table as well, some coffee cups, some liquors that they used to drink. This bottle
of Bristol Cream is still completely filled. And here, the turkey would be served. Sheila
would serve the turkey for the guests. Everything just left here. We have another
wonderful display cabinet to this side. All her best china would be displayed in this one,
very valuable items. You can even see they have display lights worked into the ceiling of this
cabinet, just to give it some extra prestige. There's an Asian design, an Asian
Japanese design, on this cabinet. And then, at the end of the
room, we have this drawer set up. It's also very wonderful, also a
very beautiful piece of furniture. Wonderful. Let's see if there's something still
in the drawers. Nothing left anymore, but wow, they slide perfectly still. All the cutlery would
be in here, all the beautiful silver cutlery that they used to have. I love this basket over here
as well; it looks like a picnic basket that they would take out into the park, a little
nice bottle of wine, some bouquets in there, and then off to the park to enjoy a picnic.
A picture of a child over here as well, some liquor bottles with one of those wonderful
mirrors, with these wonderful crafted mirrors also here on top of this cabinet,
a fake flower in front of it. Wow, okay, and then we go to this door
to the next room of this place. Oh, this is a collapsing door. Oh, that's
funny, I've not encountered that much in abandoned houses. I think only once
or twice I saw a door like this. Okay, there's some sort of a sitting area, and
then, ah yes, over here we have the kitchen of the place. And this would be the informal kitchen,
where they had breakfast and dinner when no guests came over or stuff like that. Then they would
have their dinners over here. It's still a very fancy place, with the windows in the back there,
looking really cool overlooking the backyard and the mountainside that they had behind this house
because this is in a pretty mountainous area. The chandelier that once hung from the
ceiling is lying here on top of the table. This would also be a table for six people, even
though there would only be four people living in this house. Sheila, Howard, and their
two sons would be living in this place, and they have another lantern hanging
here on this side of the wall. Then there are also these built-in
cabinets we have here to the side, and then the kitchen itself, where
some appliances would be standing. Oh, I'm curious about this item. What's
this? I've never seen that before. Oh my God, is that a built-in toaster
for four slices of bread? So every person in this place could easily
make their own bread in the morning. Wow! Cabinets are empty, unfortunately.
Here the fridge would be standing. And have a look at these glass panels or these
glass windows that they had in this place as well. They're also very beautiful. Oh, and
these stoves! They are so intriguing. I love how they are designed,
they look very 60s or 70s. And then a very big, grand kitchen as well over
here. These cabinets are so low; there's no space left between them anymore.
A stove to this side, what a beautiful
place, everybody. I am absolutely in love. Let's see what more we can find by wandering
through this property. That room, we'll save for a little bit later, but let's first go to
this side. We have a chandelier here again, hanging in this small hallway. There's
again a lot of rubble on the ground. Okay, what would be stored in
here? I have absolutely no clue why they would put this mesh in front of it. Haha, that still wrinkles! I love it. This door
seems to be completely locked; there's also no door handle anymore in here. I can't seem to open
it anymore, so we can look at it from the balcony. Okay, I'd love to do that. Excuse me. And this
woodwork on the walls is also very intriguing; I love that. Here, we end up in the bathroom. Ah
yes, a very small bathroom with these pink sinks, gold-plated faucets, and
Japanese designs as wallpaper. So, it is boarded up, pretty
interesting. I'm not going to show you the toilet because
that's disgusting. Wonderful. Then we have one more room to this... Oh, this
is such an intact room! Have a look at that, probably one of the children's rooms.
We see a very small bed over here, still made, the pillow still on there,
the bed sheets still in good shape. I love the frame of the bed as well,
beautifully white, lovely shape. Such a beautiful bed as well, the pillows are
still lying here. I wouldn't even fit in this bed; I'm almost six feet, and this bed is probably
five feet five or something like that. For people who use the metric system, I'm one meter 80, and
this bed is probably one meter 60 or one meter 70. And they also had a desk in here, so the child
could do their homework. They even have a picture standing over here of this young lady.
Okay, to my knowledge, they only had two boys, but I have seen a lot of pictures of young
girls in this place as well, so most likely they might have had a third child. You can see
another baby picture lying here, some flowers with a mirror above it. Hi, everybody! What a
fascinating place! I love this room; I really do. Also, the attention to detail throughout this
house is fascinating. You can see over here; you don't even see the light switch anymore
because they perfectly covered it with wallpaper. You only see the knob of the light switch.
On this side, they have it as well. Very good job they did in this
one. Back through the hallway, let's have a look, and then we end up in
this room. Yes, some sort of a sitting area overlooking the terrace and the backyard of
this place with the fireplace to the right of it. Wow, this is sort of a room where
they would sit in the evening, as well as the living room. This would
just be a room for the summer as well, where they could open the doors, enjoy a nice
breeze coming into the house, maybe also enjoy the fireplace, and overlook the backyard when
it's snowing outside, just like it did today. Lots of paperwork and books also left over here,
and I think this is some sort of an artwork that the children might have made in school. "Flyer
Galaxy Airways," that's pretty interesting. Open fireplace here at the end of the room,
must have been wonderful when it was lit. Such a nice and cozy atmosphere
would glow throughout this house. The bucket where all the wood was stored, and then this table here in the
middle is also pretty fascinating. And they even had this bar area
here at the end of the room where cocktails were served when guests came over. Rusted lanterns above there, bottles of liquor still left here.
Scotch whiskey, if you look behind here. This is funny. I'm sorry, Dr. Hersberry won't
be seeing patients anymore; he's on vacation permanently. Probably when Mr. Howard went
on pension, this is his surname, Herzberg, went on pension, they gave him this cartoon. Oh,
this is so interesting. I really adore this. Wow! He's on vacation permanently;
that's so fascinating. The drawer back there, the artworks and
everything, are just immensely beautiful. And then, everybody, let me give
you an overlook of the porch. It's completely dilapidated, but now overtaken by
nature. Trees and roots are growing everywhere, and this porch is completely falling apart.
The wooden pillars that you see over there are falling into disrepair. I don't even
think that this property is fixable anymore. It's ripe for demolishment, and I think
that's what they're going to do with it in a couple of months or two years from now.
Their barbecue is still standing here outside, where they used to grill on and
used to make beautiful meats. And even a vacuum cleaner is standing here
outside, a Hoover. This is a typical American brand; we don't have it over in Europe. A very
unique shape for a vacuum cleaner as well. I totally love the backyard of this place and
the porch as well. It must have been such a wonderful place for them to sit outside and enjoy
their family and the time they spent together. I'm now going to take you all upstairs and show
you the upper floors of this household. Here, I told you before, I think somebody was,
or they were trying to restore this place, and they broke the stairway in the process. That
used to be up here, the railing of the stairway. Even to the side here, you can look into the
bedrooms that once were part of this household. You can see the exposed wooden panels on here with
the graffiti, with the vandal sprayed on there. I'm so surprised that some rooms of this place
are so pristine still, and some rooms are so broken and in disrepair. This must have
been a wonderful hallway back in the time with this wallpaper. They definitely were
in love with Japanese art, as you can see. Here, the railing of the stairway
would be back in that time. And then they had this insanely beautiful gold-plated chandelier hanging above the stairway.
I just can't imagine how this must have looked like when it was in pristine condition and
they still lived here, only seven years ago. And here we have the first bathroom, and this
is the one that I showed you with the picture of the woman sitting on the toilet over there.
This is the exact same bathroom. Wow, I love the style of this one, how it's so complementary
with the toilet over there, all in the same color. Now we have the sink to this side, and yet again,
you can see the attention to detail throughout this house. They completely wrap this in the
same style of wallpaper that we have over here, so beautifully done. Even the symmetry on there,
it completely lines up with the upper wallpaper. Let's first go to the left here; let's check
out what we have left on this upper floor. Oh well, we have another bathroom to
this side. Wow, and this is in a red kind of theme. The shower over here as
well, you can see somebody in this house, I think it was Sheila because she lived here the
longest, was already in a bad state of mobility. She had to sit down in her shower; she had to
have all these aids throughout the household. The chandelier over there as well, oh, so much attention to detail throughout
this house, it's just wonderful to see. How much of this wallpaper has
fallen on the ground, Jesus Christ. And here we come into what used to be, at some
point, her bedroom in this place, but now has been completely overthrown. You can see the jewelry
boxes over here lying on the ground; they probably pulled them all out of the drawers, looking if
there were any jewelry left in this place. More graffiti everywhere, unfortunately. Look at this
wonderful furniture that's still in this place. These lamps and everything are going to waste. I love the suitcase as well
that we have over there. And over here, on top of this drawer,
we have multiple pictures left from when the house was still
in a very pristine condition. You can see this was the kitchen that we were just
inside; here they were on a vacation together. So many pictures and artifacts of the
family at one point in this place. It actually doesn't seem to be like
the same house as we are in right now. And this one as well, these are all different.
Oh, these are all from different houses. It's also not the kitchen that we were in just a minute
ago, but this is definitely the family. This is one of the two boys that used to live in this
place. Again, another Japanese antique cabinet over here. I love the design
that we have on this one as well. Okay, let's go further. Let's
go further, everybody. We have a completely overthrown room
to the side, completely overthrown. And then, one more room on this side as
well, and I think this used to be the master bedroom of the place where Sheila
and Howard slept and lived together. The wallpaper on the ceiling has completely
peeled off over time, but I love that the bed is still made after all this time, and the
colorful bedsheet on there, it's just wonderful. Beautiful wooden bed as well. Let's see what's
in here – there's nothing in here, unfortunately. I have to watch out and not step on
the mirror that's lying on the ground beside the bed. Oh, and in the cabinet, you
can see one dress of Sheila still hanging. A last ring that she wore herself, still standing here on the nightstand
with some contents still in there. And then, have a look at this cabinet
that we are seeing here in front of us. This design is probably the most
intriguing that I've ever seen. Look at all the details and the carvings – every
single piece is beautifully carved. It's just wonderful. Let's see if there's something still in
there – no, it's completely empty, unfortunately. The curtains, as well in this
room, are all just so fascinating. From the hallway, we can go straight
into the basement over here, with a stairway leading us down into the
serene space of the household. It looks like we're going into a dungeon, looking at the
lamp that's hanging here on the wall. Okay. Here we are, entering into the basement of
the household. It's like a storage area, maybe for some wine bottles or just a
pantry for some food and stuff like that. A lot of the wall design with all the
wood in this house is very special. Let's first go to the right here. Oh, look at
that – we have a piano right in front of us. What kind of room are we entering into? Oh my God, this looks like some sort of a man cave that we
just entered into. That's so interesting. Wow, a chill space, I would say – a man cave
of some sort or maybe a playroom as well. I love the piano that we have in front of us here.
The decay on it is very present, as you can see. Oh, I just touched it; I shouldn't have touched
it because I made a mark on it that I didn't want to do. But look at that beautiful piece.
Does it still play? I'm so curious. No, no, what would you expect? It's not playing anymore;
that's very normal after such a period of decay. Actually, only seven years,
so it's very fast. But yeah, one of the presidents – unfortunately, I can't
name him, but you have to excuse me because I'm European. I don't know every single
president of the United States, of course. Trick pony, what? I love the shape, design, and
everything about this piano, and now we have this wooden calf lamp
standing here – a wonderful piece. The drum down below here, oh! There are spiderwebs covering this book;
nothing really interesting in there. It's Pioneer from 1958 – this
book is from a very old book. And then, here in the middle,
they had this sort of sitting area with the couches all around it. They
probably could chill in the evening, sit together, as there's even a television
worked into the frame of this cabinet. Lots of magazines about art pieces, I can see
from Cork laying over there on art pieces. I love these couches as well. Let's have a
look if there's anything in these cabinets. All seem to be empty; all seem to be emptied out.
So, I'm not sure why they took all the valuables, maybe the thieves did this, but not the pictures.
This picture of the cats playing a game of poker together, or a game of cards. And here's somebody
who won a lot of trophies. See the basketball, and more. Oh, accordion playing! Oh, it's for
playing the accordion. And I still remember these devices – it's like a little movie theater
when you look through it into the light. Different pictures will be displayed in front of your eyes.
Some people might know them, some people don't. Even a plant is standing there
in the corner of the room, and all this wallpaper that used to hang on
the walls is now coming down onto the floors. This place and the furnishings used to
have a lantern in this room as well. And then we have this one last room
here at the end, and they made it into a beautiful bar, as you can see. All
the liquors are still standing here, unopened bottles of wine from 1978,
product of Italy, it says on there. That's so beautiful to see, all the
spider webs around the bottles, and even this painting that's hanging on the walls,
completely chipping apart and falling apart. And the lanterns above the bar here –
this is such a beautiful place, everybody. And the table where they could sit, have
some drinks together in the evening. Even though this house is so expensive,
3.2 million dollars, these people just couldn't take it with them.
That's just the way of life. It's so sad to see they've spent so much money
and effort making this place, and at the end, it just gets abandoned and lost forever. And
yeah, I'm just not sure why anybody should spend so much money on a house. Don't get me
wrong, I think it's very beautiful, but I would rather spend my money on experiences that I
will hold in my mind forever, instead of all these materialistic things that would just
be here and at the end hold no value anymore. I really love it; it's really beautiful, but
it's also so sad to see all this go to waste while our world is so unequal. Let's look a
little bit further to this side of the household. Okay, what do we got over here? Alpine Council
– oh, he was in the council, and it says Howard Hertzberg wanted to become a Republican for
responsible government. Oh my God, I forgot to show you in this room; I didn't even see it.
Have a look here in the corner of the room – you have this beautiful cabinet with a record player
on top, worked into the design of the cabinet. Wow, there's even still a record laying on
there. Isn't that just fascinating? A big collection of records down here as well.
Wow, and have a look at these wooden doors that we have over here – they're completely
splitting apart and falling into disrepair. Oh my gosh, do you want to be in a video, Marcel? Everybody, I have to introduce you to Marcel.
So, everybody, you know by now that I've been on a trip throughout the United States and meeting
fans of mine that watch the channel, and this is Mar actually. He decided today to come with us
to an abandoned place. What do you think about this place, Marshall? What do you think about
your first experience with an abandoned place? "It's pretty amazing. It's very intriguing, yeah. I think to look at people's
lives and how they live, and then all the accumulation of things that people have."
Yeah, we were just having a talk about that, right? About how all of this is left
behind and how you could rather spend it on experience instead of such extravagant,
all the stuff that you don't really need. "Exactly, there's so much of it, you know.
I feel like it's... I agree with Lesley.” And how was your first time exploring?
Is it different from watching the videos, like now doing it in real life with me? "Completely different, completely
different. Because the mood inside, you feel the mood of the
places. Yeah, so different." "Yeah, you get so much atmosphere in here.
I always try to portray that in my videos, but it doesn't come out like in real life." "No, it can't, I think. No,
that's impossible, exactly." But I just want to thank Marcel. We've
been staying at his place right now; he's been such a wonderful host, and we
just decided to take him on this trip. "It's such an exciting, really fun trip
for me, yeah. I've never done this before." "Thank you very much,
Marshall. Thank you, Lesley.” "Yes, such an amazing place for
this adventure, yeah, absolutely." Okay, now we're going to go outside of the
place before it's dark outside and show you the remainder that we still have to show
you, the front and the back of this household. I'll turn off my light for the neighbors.
But, yeah, go through this broken window, and we come into this sort of
area underneath the upper terrace, as you can see. Plants are growing everywhere
throughout this place. Nature is truly taking over this property right now. Oh
my God, this is just insane. Here we have that patio that
we saw earlier on the pictures, and you also saw in the intro of the video. Everything is completely overgrowing. And then, everybody, my favorite part about this
house: the pool area in the back. Have a look at this. And because it's wintertime right now,
the whole pool is completely frozen. I should be careful to not fall in there, but I don't know
how stable that ice is, but it's just fascinating to see. I never saw a completely frozen pool in an
abandoned place before. It's also a first for me. Wow, and then the house itself behind here,
the lanterns in the backyard, and everything – so beautiful. I love walking through the
snow of this place. Fascinating experience. Oh, and here we come to the garage area, the three
garage gates in front of the house from the side. And then let's have a look at that
beautiful front of this mansion. Oh my God, the driveway goes up to the front porch of
this place, wonderfully made out of stone. Plants are already growing up on the
side of there, and four big pillars here at the front of the house. That is just
insane to see. I love the style and design of these American houses. This architecture is
so different from the European architecture. So, everybody, I want to thank you very much
for watching this episode. It was an amazing place to explore, the doctors' mansion, I'm
going to call it, and I just love this place. A $3.2 million mansion, everything left in
it, in the United States, just unfathomable. I want to thank you all for watching
this week's video. If you liked it, please give the video a like, subscribe down there
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the Rosa DK, and I love you all very, very much. [Music]
