Explore this abandoned Maryland farmhouse, in the same family for over 130 years
A farmhouse filled with treasures and vintage cars

This dilapidated Victorian farmhouse in the wilds of Maryland was mysteriously abandoned well over a decade ago, together with its contents, which range from antique furniture to creepy dolls and even a collection of rusty vintage cars. Photographer Bryan Sansivero, whose stunning new book American Decay: Inside America's Forgotten Homes is out now, has managed to gain access to the historic property before nature well and truly swallows it up. Join us as we take a tour and attempt to uncover its secrets. Click or scroll for more...
Hidden away

Concealed entrance

After getting through the dense vegetation you reach the forsaken farmhouse, which doesn't appear to have had any visitors for years. Fortunately, the property has remained untouched and trespasser-free, which can be put down to the fact it's just so hard to find.
Screened porch

Vintage parlour

Crumbling photos

Fine farmhouse

On closer inspection, one of the framed photos shows the farmhouse way back when. An attractive building, it was built in the 'National Folk' style that was popular in the latter part of the 1800s and early 20th century. Adjacent to the house is a paddock, which has long since been overgrown, along with several outbuildings.
Nostalgic pieces

Elsewhere in the room are various bits and pieces that should induce pangs of nostalgia among people of a certain age. They include crooner Steve Lawrence's 1968 Moon River LP, three Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year annuals from the 1960s and a General Electric Model 7-4550D radio alarm clock that dates from the 1970s.
Packed bookshelf

Pink kitchen

Like the other rooms, the kitchen was left more or less as it was when the farmhouse was vacated. A vintage lantern pendant light in red hangs from the ceiling, while a well-used Venta-A-Hood extractor looms over the gas hob, which is littered with random odds and ends. Like many abandoned houses, the cupboards are full of items that would have been used by the residents every day.
Knick-knacks

Dining room

Wedding dress?

Hallway library

Entering the downstairs' hallway, you come across another bookshelf. This one is packed with copies of the Encyclopædia Britannica and Encyclopædia of Gardening, and contains a book by astronomer Carl Sagan, as well as part one of John Jakes' North and South, which was adapted into one of the most popular miniseries of the 1980s. Now let's explore the upper storey.
Master bedroom

Double bed

A child's home

Among the tattered furnishings and grown-up belongings, there is evidence that this was once home to a young child. A doll sits in a vintage stroller that would have been very smart when it was brand new.
Abandoned doll's house

In another corner of the room, an old doll's house, which looks like it was modelled after the real-life farmhouse (it rocks the same clapboard design and green shutters) rests on an antique telephone table next to the window.
Creepy toys

Fodder for your nightmares, a tiny doll's head peers out through a hole in the attic part of the house, while its arms and legs hang through the four windows. A crystal lamp lacking a shade is placed next to the hair-raising toy.
Antique washstand

Second bedroom

Tired bathroom

Third bedroom

The bathroom leads into the third bedroom where another baby carriage stands amongst the bedroom furniture, including a bed with a handmade quilt, a tall wooden chest of drawers and smaller side tables.
Art Deco vanity

Patchwork quilt

Winter sports

The old barn

Mail wagon?

The farmer who used to reside in the farmhouse was a rural letter carrier to boot, and was charged with delivering mail to nearby rural areas, possibly using this carriage, which resembles the horse-drawn vehicles letter carriers used during the early 20th century. It's just a shame it's been left to rot away in the barn.
Rusty safe

Vintage cars

Valuable vehicles

All in all, there are more than 12 classic cars hidden behind the outbuilding, all of which are undoubtedly in need of restoration. Still, even in their rusted state, these vehicles would likely fetch a pretty price at auction, as of course would many of the farmhouse's contents. Exactly why they remain there is a mystery only the current owner could explain.
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