Europe's most distinguished families once called these manses home.
Creepy doesn't begin to describe them.
Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America: a hauntingly beautiful urban exploration chronicle of the abandoned buildings in our midst and their fascinating histories.
Back in 2015 I decided to go on a little adventure, find the abandoned Rockefeller Mansion in Fort Bragg. And quite the adventure it was! We knew going in that it was on military property, but we were assured by several people in the military that we would be okay. A man stationed at Fort Bragg texted me the directions. We got lost twice back in the woods. The directions went something like this, turn on dirt road at electrical box. At fork in the road, turn right. Turn left at fallen tree. Pass one road and take next right. It took us awhile, but we did find it!!! And guess what?? Soldiers were there mapping coordinates. They were as nice as they could be though, and let us stay. They even pointed out some things we had to go see. Again, this was back in 2015. Not sure if things have changed out there. I heard through the grapevine that it might be fenced off now. What was this place?? This was part of the Overhills estate. They had a golf course designed by Donald Ross, horse stables, tennis courts, polo field, kennels for all of the fox hunting […]
