New York-based filmmaker, photographer, and urban explorer Bryan Sansivero recently visited an abandoned 1853 home in Virginia that used to belong to a Confederate Colonel. Despite the house being abandoned for years, it remained surprisingly intact – even most of the Colonel’s things remain inside, suggesting that he might have left in a rush. The house is filled with vintage furniture and appliances, and there are even old coats still hanging in the attic. “As an urban explorer it’s the kind of house you dream about. A house filled with so much history, every way you hold your camera a new story can be told,” says the photographer.
Take a trip back in time and see Bryan’s photos of this incredibly well preserved home in the gallery below!
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The 1853 Greek revival-style house
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Virginia creeper vines overtaking the exterior
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The antique decorated parlour is slowly peeling away
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Taxidermy stag head in a bedroom
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A photograph of 19 members of a WWII combat battalion
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A bedroom with Victorian armoire
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Antique bureau with mirror and vintage militaria
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Marble-topped east-lake washstand and dresser
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Tall mirror chair in the foyer
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The master bedroom with portrait of the colonel
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Elegant Victorian vanity dressing table
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Various papers and pamphlets across a writing desk
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The grand entrance hall staircase
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Old photographs and postcards
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An attic of oddities
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Mid-century kitchen with appliances
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Vintage rotary phone hangs on the kitchen wall
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The kitchen’s medicine cabinet
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A glimpse into the crumbling dining room
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Flowers and glassware scattered atop a dresser in a bedroom
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In the attic old books and an antique pump organ
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An antique trunk filled with old papers and letters
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Vines growing up a bedroom wall
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The English style basement
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The homes private graveyard
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Generations of family members in the graveyard
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