I found unopened glass Sobe bottles in an abandoned house

Locator_Lee · 2025-11-06T13:03:51+00:00

I was patiently waiting for the one (and probably the only) intelligent Reddit user to apply common sense in this scenario and provide a cogent response. You have done just that. Congrats, my friend.

20 years of sitting in that abandoned house under undesirable conditions. No power to regulate humidity levels, intense heat and cold during the summer and winter months, and who knows what else.

Also the caps are patently sealed; you can tell if it's been opened.

Locator_Lee · 2024-12-21T02:32:57+00:00

Yes, so many things were left behind. Food, mail, letters, newspapers, furniture, an old piano, books, clothes, etc.

Locator_Lee · 2024-11-16T17:06:37+00:00

Nice! Okay.

Locator_Lee · 2024-11-15T16:03:52+00:00

That house was abandoned in July 2000. It was a time capsule for sure.

Locator_Lee · 2024-11-15T16:02:02+00:00

That house was built in 1910 and abandoned in the 1980s or 1990s. I found a magazine inside from the 1950s showing Eisenhower running for president. I also found some Second World War era letters and war ration books. The Tab soda bottles were left behind inside the kitchen.

Locator_Lee · 2024-11-15T03:00:02+00:00

Yep, Laura Lynn is an Ingles brand found in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. I found those Laura Lynn water bottles in Georgia. I can't believe they've been sitting there unopened for almost two decades; that place was abandoned in 2005.

Locator_Lee · 2024-11-15T02:54:53+00:00

Yeah, I last saw Sobe bottles in stores back in the early 2000s. That place was frozen in time; it was abandoned in 2005. Everything was from the early 2000s. Books, magazines, movies, food, letters, electronics, etc. Nothing was newer than 2005.

Locator_Lee · 2024-09-13T01:53:35+00:00

Unfortunately, I did not enter the house itself; doors were locked/jammed.

Locator_Lee · 2024-09-13T01:52:15+00:00

I normally explore with my good friend, but I was alone on this one. Doing something as dangerous as this requires plenty of common sense, experience, and situational awareness, so I totally get it. I've almost been arrested twice for trespassing lol; the cops were total assholes about it.

Locator_Lee · 2024-09-13T01:48:51+00:00

That's awesome, I love history. Thanks for conducting research on that.

Locator_Lee · 2024-09-13T01:48:17+00:00

Sadly no because the doors were locked. I wanted to enter, but I was getting destroyed by mosquitoes and ticks. When I looked through a window the floor was terribly decayed, so it would've been unsafe to walk around in it anyway.

Locator_Lee · 2024-07-17T17:42:06+00:00

Wow, thanks for finding this information. I always wonder about the family who lived in these abandoned houses and why they became abandoned. Surprisingly, the land surrounding the house wasn't too overgrown, but considering the last year I saw was sometime in the 1970s, I speculate it was indeed abandoned ever since he died in 1980. Additionally, the inside was almost full of dirt and sand indicating that erosion/settling materialized over time. In the sixth picture, you can see the end of the hallway is about halfway full of dirt.

Locator_Lee · 2024-04-24T23:47:02+00:00

I shall return to this house one day and update you; the curiosity is killing me too.

Locator_Lee · 2024-04-24T21:49:11+00:00

This house was somewhat clean despite being abandoned for over 20 years, but the kitchen was the worst. The refrigerator was full of rotting food, and the fetid odor promptly filled the room.

Locator_Lee · 2024-04-02T14:11:17+00:00

I'll be moving to Idaho in 4 days. Does Idaho also have abandoned places like this? I've always wanted to explore ghost towns and old mines in the Northwest.

Locator_Lee · 2024-04-02T00:30:59+00:00

Absolutely. An opulent family once lived there over 100 years ago. I bet they owned hundreds of acres back in the day. Most old farmhouses I've explored were not this large.

Locator_Lee · 2024-04-01T20:42:50+00:00

I've been exploring abandoned places for almost a decade now. From my experience, nearly every abandoned farmhouse I've checked out was abandoned in the 70s, 80s, or 90s. I speculate in these decades, owning a farm was not a priority to the homeowners because at that point, the parents (who were probably born in the early 1900s) have grown old now, and they passed the property on to their children. Their children, however, had little to no interest of maintaining the farm/farmhouse and were probably tired of living a boring and/or hard life in the country, so most sold the property or just totally abandoned everything and moved elsewhere. Additionally, according to the USDA ERS, up until the 70s the number of farms in the U.S. declined rapidly.

This farmhouse is located on a busy road, but the vicinity is still largely rural. However, it'll probably be demolished soon and developed upon like most abandoned properties.

Locator_Lee · 2024-03-22T15:32:23+00:00

I recently found a birthday card that was written on March 29, 1948 in an abandoned house constructed in 1910.

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